The Current Line

The line in the middle of the data zone is called the current line, which normally is optically emphasized. It is the current line that commands refer to. For example, the command

copy

means "copy the current line (beneath the current line)", which results in the doubling of the current line. Another example: the command

change /abc/xyz/ 6

means "change the character string `abc' to `xyz', do this change within 6 lines starting with the current line".

The content of the current line is not fixed but follows your actions automatically. Roughly, this means that the line you have changed last will become the current line (after you have pressed the return key). Of course, the notion of a current line exists only in your workfile.

The underlying concept is the following one: exaEdit assumes that you wish to start making changes on the top of your document and then work through it - change by change - until you have finished, (in the same way in which you may correct a letter, for example). So, your last change presumably is in the centre of your interest. For this reason it is positioned in the middle of your window.