prefixAreaText Parameter

prefixAreaText parameter

Use the prefixAreaText parameter to set or query the text that is displayed in the prefix area. The prefix area is the area to the left of the text area that is visible when current.prefixArea is on. In this area the user can enter prefix commands for the base profiles ispf, seu, and xedit.

Availability

query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter

Scope

prefixAreaText is scoped to the current view.
current.prefixAreaText is scoped to the current view.
default.prefixAreaText is globally scoped.
install.prefixAreaText is globally scoped.

Syntax
query prefixAreaText
set prefixAreaText [ default | lineNumbers | sequenceNumbers ]
query current.prefixAreaText
query default.prefixAreaText
set default.prefixAreaText [ install | lineNumbers | sequenceNumbers ]
query install.prefixAreaText 
Parameters

default If you specify the default parameter for the set prefixAreaText command, the current view will use the value of default.prefixAreaText to determine the text that is displayed in the prefix area.
lineNumbers If you specify the lineNumbers parameter for the set prefixAreaText command, the current view will display line numbers in the prefix area. If you specify the lineNumbers parameter for the set default.prefixAreaText command, all the document views that have prefixAreaText set to default will display line numbers in the prefix area.
sequenceNumbers If you specify the sequenceNumbers parameter for the set prefixAreaText command, the current view will display sequence numbers in the prefix area. If you specify the sequenceNumbers parameter for the set default.prefixAreaText command, all the document views that have prefixAreaText set to default will display sequence numbers in the prefix area.
If no sequence numbers are set in the document, line numbers will be displayed in the prefix area.
install If you specify the install parameter for the set default.prefixAreaText command, all the views that have prefixAreaText set to default will use the value of install.prefixAreaText to determine the text that is displayed in the prefix area.

Description

If you do not specify any of the parameters for the set prefixAreaText command, default is assumed. If you do not specify any of the parameters for the set default.prefixAreaText command, install is assumed.

The query current.prefixAreaText command returns the type of text displayed in the prefix area of the current view. That is, it will return one of lineNumbers or sequenceNumbers.

Examples
query prefixAreaText
set prefixAreaText lineNumbers
query current.prefixAreaText
query default.prefixAreaText
set default.prefixAreaText sequenceNumbers
query install.prefixAreaText 
query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter
lineNumbers.length parameter
lineNumbers.pad parameter
prefixArea parameter
sequenceNumbers parameter

default	If you specify the default parameter for the set prefixAreaText command, the current view will use the value of default.prefixAreaText to determine the text that is displayed in the prefix area.
lineNumbers	If you specify the lineNumbers parameter for the set prefixAreaText command, the current view will display line numbers in the prefix area. If you specify the lineNumbers parameter for the set default.prefixAreaText command, all the document views that have prefixAreaText set to default will display line numbers in the prefix area.
sequenceNumbers	If you specify the sequenceNumbers parameter for the set prefixAreaText command, the current view will display sequence numbers in the prefix area. If you specify the sequenceNumbers parameter for the set default.prefixAreaText command, all the document views that have prefixAreaText set to default will display sequence numbers in the prefix area. If no sequence numbers are set in the document, line numbers will be displayed in the prefix area.
install	If you specify the install parameter for the set default.prefixAreaText command, all the views that have prefixAreaText set to default will use the value of install.prefixAreaText to determine the text that is displayed in the prefix area.