Viewing Wide Files

It is sometimes necessary to view or edit files that are more than 80 columns wide. If a line is too long to fit on the screen, the visible end will be marked with a diamond character.

SHIFT LEFT and SHIFT RIGHT

These commands move the horizontal position of the current window:

• Movement is specified as a number of columns.

• Movement is relative to the current position.

• The content and layout of the text being viewed is not affected.

SET WIDTH

This command sets the width of the screen display:

• The width is specified as number of columns.
• Maximum width (on VT320 terminals) is 132 columns.
• Wide carriage computer listings have 132 columns.
• The standard setting is 80.
• In practice, widths other than 80 and 132 are of little use.