You can open a file and edit the contents using the CICS Explorer z/OS perspective. You can edit only text PDS members or text sequential data sets.
When you first open the file for editing the file opens in the editor view in the workbench edit area. The following screen capture shows an example file containing JCL.
The workbench status bar provides more details about the file. The status bar information for the previous example looks like this:
When a data set name is referenced, for example: DSN=NBISHOP.CNTL.JCL(OUT), you can hold down the Ctrl key on the keyboard and hover over the text. The text changes to a hyperlink. Clicking the hyperlink opens the data set in another editor.
When you change a file an asterisk is placed in front of the file
name in the view tab as shown: . The asterisk indicates that the file
contents have changed but have not been saved.
The following edit actions are available from the workbench Edit menu or the view context menu:
Name | Function | Keyboard shortcut |
---|---|---|
Undo typing | Undo the last change in the editor | Ctrl + Z |
Redo | Redo the previous change that was undone | Ctrl + Y |
Cut | Copies the currently selected text or element to the clipboard and removes the element. On elements, the remove is not performed before the clipboard is pasted. | Ctrl + X |
Copy | Copies the currently selected text or elements to the clipboard | Ctrl + C |
Paste | Paste the current content as text to the editor, or as a sibling or child element to the a currently selected element. | Ctrl + V |
Delete | Delete the current text or element selection. | Delete key |
Find Next | Finds the next occurrence of the currently selected text. | Ctrl + K |
Find Previous | Finds the previous occurrence of the currently selected text. | Ctrl + Shift + K |
Incremental Find Next | Starts the incremental find mode. After invocation, enter the search text. As you type the cursor moves to the character position after the cursor position that matches the text you type. The text you type is shown in the status bar. | Ctrl + J |
Incremental Find Previous | Starts the incremental find previous mode. After invocation, enter the search text. As you type the cursor moves to the character position before the cursor position that matches the text you type. | Ctrl + Shift + J |
Show Tooltip Description | Not in use | None |
Word Completion | Proposes word completions for the current string based on all words found in any open editor. | Alt + / |
Name | Function | Keyboard shortcut |
---|---|---|
Undo typing | Undo the last change in the editor | Ctrl + Z |
Revert File | Revert the content of the current editor back to the content of the last saved file. Disabled if the editor does not contain unsaved changes. | |
Save | Save the content of the current editor. Disabled if the editor does not contain unsaved changes. | Ctrl + S |
Show In | Not in use | Alt + Shift + W |
Cut | Copies the currently selected text or element to the clipboard and removes the element. On elements, the remove is not performed before the clipboard is pasted. | Ctrl + X |
Copy | Copies the currently selected text or elements to the clipboard | Ctrl + C |
Paste | Paste the current content as text to the editor, or as a sibling or child element to the a currently selected element. | Ctrl + V |
Shift Right | Increments the level of indentation of the currently select lines. | |
Shift left | Decrements the level of indentation of the currently select lines. |
When you have finished editing the file you save your changes by clicking the Save icon on the CICS Explorer™ toolbar. You can the close the editor by clicking the X in the editor tab. If you try to close the editor before you have saved any changes, the Save resource dialog is displayed asking whether you want to save the changes or not.