Syntax


HIDE

[ X  | FILE ]

[ ON | OFF  ]

[ ? ]


Operands


X | FILE

X         indicates you want to turn ON/OFF the display of the Excluded Line Marker

FILE        indicates you want to turn ON/OFF the display of the Multi-Edit =FILE> Markers


ON | OFF

The desired Hide status


?

Display the current status of the setting.


Description


HIDE X


The HIDE X command controls the display of the "excluded-line placeholder".  Excluded lines are normally collapsed to this placeholder line indicating how many lines are represented. In HIDE X ON mode, the excluded-line placeholder is removed from the display. The data lines themselves are still present in the edit file. 


To indicate the presence of these hidden excluded lines, the line number field of the preceding line will be Underlined. Other than this, there is no visible indication that HIDE Mode is in effect. In particular, there is no status-line indicator for HIDE Mode.


For this display to work properly, the fixed-width font you choose for editing must be capable of underlining text in a readable way. Most fonts have this property.


Just as with non-hidden excluded lines, line movement commands spanning these lines will include them in the requested action. Likewise, when line commands use the line-number form (like C34 instead of a CC/CC pair) then the hidden/excluded line counts as one.


Note that FIND, CHANGE and similar commands cannot be performed in line-by-line mode through the "interior" of a hidden excluded range. If you need to use such commands on hidden data, you must either unhide it with a HIDE X OFF command, or else you must use the ALL option on FIND, CHANGE and similar commands.


See Working with Excluded Lines for more information.


HIDE FILE


The HIDE FILE command controls the display of the File Marker lines in Multi-Edit mode. These lines are inserted at the beginning of each file's data lines in a Multi-Edit session.  But when numerous files are loaded there are times these lines can be a distraction.  Entering HIDE FILE OFF will remove them from the display.  When they are removed there is no indication at all of their position.  To See them again simply enter HIDE FILE OFF.


Defaults


If neither X nor FILE are entered (i.e. just ON or OFF) the On/Off setting will be applied to the X setting.  To control FILE you must enter the FILE operand.


If you enter X or FILE, but no On/OFF operand, ON will be assumed.


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