$ED

[Vish Maharaj]

$ED Created automatically by the ED editor when first required, this file
holds pre-stored edit command sequences.

Alternatively, a user can create a $ED pre-stored item by using the editor:

ED $ED item.name
The first field of the item must contain E as its first character. Subsequent fields each contain one
editor instruction in the sequence that the user requires the operations to be performed.
A saved command sequence is executed by a command of the form
.X item
where item is either a record id in $ED or a file name and record id separated by a space. Unlike
other command stack operations, .X item command is added to the command stack so that .X n can
be used to repeat the pre-stored sequence.

THESE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE OPENQM MANUAL BUT I CANNOT GET IT TO WORK.

[Brian Speirs]

Well, everything is there in the manual. As usual, it is just a matter of understanding what is written.

Start by editing a program file:  ED BP TEST <enter>

Run a command:  P <enter>

Now, save that command to the $ED file:  .S TEST

The response I get is:

Creating $ED file...
Created DATA part as $ED
Saved edit sequence TEST to $ED

Exit the editor and do a LISTF command. You should see the $ED file listed.

CT $ED TEST
$ED TEST
1: Edit commands saved by brian 08:28:48  5 NOV 2023
2: P

HTH

Brian