Depends on what you mean by "carefully". Whenever you overtype any character on a line, the whole line is processed and many times unprintable characters get translated. I learned EDIT (before there was full screen) and I always resort to using "c/stringin/stringout/" commands or "ALTER bytein byteout" commands when editing a file that has unprintables in it. Just to be safe.
Bob Bates Enterprise Hosting Services - Enterprise Virtualization - z/VM and z/Linux w. (469)892-6660 c. (214) 907-5071 "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian S. Worthington Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: XEDIT and non-printables Whilst (carefully) xediting a file containing mixed printable and non-printable characters I've found that certain x'11' characters have been changed to x'40's. Any ideas what the cause might be would be most welcome. ian ... Ian S. Worthington, MBCS. me: http://isw.me.uk/ photos: http://gallery.isw.me.uk/ Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, sed dulcius pro patria vivere, et dulcissimus pro patria biber. Ergo, bibiamo pro salute patriae.
