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Parameters

Qualifiers

/EXIT

/NOEXIT

DEBUG EDIT — VMS 4.6

     Note:  in order to use the default state of the EDIT command, you
     must have the LSE editor on your system.

     Typing EDIT while in screen mode causes you to begin editing  the
     file  that you were looking at in your source window.  If you use
     the LSE editor, the cursor will be positioned at the  place  your
     source  window  was  centered.   You  can optionally override the
     default file and start position by specifying a location  in  the
     same  way  as  you  would  with  the  TYPE  command,  e.g., "EDIT
     MODNAME\10".

     What EDIT actually does is invoke the editor specified in the SET
     EDITOR command.  The default is to SPAWN the command:

     $ LSEDIT/START_POSITION=(n,1) filespec

     (where "n" is a number corresponding to the central line in  your
     source window).

     See the SET EDITOR command for more details.

     Syntax:

     EDIT [/EXIT] [[module-name\] line-number]

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiers

Parameters

     The normal usage will be to use no parameters, in which case  (if
     you  are  using the LSE editor), you come up in the editor at the
     same place that you saw in your source window.

     DBG> EDIT

     You can optionally give a module name and line number, specifying
     a different place that you want to come up in the editor:

     DBG> EDIT modname\line-number

     You can specify the line number by  itself,  in  which  case  the
     module  is  assumed  to  be the same as the one currently in your
     source window.

     DBG> EDIT line-number

Qualifiers

Additional information available:

/EXIT/NOEXIT

/EXIT

     /EXIT - specifies that you want to end the debugging session  and
     start  an  editing session.  In this case, the debugger will do a
     $EXIT after leaving the editor.

/NOEXIT

     /NOEXIT (default) - specifies  that  you  want  to  continue  the
     debugging session after you make your edits.

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