Exercise 3.1: Introducing the editor

Your program editing tasks are simplified with the Remote Systems LPEX Editor. The editor can access source files on your workstation or your iSeries system directly. When a compilation results in errors, you can jump from the compiler messages to an editor containing the source. The editor opens with the cursor positioned at the offending source statements so that you can correct them.

Here is a list of some of the basic editor features that you would expect in a workstation editor:

In addition there are a few more functions that you may not have seen in a workstation editor:

Now you know the features of the editor, you are ready to begin Exercise 3.2: Changing default editor settings.