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Using Place Markers [ HP EDIT Reference Manual ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation


HP EDIT Reference Manual

Using Place Markers 

The Set Mark command enables you to mark up to ten places within a file.
When set, these place markers provide a useful point of reference for
other commands.

For instance, you could use this command to mark the top or bottom of a
block of text.  You could then move the cursor to the other end of the
block and execute the Set Distance To Mark command to set the count as
the number of lines between the two points.  In this application, the
marker you set with the Set Mark command becomes a point of reference for
the Set Distance To Mark command.

HP EDIT automatically sets an eleventh marker, called the previous 
location marker, whenever you use a single command to move the cursor
beyond 21 lines of text or to the top or bottom line. 

Once set, a marker remains active at the specified location until you set
it elsewhere or delete the line of text where it is currently set.  The
Show Editor Statistics command shows the number and location of each
active marker.



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