Pathmaker Reference Manual

EDIT Command
Pathmaker Application Definition Language (PMADL)
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EDIT Command The EDIT command invokes a text editor interactively and suspends PMADL until the
edit process terminates.
PMADL invokes EDIT from the process configurations in the currently open
Pathmaker catalog. If no catalog is currently open, PMADL uses the version of EDIT
in your current system.
?EDIT [ command ]
command
Specifies the name of a command to pass to the editor as its start up command
line. The command is typically the name of the file to be edited.
Usage Considerations The EDIT command must be the last or only command on the command line. It treats
any text on the command line following the keyword EDIT as part of the command
line.
You can use the EDIT command only if you are running PMADL interactively. You
cannot use the EDIT command from within a PMADL source file.
Example The following command starts the text editor and opens a file named MACRO2 on the
current subvolume:
> ?EDIT macro2