SET CMDLINE

Purpose

Use the CMDLINE option to specify the position of the command line on the screen.

Operands

On

defines the last two lines of the screen as the command input lines.

OFf

removes the command line from the screen.

Top

defines the second line of the screen as the command line.

Bottom

defines the last line on the screen as the command input line.

Initial Setting

CMDLINE ON

Usage Notes

1. When CMDLINE is set to TOP, BOTTOM, or OFF, no XEDIT status area is displayed.
2. Before setting CMDLINE OFF, you should establish a method of resetting the CMDLINE, perhaps by setting a PF key or through the use of a prefix macro, if you wish to use the command line again.
3. The command line cannot be overlaid by a reserved line unless it is first set OFF.
4. If CMDLINE ON is in effect and you split the screen vertically (see SET SCREEN), only one line is available as a command line when two views are adjacent. However, when you return to a single screen, both lines are again available. SET CMDLINE ON is not valid when issued from a vertical split screen.
5. With CMDLINE TOP and the default SET MSGLINE setting (line 2), a message overlays the command line, including the arrow. Press CLEAR (or any key that does not produce a message) to restore the command line. To avoid this situation, assign the message line to line 1 or line 3 (see SET MSGLINE) when using CMDLINE TOP.
6. When SET CMDLINE is entered with the ON, TOP, or BOTTOM operands, the cursor is positioned in the first column of the command line.

Messages and Return Codes

520E

Invalid operand: operand [RC=5]

526E

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

545E

Missing operand(s) [RC=5]

568E

Subcommand not valid with this screen definition [RC=5]

where return codes are: