SeeView Manual

Seedit Utility

HP NonStop SeeView Manual—526355-004

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Editing Text Files

The SeeView program makes it possible to edit the text associated with any window

within its environment. This editing capability is called edit mode. The edit-mode

feature is generic to the SeeView environment and exists for the text associated with

any assigned or free window.

To enable edit mode for any window, press either F5 or the Insert-Line key. Once edit

mode is enabled, you can edit the text associated with the window’s cache or copy

directly with the function keys summarized in Table 4-2, Edit-Mode Key Functions.

The edit-mode function keys are similar to those provided by the HP EDIT VS virtual

screen editor. Use the VS editor function key template as a guide to all SeeView

function keys. Appendix B, SeeView Function Key Reference, contains a detailed

description of each SeeView function key.

Loading a File

Use the Seedit GET command to load a copy of an EDIT file into a window. Enter GET

filename on the sill of a window that is running Seedit and press Return. For

example:

GET MYFILE

The GET command causes the cache associated with the current Seedit window to be

loaded with a copy of the file MYFILE. Once the file is loaded, enable edit mode,

pressing either F5 or the Insert-Line key. You can then edit the copy of the file directly.

While editing the file in the edit-mode window, you can go to other windows or terminal

pages and converse with other programs or edit other files. You can also copy and

Table 4-2. Edit-Mode Key Functions

Key Function

F3/F4 Scroll up/down one third of window height

F5/F6 Insert/Delete line at cursor or block if shifted

F7/F8 Retrieve/Copy line at cursor or block if shifted

F9/F10 Break/Join line at cursor

F12 Find text backward/forward on sill [+|-] / text /

F15/16 Word Tab back/forward from current location

PREV-PAGE Previous page of window text (first if shifted)

NEXT-PAGE Next page of window text (last if shifted)

ROLL-UP/DN Roll up/down scroll one line of window text

ROLL-UP/DN Roll up/down shifted scroll one third of window text

Note. Unlike other HP editors, Seedit edits a copy of the original file, not the file itself.