SET RIGHT MARGIN
Sets the right margin of the buffer to the column you specify. The
setting applies to new text or to text you reformat with CENTER LINE or
FILL.
Example:
The following commands set the right margin to 65 and then reformat the
current paragraph according to the new margin:
Command: SET RIGHT MARGIN 65
Command: FILL PARAGRAPH
Usage notes:
o Default right margin is usually 79---one column less than the width
(which is typically 80 columns). The right margin must be greater than
the left margin.
o To find out the margins of the buffer, use SHOW, or with the WPS
keypad, press the Ruler key (GOLD-R).
o Margins are buffer attributes---you can set a different right margin
for each buffer you edit. For example, you can edit a source program
in one buffer using a right margin of 78, and edit a memo in another
buffer using a left margin of 65.
o Changing the margins does not affect existing text. For example, you
increase or decrease the right margin, use FILL commands to reformat
text, and then restore the previous margin for editing the rest of the
buffer.
o To set the same right margin for all your buffers, put SET RIGHT MARGIN
in an initialization file (typically, EVE$INIT.EVE) and use that file
when you invoke EVE. For example, if your initialization file has the
command SET RIGHT MARGIN 70, the setting applies to the Main (or first)
buffer and to an EVE system buffer named $DEFAULTS$, so that each
buffer you create has the same right margin. See help on
Initialization Files.
o SET WIDTH makes the right margin of the $DEFAULTS$ buffer one column
less than the width you specify, but does not affect the margins of
other, existing buffers. See help on Defaults.
Related topics:
Defaults CENTER LINE FILL SET LEFT MARGIN SET WRAP SHOW