PS TEXT EDIT Reference Manual

ALIGN
TEDIT Commands
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TEDIT neither aligns any line that begins with a format stop (such as !,
\, @, /, #) in column 1 nor adds text from the previous line into this
line. You can use the RECONFIGURE OPTIONS command to delete or
add characters to the format stop list.
If there is a format stop character within a line, TEDIT will not move it
into column 1 when aligning text.
When you tell TEDIT to align lines that contain sentence stops, TEDIT
places two spaces between the sentence stop and the next nonsentence
stop character. The default sentence stops are ! . ? You can use the
RECONFIGURE OPTIONS command to change these settings.
As a text command, ALIGN can persist on the status line.
ALIGN doesn’t right justify text. The right margin might be ragged.
The following combinations of ALIGN (text command) and text items
aren’t supported:
ALIGN BALANCED-EXPRESSION
ALIGN CHARACTER
ALIGN END-OF-LINE
ALIGN EOL
ALIGN WORD
Because a file’s maximum width is 239 characters, some of the text in a
text item you are aligning may extend beyond the viewing area of the
terminal.
Related Commands
RECONFIGURE OPTIONS lets you view and change the align width and
format stop settings.