Major Features of SPFLite

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Summary of Primary Commands

Summary of Line Commands

Major Features of SPFLite

Standard text-mode Windows clipboard support along with multiple Named Private Clipboards.
User-customizable screen. Specify your own desired Font and Pitch selection (fixed-width fonts only) as well as custom colors for the various screen components. The screen can also be resized at any time with the mouse, using standard Windows drag arrows.
Support for national keyboards and alternate layouts (using Windows Control Panel / Regional and Language Options).
UNDO/REDO support, with a user-specifiable number of levels.
BROWSE / VIEW support provides all EDIT capabilities but in a read-only mode.
Full keyboard mapping and mouse-button mapping, as well as keyboard macros and keyboard recording.
A programmable macro language to allow automating repetitive functions as well as the creation of new, custom primary and line commands.
Automatic colorization files can be used to colorize keywords and syntax in programs and scripts.
HEX-mode editing.
Regular Expression search strings supported in all Primary commands using search strings.
Tabbed Edit interface to support multiple edit sessions.
Drag and Drop support. Files can simply be dropped on an active SPFLite window to open them.
Integrated File Manager for file selection and basic delete and rename functions.
EBCDIC and Basic Unicode file editing; EBCDIC code page can be user-customized, or use the 1252/1140 default.
Print Screen options for output to the clipboard, to a default printer or to a log file, as well as formatted printing support.
Multi-Edit mode is a new, powerful facility that allows editing several files together in single edit tab. For instance, one CHANGE can alter text in multiple files at the same time, in a single command.
Power Typing mode allows simultaneous editing of multiple lines (possibly scattered) in parallel (called "column mode" in other editors).
A configurable SUBMIT command can send jobs to external processes, such as the Hercules emulator.
Highlight text support (i.e. like yellow hi-lighter) to mark important text areas. Maintained across Edit/Browse sessions.
A DIFF compare facility to compare two files and report differences.
Many new primary and line commands have been added that extend the IBM ISPF command set, as well as powerful new extensions to many of the original ISPF commands.

Summary of Primary Commands

The following primary commands are implemented. See the Appendix for the Abbreviations that are supported.

ACTION	Request automatic SAVE be performed.
ADD	Add a text line
ALIGN	Align string on a column boundary
APPEND	Add text to the end of lines
AUTOBKUP	Control automatic backup creation
AUTOCAPS	Control auto-capitalization of language keywords
AUTONAME	Specify an alternate colorization control file for a Profile
AUTONUM	Number lines automatically
AUTOSAVE	Control automatic file save defaults
BACKUP	Create Date/Time stamped backups
BOM	Turn UTF BOM writing ON and OFF
BOTTOM	Scroll to bottom of file
BOUNDS	Set edit boundaries
BROWSE	Open a file for browse (read-only) access, no changes allowed
CANCEL	Cancel edit session without file save
CAPS	Set keyboard CAPS mode
CASE	Control default literal case handling
CHANGE	Change a data string
CLIP	Open a new tab using clipboard data
CMD	Execute another Program or Command
CLONE	Open an un-named edit using an existing file
CLS	Clear or Close the SPFLite Debug Window
COLLATE	Specify display/sort collating sequence
COLS	Control visibility of top Columns line
COMPRESS	Compress duplicate strings
COPY	Include an external file
CREATE	Create an external file
CRETRIEV	Cursor/Retrieve
CUT	Cut data to the clipboard
DCB	Specify the RECFM, LRECL and EOL settings together
DELETE	Delete selected lines
DIFF	Perform a DIFF file compare between two files
DIR	Display folder containing this file in File Manager
DO	Execute a keyboard command file
DOWN	Scroll downward in the data
EDIT	Open a file for editing
EFT	Edit the Extended File Type criteria
END	End the edit session
ENUMWITH	Change Enumerate increment value
EOL	Set End-of-Line characters. Deprecated - Use DCB.
EXCLUDE	Exclude lines from the display (Edit mode)
EXCLUDE	Exclude files from the display (File Manager Mode)
EXIT	Terminate SPFLite session
FAVORITE	Add current file to a Favorite list
FF	Edit/Browse Find command alias FF
FF	File Manager Find in Files command FF
FIND	Find a character string
FLIP	Reverse X and NX lines
FOLD	Display text in Uppercase only
FORMAT	Set file characteristics
GLUEWITH	Specify join string for Glue operations
JOIN	Selectively join lines together using find/change strings
HELP	Display the Help file
HEX	Set HEX display mode ON or OFF
HIDE	Hide excluded lines
HILITE	Control text highlighting options
IMACRO	Specify an initial macro to run after loading a file
KEYMAP	Display keyboard settings dialog
LC	Lower-case a range of lines
LEFT	Scroll leftward in the data
LOCATE	Scroll the display to a specified line
LOOPCHECK	Turn loop detection ON or OFF
LRECL	Specify logical record length. Deprecated - Use DCB.
MACLIB	Specify unique MACRO library for a Profile
MAKELIST	Create FILELIST from display in File Manager
MARK	Turn Mark lines ON or OFF
MEDIT	Add a file to a Multi-Edit session
MINLEN	Set minimum record length
MODE	Set/Switch the Mode (Edit, Browse, View) of an edit session.
NDELETE	Delete lines where string is not found
NFIND	Find lines where string is not found
NFLIP	Reverse X and NX lines where string is not found
NEXCLUDE	Exclude lines where string is not found
NONUMBER	Turn Number mode off
NREVERT	Revert User line status where string not found
NSHOW	Show (unexclude) lines where string is not found
NULINE	Mark User line status where string not found
NUMBER	Verify and generate valid sequence numbering
NUMTYPE	Define the numbering 'style' to use
OPEN	Edit another file in a new session
OPTIONS	Set editor global options
ORDER	Reorder file line numbers
PAGE	Set Profile PAGE mode ON or OFF
PASTE	Paste data from the clipboard
PREPEND	Add text to the beginning of line(s)
PRESERVE	Control handling of trailing blanks
PRINT	Print selected lines to the printer
PROFILE	Display current file profile values
PTYPE	Enter PowerType mode
QUERY	Display a single Profile setting
RCHANGE	Repeat change
RECALL	Recall (Open) a favorite File list
RECFM	Specify Record Format. Deprecated - Use DCB.
REDO	Redo (back out) a prior UNDO action
RELOAD	Reload current edit file
RENAME	Rename the current edit file
RENUM	Evenly renumber lines in file
REPLACE	Replace a file
RESET	Reset (Edit mode)
RESET	Reset (File Manager mode)
RETF	Recall commands in a forward direction
RETRIEVE	Recall previous commands
REVERT	Revert User line status
RFIND	Repeat the find command
RIGHT	Scroll rightward in the data
RLOC	Repeat last LOCATE command
RLOCFIND	Repeat most recent FIND or LOCATE command
RUN	Directly execute the current Edit script
SAVE	Save data and continue edit
SAVEALL	Save all current tabs
SAVEAS	Save data as a new file and switch to it
SC	Sentence-case a range of lines
SET	Set a command variable
SHOW	Show (unexclude) lines where a string is found
SORT	Sort the edit data
SOURCE	Specify character encoding
SPLIT	Selectively split lines apart using find/change strings
START	Set initial file position option.
STATE	Control edit state saving
SUBARG	Set default SUBMIT arguments
SUBCMD	Set alternate command for SUBMIT
SUBMIT	Pass lines to an external command file
SWAP	Switch to Previous or Next Tab
TABS	Turn TABS On or Off
TAG	Alter TAG status of a selection of lines
TC	Title-case a range of lines
TOP	Scroll to the top of the file
UC	Upper-case a range of lines
ULINE	Mark User line status
UNDO	Undo changes
UNNUMBER	Remove sequence numbers
UP	Scroll upward in the data
VIEW	View a file in read-only mode
WDIR	Open Windows Explorer for this file folder.
XFORM	Specify a Transform macro to handle file reading / writing
XSUBMIT	Submit an external file
XTABS	Control handling of incoming tabs

