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Jbase Editor Tips

This document provides tips and tricks for using the Jbase editor, including how to quit the editor after a multiple select, how to insert value and subvalue separators when editing a record, and various useful editor commands like deleting words, clearing to the end of the line, inserting lines, and formatting BASIC code. It also includes JSH commands for executing Unix commands from within Jbase, navigating the command stack, searching records, and performing administrative tasks like displaying environment settings, showing the catalog, resizing files, and viewing locks.

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Jbase Editor Tips

This document provides tips and tricks for using the Jbase editor, including how to quit the editor after a multiple select, how to insert value and subvalue separators when editing a record, and various useful editor commands like deleting words, clearing to the end of the line, inserting lines, and formatting BASIC code. It also includes JSH commands for executing Unix commands from within Jbase, navigating the command stack, searching records, and performing administrative tasks like displaying environment settings, showing the catalog, resizing files, and viewing locks.

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Jbase Editor tips & tricks

 Quit Editor after multiple select


After a SELECT + EDIT / jed, to quit the editor: Escape !EXK + Return Escape EXK +
Return
 When editing a record: insert VM & SM separator
Place the cursor between the two values and strike:

Ctrl ] Insert ] value mark


Ctrl \ Insert \ subvalue mark

 Other useful commands


Globus>JED File Id Edit record

BI = Equivalent to the Universe ‘FORMAT’

0001 Esc Go to Command->

0001 Ctrl X Exit

0001 Ctrl A Move to start of current line

0001 Ctrl E Move to end of current line

0001 Ctrl W Delete word

0001 Ctrl K Clear to end of line.

0001 Ctrl DD Delete current line

0001 Ctrl G Mark block.

0001 Ctrl L Insert line below current line

0001 Ctrl N Locate next occurrence

0001 Ctrl O Toggle overwrite and insert.


0001 Ctrl T Mirror character above

0001 Ctrl V Indent for BASIC

0001 Ctrl ] Insert ] value mark

0001 Ctrl \ Insert \ subvalue mark

Command->ex Exit

Command->exk Exit key. Do not load list items

Command->FI Save and exit

Command->FS Save

Command->FD Delete record

Command->nn Go to line nn

Command->L string Locate “string”

Command->/string Locate “string string”

Command->CAn Copy Marked block after current line, n times

Command->CBn Copy Marked block before current line, n times

Command->MAn Move Marked block after current line, n times

Command->MBn Move Marked block after current line, n times

Command->DEn Delete line after current line. n times

Command->R/a/b/n Change a to b on current line. n times

Command->RU/a/b Change all a to b on current line.

Command->R9/a/b Change a to b on 9 lines from current.

Command->BI Format BASIC code

Command->BION Turn on Format indentation


Command->S? Display record size

Command->! Cmd Execute command

Command->!! Re-execute last ! Cmd

Command->HEX Toggle the display in Hexadecimal

jsh command

Globus>ls Execute unix cmd excluded pipe, redirection, wildcards characters

Globus>env Display environment setting unix

Globus>Row up Command stack Get previous command

Globus>Ctrl e Command stack Move to end of line

Globus>Ctrl a Command stack Move to beginning of line

Globus>ESEARCH Search string in records

jsh command for administration

Globus>jdiag Display environment setting jbase

Globus>jshow Show catalog

Globus>jstat -? Analyse file sizing

Globus>jrf -? Resize file

Globus>where (V Display process details

Globus>show-item-locks Display locks

Globus>logoff Portno Logoff user

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