Version 6.3.8 for OpenVMS
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Prefix Area

The leftmost six columns of the editor screen are referred to as the prefix area. The prefix area can contain the following:

Start of instruction setTo hide text in the prefix area and reset pending commands


Entering Line Commands

In addition to showing the number of a source line or text, the prefix area is used for entering line commands as described in the relevant section.

You can protect the prefix area to avoid overwriting of source lines by using the PROTECT editor command described in Editor Commands.

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