You can open a file and edit the contents using the z/OS® Explorer. You can edit only text Partitioned Data Set (PDS) members or text sequential data sets.
The data set editor is a text editor that you can use to view or edit a data set.
The data set opens in the data set editor.
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 that contains JCL.
The workbench status bar displays more details about the file. For example, the status bar information for the previous example shows that the file is writeable, the editor is in Insert mode, and the cursor is on line 4, column 22.
When you edit files, you must be aware of the cursor position. PDS members have a record length of 80 characters, but the editor does not prevent you from entering more than 80 characters in a single line.
To display line numbers in the editor, right-click the gray vertical bar at the left-side of the view, then click Show Line numbers in the menu.
If a file references a data set name, for example DSN=NBISHOP.CNTL.JCL(OUT), you can open that data set in another editor view. Press the Ctrl key and hover over the name to change the text to a hyperlink that you can click to open the data set in another editor view.
When
you change a file, an asterisk is placed in front of the file name
in the view tab: . The asterisk indicates that the file contents
have changed but have not been saved.
You can now edit the file.
Name | Function | Keyboard shortcut (Windows and Linux) | Keyboard shortcut (OS X) |
---|---|---|---|
Undo typing | Undo the last change in the editor | Ctrl+Z | cmd+Z |
Redo | Redo the previous change that was undone | Ctrl+Y | shift+cmd+Z |
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 | cmd+X |
Copy | Copies the currently selected text or elements to the clipboard | Ctrl+C | cmd+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 | cmd+V |
Delete | Delete the current text or element selection. | Delete key | Delete key |
Find Next | Finds the next occurrence of the currently selected text. | Ctrl+K | cmd+K |
Find Previous | Finds the previous occurrence of the currently selected text. | Ctrl+Shift+K | shift+cmd+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 | cmd+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 | shift+cmd+J |
Show Tooltip Description | Not in use | None | None |
Word Completion | Proposes word completions for the current string based on all words found in any open editor. | Alt+/ | ctrl+. |
Name | Function | Keyboard shortcut (Windows and Linux) | Keyboard shortcut (OS X) |
---|---|---|---|
Undo typing | Undo the last change in the editor | Ctrl+Z | cmd+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 | cmd+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 | cmd+X |
Copy | Copies the currently selected text or elements to the clipboard | Ctrl+C | cmd+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 | cmd+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 your edits are complete, to save your changes,
clicking the Save icon on
the z/OS Explorer toolbar.
To
close the editor, click the Close icon in
the editor view tab. If you try to close the editor with unsaved file
changes, the Save Resource dialog is displayed so that you can choose
whether to save your changes.