prefixArea parameter

The prefixArea parameter may be used to query or set the visibility of the prefix area.  The prefix area is located to the left of the text area, and displays line numbers or sequence numbers depending on the prefixAreaText parameter.  In some of the base editor profiles like ispf, seu, and xedit, this area can be used to enter prefix commands.

Availability

query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter

Scope

prefixArea is scoped to the current view.
current.prefixArea is scoped to the current view.
default.prefixArea is globally scoped.
install.prefixArea is globally scoped.

Syntax

query prefixArea
set prefixArea [ default | on | off ]
query current.prefixArea
query default.prefixArea
set default.prefixArea [ install | on | off ]
query install.prefixArea

Parameters

default If you specify the default parameter for the set prefixArea command, the current view will use the value of default.prefixArea to determine the visibility of the prefix area.
on If you specify the on parameter for the set prefixArea command, the prefix area will be visible in the current view.  If you specify the on parameter for the set default.prefixArea command, the prefix area will be visible for all views that have prefixArea set to default.
off If you specify the off parameter for the set prefixArea command, the prefix area will not be visible in the current view.  If you specify the off parameter for the set default.prefixArea command, the prefix area will not be visible for all views that have prefixArea set to default.
install If you specify the install parameter for the set default.prefixArea command, all of the views that have prefixArea set to default will use the value of install.prefixArea to determine the visibility of the prefix area.

Description

If you do not specify any of the parameters for the set prefixArea command, default is assumed.

If you do not specify any of the parameters for the set default.prefixArea command, install is assumed.

The query current.prefixArea command will return on if the prefix area is visible or off if the prefix area is not visible.

Examples

query prefixArea
set prefixArea off
query current.prefixArea
query default.prefixArea
set default.prefixArea off
query install.prefixArea


query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter
baseProfile parameter
inPrefix parameter
prefixAreaText parameter
prefixAreaWidth parameter
prefixProtect parameter
updateProfile.baseProfile parameter