set command

The set command can be used to set the following editor settings:

actionArgument actionClass autoCheck
beep block.defaultType class
commandClass commandLine compare.columns
compare.endColumn compare.ignoreCase compare.ignoreComments
compare.ignoreLeadingBlanks compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers compare.ignoreTrailingBlanks
compare.ignoreAllBlanks compare.startColumn cursor.blinkTime
cursor.width cursorRow default
defaultProfile dirty displayPosition
editorLog elementClasses emphasisLength
emphasisPosition excludedClasses expandHide
expandTabs expanded fields
findText.asis findText.block findText.columns
findText.emphasis findText.endColumn findText.findText
findText.mark findText.regularExpression findText.replaceText
findText.startColumn findText.wholeWord findText.wrap
font forceAllVisible forceVisible
formatLine formatLineText hex
highlightCurrentLine inPrefix includedClasses
insertMode installProfile keyAction
lineNumbers.length lineNumbers.pad maintainSequenceNumbers
mark markExcluded markExcludedHeader
markHighlight markIncluded markProtect
markStyle messageLine messageText
mouseAction multipleViews name
parseAfterEveryKey parserProperty popup
position prefixArea prefixAreaMargin
prefixAreaText prefixPosition prefixProtect
prefixText print.bottomMargin print.font
print.footer print.header print.leftMargin
print.lineNumbers print.rightMargin print.tokenized
print.topMargin readonly recording
save.lineSeparator save.textLimit save.trim
scroll scrollWhileAdjusting sequenceDefaultText
sequenceNumber sequenceNumbers sequenceNumbersFormat
sequenceText shiftInCharacter shiftOutCharacter
showSosi sourceCcsid sourceEncoding
sourceName splitWindow splitWindow.orientation
status statusLine style
styleAttributes tabs text
topExpanded updateProfile.baseProfile updateProfile.noParser
updateProfile.palette updateProfile.paletteAttributes updateProfile.parser
updateProfile.parserAssociation updateProfile.parserClass updateProfile.userActions
updateProfile.userCommands updateProfile.userKeyActions updateProfile.userMouseActions
updateProfile.userProfile userParameter useSourceColumns

 

Description

Not all of the parameters that are available with the query command can be set with the set command.

 

Examples

set insertMode off
set text Here is some text.
set default.expandTabs on 

Related concepts
Editor commands, actions, and parameters

Related reference
Editor parameters
query command