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The Line Mode

Regarding the use of the window, exaEdit offers two manners: the window mode and the line mode. The normal state is the window mode, in which exaEdit recognizes the input from the whole window and writes on the whole window for the output.

In contrast to this, in the line mode the window is used like a typewriter terminal where you and exaEdit can only add new lines at the end of the text you have written so far.

exaEdit uses the line mode only if the window mode is not possible or if you asked for the line mode with the command

You can go back to the window mode with the command

- while scope alone has the same effect as the latter.

The line mode may be of advantage if you want to display something that does not fit into the 7 or 8 lines of the dialogue zone, e.g. the complete output of the command HELP. In such cases you can use the commands scope off; help and return to the more usual window mode with scope on later.

Another usage is to end and restart the window mode with scope off; scope on.This helps when the operating system got confused with the display properties (which unfortunately does happen from time to time on some systems).

A useful command for the line mode is the command

with which you ask exaEdit to display the number of lines you specified, beginning with the current line.

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