Summary of Line Commands

A	After destination
AA	After block
B	Before destination
BB	Before block
BNDS	Display BOUNDS line
C	Copy line(s)
CC	Copy a block
COLS	Display Columns line
D	Delete line(s)
DD	Delete a block
F	Display first lines in excluded region
G	Glue lines together
GG	Glue lines together in block
H	Here-destination lines
HH	Here-destination block
I	Insert temporary new line(s)
J	Join lines together
JJ	Join lines together in block
L	Display last lines in excluded region
LC	Lower-case lines
LCC	Lower-case lines in block
M	Move lines
MM	Move lines in block
MARK	Set column markers
MASK	Set the Insert line model
MD	Make data lines
MN	Make NOTE lines
N	Insert permanent new line(s)
NOTE / xNOTE	Insert NOTE or xNOTE lines
O	Overlay lines
OO	Overlay lines in block
OR	Overlay-Replace lines
ORR	Overlay-Replace lines in block
PL	Pad lines
PLL	Pad lines in block
R	Repeat lines
RR	Repeat lines in block
S	Show lines
SC	Sentence-case lines
SCC	Sentence-case lines in block
T	Select text lines
TT	Select text lines in block
TABS	Display Tabs line
TB	Text Break a line
TBB	Text Break lines in block
TC	Title-case lines
TCC	Title-case lines in block
TF	Text-flow a paragraph
TFF	Text-flow a block of paragraphs
TG	Text glue lines together
TGG	Text glue a block together
TJ	Text join lines together
TJJ	Text join a block together
TL	Trim lines
TLL	Trim lines in block
TM	Set Text Margin in a paragraph
TMM	Set Text Margin in a block of paragraphs
TR	Truncate lines
TRR	Truncate lines in block
TS	Text split a line
TU	Toggle the User-Line status of a line
TX	Toggle the excluded status of a line
UC	Upper-case lines
UCC	Upper-case lines in block
U	Mark User lines
UU	Mark User lines in block
V	Revoke User line status
VV	Revoke User line status in block
W	Swap lines
WW	Swap lines in block
WORD	Display valid WORD characters
X	Exclude lines
XX	Exclude lines in block
(	Column shift left
((	Column shift left in block
)	Column shift right
))	Column shift right in block
<	Data shift left
<<	Data shift left in block
>	Data shift right
>>	Data shift right in block
[	Indent shift left
[[	Indent shift in block
]	Indent shift right
]]	Indent shift right in block

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