This Natural profile parameter can be used to invoke a program editor other than the standard editor provided by Software AG.
| Possible settings | any character string |
Name of the editor you want to use. Specification, see below. |
|---|---|---|
| Default setting | NATEDIT |
Standard editor provided by Software AG. |
| Dynamic specification | no | |
| Specification within session | no |
Note:
If an external editor is being used, the 4-digit line numbers at the
beginning of each Natural source line have to be added manually, if an existing
source is edited.
To use an external editor, specify the path and editor name:
path-name editor-name command-to-specify-line %l command-to-specify-file %f
The string before %l is replaced by the ASCII representation
of the line number. The string before %f is replaced by the file
name as known by Natural.
The use of an external editor is not recommended as code page conflicts may arise. These conflicts can - but not necessarily must - deteriorate your source code.
$ EDIT/TPU %f $ EDIT/TPU/COM=mydir:NATKEY.TPU %f $ EDIT/TPU /START_POSITION=%l %f
A sample TPU file named NATKEY.TPU is located in
the Natural profile directory (PROFILE_PATH).
