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EVE SET_CURSOR_FREE — VMS 5.0

 SET CURSOR FREE

 Sets the cursor to a free or unbound state.  This is the default setting.

 o  With a free cursor, you can put text anywhere in the buffer, whether
    characters are already there or not.  In other words, the cursor is not
    bound to the flow of your text.

 o  For example, with a free cursor, if you are at the end of a line and
    press the RIGHT arrow key, the cursor moves right -- past the end of
    the line -- and you can put text there.  By contrast, a bound cursor
    moves to the start of the next line.

 o  To enable a bound cursor (as in EDT and similar editors), use SET
    CURSOR BOUND.  You may want to put the command in an initialization
    file.  Also, using SET KEYPAD WPS automatically sets the cursor to
    bound.

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