Inserting and deleting lines

You can insert lines into a screen or delete lines from a screen using immediate commands.

To insert blank lines into a screen, use the following immediate command:


.I  nn

The variable nn indicates the number of lines to insert. The default is 1. Note that the nn argument must begin in column 6.

OMEGAMON inserts the new lines preceding the line where you type the insert command. Therefore, all other lines currently on the screen following the inserted line shift downward. When the command executes, the line you typed over with the insert command restores to its original data. For example, if you first display the following screen:

 
 DISK    VMXA04   VMXA05    VMSP50  VMHP02    OMONVM  DOSTST  DP215R  DOSRES +
 dadr       1A0      1A1       1B0     1B1       2A7     2B0     4F1     4F2
 dalc         8       16         6      12        24      16      32       8

and you enter .I on the second line, as in the following screen:

 
 DISK    VMXA04   VMXA05    VMSP50  VMHP02    OMONVM  DOSTST  DP215R  DOSRES +
 .I         1A0      1A1       1B0     1B1       2A7     2B0     4F1     4F2
 dalc         8       16         6      12        24      16      32       8

OMEGAMON inserts one blank line after the first line, and restores all the original data on the second line:

 
 DISK    VMXA04   VMXA05    VMSP50  VMHP02    OMONVM  DOSTST  DP215R  DOSRES + 
 
 dadr       1A0      1A1       1B0     1B1       2A7     2B0     4F1     4F2
 dalc         8       16         6      12        24      16      32       8

To delete lines from a screen space, use the .D nn immediate command. The .D nn works the same way as .I nn. If you do not specify nn, the value defaults to one deletion line.

You can also delete a block of data from the physical screen. To do this, enter .DD on the first and last lines of the block.