XEDIT
Sign in to savethumb|right|An Informatics General computer programmer using XEDIT on an IBM 3279 terminal thumb|An early version of XEDIT from 1982, as displayed on a 3270 terminal emulator. XEDIT is a visual editor for VM/CMS, primarily using block mode IBM 3270 terminals. It also works on line-mode terminals.
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- Typical screen layout
- Macro language
- KEXX
- History
- PC and Unix adaptations
- KEDIT
- SEDIT
- {{Anchor|A-THE}}THE (The Hessling Editor)
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thumb|right|An Informatics General computer programmer using XEDIT on an IBM 3279 terminal thumb|An early version of XEDIT from 1982, as displayed on a 3270 terminal emulator. XEDIT is a visual editor for VM/CMS, primarily using block mode IBM 3270 terminals. It also works on line-mode terminals.
XEDIT is much more line-oriented than modern PC and Unix editors. For example, XEDIT provides automatic line numbers, and many of the commands operate on blocks of lines. A pair of features allows selective line and column editing. The ALL command, for example, hides all lines not matching the described pattern, and the COL (Column) command allows hiding those columns not specified. Hence changing, for example, the word NO as it appears only in columns 24 thru 28, to YES, and only on lines with the word FLEXIBLE, is doable.