Abstract for z/VM: XEDIT User's Guide

This topic collection is designed to give you a working knowledge of the IBM® z/VM® editor, XEDIT. XEDIT, a full-screen and line-mode editor, provides a wide range of functions for text processing and program development.

Some highlights of XEDIT that are discussed in this collection include:
  • Extended string search facilities for improved text processing
  • Automatic wrapping of lines that are longer than a screen line
  • The ability to directly enter selected subcommands on a displayed line
  • The ability to tailor the full-screen layout
  • The ability to divide the screen to display multiple views of the same or of different files
  • A variety of macros for improved text processing, such as macros to join and split lines
  • A HELP Facility that provides an online full-screen display of any XEDIT subcommand or macro (or any command in the z/VM HELP Facility) during an editing session.
  • XEDIT support of Double-Byte Character Set (DBCS) strings (KANJI, for example).

Intended audience

This information is intended for people who have limited computer experience.

Before reading this information, you should be familiar with your computer keyboard and you should have some knowledge of CMS. Corequisite publications are the z/VM: XEDIT Commands and Macros Reference and z/VM: CMS Primer.

Acknowledgements

IBM gratefully acknowledges the permission to reprint excerpts from the following:

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