IBM Professional Series User Manual page 97

commands on this line. XEDIT commands can be
typed in either uppercase or lowercase, or a
combination of both, and many can be abbreviated.
After typing a command on this line, you must press the
ENTER key to send the command to the editor. When
the ENTER key is pressed, the command disappears
from the command line and is "executed," or carried
out.
4 Status Area
The lower right corner displays the current status of
your editing session, for example, edit mode or input
mode. It also shows the number of files you are editing.
The status area in this screen shows that one file is
being edited.
5 Prefix Area
The prefix area is the five equals signs
(= = = = =)
that
appear to the left of each line in the file. You can
perform various editing tasks on a line by entering
"prefix commands" in the prefix area of that line. We'll
discuss prefix commands later.
6 File Area
The rest of the screen is available to display the lines in
the file. The file lines are inserted between the ***TOP
OF FILE*** and ***END OF FILE*** notices you
now see on the screen.
7 Current Line
The current line is the file line in the middle of the
screen (above the scale).
It
appears brighter than the
other file lines or is "highlighted." In this screen, the
current line is the TOP OF FILE line.
The current line is important because most commands
you type in the command line perform their functions
starting with the current line. Naturally, the line that is
current will change as you move up and down in the
file. Many XEDIT commands perform their functions
starting with the current line, and change which line is
current when they are finished.
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