Setting margins and tab stops

Use the Editor preference page to set margins and tab stops for the JCL Editor.

Procedure

  1. Click Window (on Windows) or IBM Developer for z Systems (on macOS) > Preferences > JCL > Editor.
  2. Set the following options:
    • Display Operation Margin Display a vertical margin line at the column number that is indicated on the Column field.
    • Display Continuation Margin Display a vertical margin line at column 16. For JCL, continued lines must start between columns 4 and 16 (inclusive). If the continuation occurs within an apostrophe-delimited parameter, the continued line must begin at exactly column 16. In the Column field, specify the location of the margin.
    • Display Area R Margin Display the right margin area in the editor.
    • Custom tab stops Specify tab stop locations for the editor to use in addition to the tabs specified by the Display tab width field on the Text Editor preference page.