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HP Transact Reference Manual
EDIT
Invokes HP EDIT from within TRANDEBUG. This enables you to edit or browse
source files.
Syntax
EDIT [filename]
Parameters
filename The name of the file that you want to edit or browse.
This file can be qualified by its MPE/iX group and
account.
Discussion
This command lets you to edit or browse files while debugging programs.
If you do not specify the filename parameter, HP EDIT prompts you for the
name of the file that you want to edit.
There are two ways to return to TRANDEBUG from HP EDIT. You can use HP
EDIT's EXIT command, which terminates the editing session and returns
control to TRANDEBUG. Or, you can press Ctrl P to activate the previous
process (such as TRANDEBUG). Then, by typing EDIT and the TRANDEBUG
prompt, you return to HP EDIT with your file already entered. See
"Activate Previous Process" in Chapter 4 of the HP EDIT Reference Manual
for more information.
To use HP EDIT, your program file and the MPE/iX group in which it
resides must have PH (process handling) capability.
NOTE HP EDIT is a product sold separately from Transact.
Example
The following example shows the process of invoking and exiting HP EDIT.
TRANDEBUG> EDIT
HP EDIT HP32656A.00.00 (c) COPYRIGHT Hewlett-Packard Co. 1988
FRI, SEP 9, 1989, 9:34 AM
File: Enter file to edit here
HP EDIT is invoked.....
Ctrl P from within HP EDIT
TRANDEBUG (c) COPYRIGHT Hewlett-Packard Co. 1988
TRANDEBUG> << Enter TRANDEBUG commands here >>
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