SET CURLINE

Purpose

Use the CURLINE option to define the position of the current line on the screen.

Operands

ON

displays the current line on the screen.

M

specifies the line in which the current line is displayed. The M stands for middle of the screen (rounded up for odd sized screens).

Mn

M+n

M-n

You can combine M with a constant positive (+ is implicit) or negative integer to mean n lines below the middle of the screen (M+n), or n lines above the middle of the screen (M–n). For example, CURLINE ON M means the middle of the screen, and CURLINE ON M+3 means three lines below the middle of the screen.

n

+n

-n

specifies the line in which the current line is displayed. The n or +n (+ is implicit) specifies the current line is displayed n lines from the top of screen; –n specifies the current line is displayed n lines from the bottom of screen. For example, CURLINE ON –3 means the current line is three lines from the bottom of the screen.

Initial Setting

Usage Notes

1. Under certain conditions, the current line as it appears on your display screen does not have the same line number you specified on the SET CURLINE subcommand. This occurs when the CURLINE line setting is the same as the line setting for any of these SET options:
   • SET RESERVED
   • SET SCALE
   • SET TABLINE
   • SET MSGLINE
2. When the CURLINE line setting is the same as the line setting for SET SCALE, for example, the scale occupies the specified line and the current line is moved down to the next available line.
   Note: Other subcommands that refer to CURLINE (EXTRACT, for example) use the true current line regardless of where it happens to appear on the display screen.

Messages and Return Codes

520E

Invalid operand: operand [RC=5]

521E

Invalid line number [RC=5]

526E

Option option valid in display mode only [RC=3]

545E

Missing operand(s) [RC=5]

where return codes are: