Editing bidirectional data

You can edit bidirectional text in the z Systems® LPEX editor in a special visual line.

About this task

To access the visual line, open the z Systems LPEX editor and click Source > Visual line from the menu or press Alt+=. Bidirectional text editing in a visual line is visual (similar to a host editor). You can find more information about z Systems LPEX Editor and its bidirectional support in z Systems LPEX Editor help. In the visual line, you can do the following editing tasks:

Procedure

  • Press Alt+P to toggle Autopush mode.
    By default, you are editing in Autopush mode, which simulates logical-like typing.
  • Right-click to open the visual line menu.
  • Press the up and down arrow keys to navigate to other text segments that include bidirectional text.
  • Press Enter, change focus, or press an arrow key to save data that is entered in the visual line in smart logical layout.
  • Press Esc to clear the visual line without saving data that is entered into it.
    Any data that you entered is lost.

What to do next

Using bidirectional file search