Setting nesting preferences

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You can use the Nesting preference page to configure the display of nesting macros in z Systems® LPEX Editor when editing HLASM code.

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To set the HLASM Nesting preferences, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane of the Preferences window, double-click the LPEX Editor node to open the tree of available preference pages.
  2. Double-click the z Systems LPEX Editor node to open the tree of available preference pages.
  3. Double-click on the HLASM Parser node to open the tree of available preference pages, then click on Nesting to open the Nesting preference page.
  4. To have z Systems LPEX display nestings for HLASM code, complete the following steps:
    1. Check the box for Show Nesting.
    2. Specify the number of levels to display. This value can be between one and fifteen. If the HLASM code contains more than the specified levels of nested macro constructs, only the topmost number of levels specified are displayed.
    3. Specify the valid and invalid colors for the macro constructs recognized by the HLASM parser.