PS TEXT EDIT Reference Manual

WORD
TEDIT Topics
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Tips
Enter INSERT WORD to add a frequently used word or phrase to your
text, starting at the cursor position. If you are going to use this insert-
phase in other editing sessions, save the profile with SAVEPROFILE.
TEDIT uses the insert-phrase and the word stops of the current profile.
The default insert-phrase is five blanks, and the default word stop
settings are:
! " # $ & ( ) * + , . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _
{ | } ~ and a blank
You can define the insert-phrase with the RECONFIGURE OPTIONS
command. The phrase can contain 48 characters and spaces.
If the hyphen (-) is not one of the word stops in the profile (shown in
RECONFIGURE OPTIONS), then TEDIT recognizes that the hyphen
splits a single word. For example, if you position the cursor on the last
word of a line and the word ends with a hyphen, TEDIT knows that the
first character of the following line is part of the same word. The
hyphen does not work in this manner if the text is indented from the
left margin.
All word stops, until the start of the next word or the end of the line, are
included when deleting, copying, or moving a paragraph.
As a text item, WORD can persist on the status line. (See “Persistent” in
this section.)
Because a file’s maximum width is 239 characters, some of the text in a
word can extend beyond the viewing area of the terminal.