The OpenVMS User's Guide, Second Edition
A broad introductory overview of OpenVMS that focuses on command procedures, text editing and system utilities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS The OpenVMS User's Guide, Second Edition
Chapter 3: Full-Screen Editing with EVE
The form or law of thought is detected when we watch the machine in operation without attending to the matter operated on.
Augustus De Morgan, On the Syllogism, and Other Logical Writings, 1860
Overview
OpenVMS provides several different text editors, which you can use to create and edit text files. This chapter introduces the default text editor EVE (extensible versatile editor). In this chapter, you will
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Learn how to use EVE keypad mode
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Learn how EVE stores a text file
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Explore commonly used EVE keypad and line commands
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Experiment with various methods of moving the cursor
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Explore various ways to locate text
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Experiment with multiple editing windows
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Examine different ways to recover from system interruptions
3.1 About EVE
As a full-screen editor, EVE incorporates many of the same features that the EDT editor has. What makes EVE unique, however, is its flexibility in allowing you to adapt it for your specific editing needs. EVE can be used to edit or create new files such as letters, memos, or complex computer programs.
EVE is written in DECTPU, which is a high-performance, programmable, text-processing utility. The EVE editor can be activated only on an ANSI standard terminal like the VT100 or VT200. The keyboard on an ANSI standard terminal provides an editing keypad and some additional keys that EVE uses to perform editing functions. The Ctrl key can be used with several main keyboard keys to perform specific editing functions. In addition, EVE uses some of the function keys on the VT200...
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