PS TEXT EDIT Reference Manual

Persistent
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Persistent A text command or text item “persists” (remains effective) in TEDIT once
you use it. This lets you use the command with different items or an item
with different commands many times without reentering them. The
persistent text command or text item appears on the status line. For
example:
2) $MYSYS.MYSUB.MYFILE 100/123 1:79 Copy B30.
The COPY command
persists.
What to Enter
Enter a text command such as DELETE. When you enter DELETE, the
name of this text command appears on the status line and remains there to
act on subsequent text items, like LINE or WORD.
If you enter WORD before DELETE, WORD appears on the status line as a
persistent text item and works with subsequent text commands, like
INSERT or MOVE.
What Happens
When you enter a text command and a text item on the command line, the
first one that you type persists. You can enter the text command followed
by the text item (or vice versa).
Once there is either a persistent text command or text item, you don’t have
to enter the command or item on the next action. That is, if DELETE is
persistent and then you use PARAGRAPH, the paragraph is deleted.