To open a file in the System z® LPEX Editor, select the file and click .
To set the System z LPEX
Editor as the default editor, click . When you make this association, you can double-click
a file to open it in the System
z LPEX Editor.
If one of the following conditions is true,
the file opens in read-only mode:
- If you open an MVS™ file that
is locked on the MVS Files subsystem,
the editor opens it in read-only mode and issues a locked file warning.
A file might be locked because it is already open by another user
or process.
- If an MVS file contains characters
that cannot be correctly converted from one encoding (code page) to
another and then back to the original encoding, the file is opened
in read-only mode and the characters that cannot be converted correctly
are highlighted.
- If the Browse action is used to open the
file.
Note: Saving an MVS file
when some of the line lengths exceed the record length limit opens
a file truncation warning. Continuing with the save results in truncated
lines.
Editor profile
The look and function of
the editor, depends on the type of editor profile preference defined.
The list of available editor profiles allows the editor to be configured
to adopt the keyboard and command features of several editors. The
default editor profile is the lpex profile.
To determine the editor profile currently being used, click . To change the editor
profile, select a profile from the list of editor profiles. For a
list and description of the available editor profiles, see Editor profiles.
If you are used to using
ISPF to work with source files, setting the editor profile to ispf causes
the System z LPEX Editor
to behave more like ISPF with some limitations. For more information
about the ispf profile, see Enabling the ISPF editor profile.
Customization of the editor
You can customize
the System z LPEX Editor
to suit your preference:
- To customize standard editor options such as appearance, saving,
and printing, choose .
- To customize editor options that are specific to z/OS®, choose .
For more information about setting preferences for the System z LPEX Editor, see
Setting System z LPEX Editor preferences.
Status Bar
The status bar
at the bottom of the workspace provides the following information
about files that are open in the editor:
- The edit mode indicator displays Insert or
"Overwrite.
- The line:column indicator displays the line and column position
of the edit cursor.