Installing IEDIT on CMS

A user can customize the look and feel of the XEDIT environment by making a copy of PROFILE IEDIT on the A disk, and making changes as needed. All other files with a filename or filetype of IEDIT should not be modified.

Procedure: How to Specify the Width of the Editor

The width of the editor depends on several factors. If the file exists, and no width is specified on the IEDIT command or as a GLOBALV parameter, the LRECL of the file is honored. You can specify a width greater than the width of the file in two ways:

In the IEDIT command

IEDIT fn ( WIDTH nnnn [any_valid_XEDIT_option]

with the GLOBALV setting:
```
GLOBALV SELECT IEDIT {SET|SETP} WIDTH nnnn
```
You can issue the GLOBALV command from CMS or from FOCUS (prefaced by ‘CMS’). IEDIT then uses this width as the default width unless it is changed. Using SET in the GLOBALV command causes the setting to remain in effect for the z/VM session. Using SETP makes the setting permanent, and lasts across z/VM sessions.

These widths are only honored if the WIDTH specified is greater than the width of the existing file. For files that do not exist, the WIDTH in the IEDIT command or the WIDTH in the GLOBALV setting is honored. If no width is given, and the file does not exist, it is opened as Fixed 80.

You can change the attributes of a file by issuing commands in XEDIT. For example:

RECFM V

However, you can only change the LRECL within the maximum width set for IEDIT, by default 256.