Defaults
Global settings (all buffers) Buffer settings
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| Set Box Noselect | | Forward |
| Set Box Pad | | Insert Mode |
| Set Cursor Free | | Set Buffer Modifiable |
| Set Exit Attribute Check | | Set Buffer Write |
| Set File Backup | | Set Journaling All |
| Set Fill Notags | | Set Left Margin 1 |
| Set Find Case Noexact | | Set Paragraph Indent 0 |
| Set Find Nowhitespace | | Set Right Margin 79 |
| Set Function Keys Motif | | Set Tabs Every 8 |
| Set Keypad Numeric or VT100 | | Set Wrap |
| Set Noclipboard | +------------------------+
| Set Nodefault Command File |
| Set Nodefault Section File | NOTE: Most global settings can
| Set NoGOLD Key | be saved in a section file or
| Set Nopending Delete | as EVE-generated code in a TPU
| Set Scroll Margins 0 0 | command file. See help on
| Set Scroll On | ATTRIBUTES.
| Set Scroll Smooth |
| Set Section File Prompting |
| Set Tabs Insert |
| Set Tabs Visible |
| Set Width 80 |
| Set Wildcard VMS or ULTRIX |
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Usage notes:
o The SET FILE BACKUP default setting is only for ULTRIX. See help on SET
BACKUP CONTROL STRING for the default ULTRIX control string used to
backup files.
o The SET FUNCTION KEYS MOTIF default setting is only for the Motif
environment.
o In DECwindows, the default setting is SET SELECTION GRAB SELECTION.
o On VT100-series terminals, the default is SET KEYPAD VT100. Otherwise,
the default is SET KEYPAD NUMERIC.
o Default width is your terminal setting---typically, 80 columns. Default
right margin is one column less than the width---hence, typically, 79.
See help on SET WIDTH.
o Default wildcards match the system you are using. Thus, on VMS, the
default is SET WILDCARD VMS; on ULTRIX, it is SET WILDCARD ULTRIX. The
setting applies only to WILDCARD FIND and SHOW WILDCARDS---it does not
affect wildcards in file names which are determined by the operating
system.
o For editing EVE command lines, such as when you recall a command by
pressing CTRL/B, the cursor is bound, the default direction is reverse,
and the default mode is your terminal setting. See help on Editing
Command Lines.
o Setting the WPS keypad automatically sets the cursor to BOUND.
o The EDT or WPS keypad makes PF1 the GOLD key, overriding any current
definition of PF1. However, if you set a different key as GOLD, then
the EDT or WPS keypad uses your GOLD key without redefining PF1. See
help on Gold Keys.
o To save most global settings for future editing sessions, use SAVE
ATTRIBUTES to create a section file or to create or update a command
file.
o Margins, tab stops, and other buffer settings are NOT saved in a
section file. To use the same buffer settings for all or most sessions,
put the relevant commands in an initialization file (typically named
EVE$INIT.EVE) and use that file when you invoke EVE. For example, if
you prefer a right margin of 70, put SET RIGHT MARGIN 70 in your
initialization file. When you invoke EVE using that initialization
file, the setting applies to the MAIN buffer (or buffers initially
created from your input files) and to an EVE system buffer named
$DEFAULTS$, so that each buffer you create has a right margin of 70.
See help on Initialization Files.
o To check the current $DEFAULTS$ settings, use SHOW DEFAULTS BUFFER.
o You can change the $DEFAULTS$ settings during your editing session as
follows:
1. Put the $DEFAULTS$ buffer into the current window:
Command: BUFFER $DEFAULTS$
(The $DEFAULTS$ buffer is empty because it is a "template" buffer
for the settings used in creating other buffers.)
2. Use SET LEFT MARGIN, SET RIGHT MARGIN, and other commands to set
the default buffer attributes. Buffers you create thereafter will
have those settings---no effect on other, existing buffers.
Related topics:
Attributes EDT Differences Initialization Files
ULTRIX Differences VMS Differences WPS Differences