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- From: oberman@rogue.llnl.gov
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- Subject: Re: Long lines and DCL line editing
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.121225.1@rogue.llnl.gov>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 19:12:25 GMT
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- A simple teechnique which can help (depending on your terminal) is to SET
- TER/WID=132 or more. Then recal the command you wish to edit. On my workstation
- I have set the line to 160 characters which gets two "normal" lines onto a
- single line for editing.
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- It does not matter that the line was originally entered on an 80 character
- line. When the terminal driver recalls the line, it wraps it at the current
- width, not the original (which it doesn't know, anyway).
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- R. Kevin Oberman Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Internet: koberman@llnl.gov (510) 422-6955
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- Disclaimer: Don't take this too seriously. I just like to improve my typing
- and probably don't really know anything useful about anything.
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