Excluding Lines From Visual Mode Display
The XX indicators are used to mark lines that you do not want displayed in full-screen mode. Once marked, the block of text is replaced with a single line.
--- Excluded Area --- 10/34.5
This line shows the line numbers which are currently excluded. An excluded area setting is saved in the workfile so it’s preserved across Open/Shut commands. To reset the excluded area and see the original lines again, type .xx on the Homeline and press Enter or F7.
The excluded area can also be defined using Set Visual XX. The current excluded area is displayed on the Verify Visual output.
Restrictions
The Excluded Area line must not be removed, altered or used in any way. This also means that you can not enter any indicators in the cut-and-paste area. If you wish to paste lines before or after the excluded area, you should use the appropriate cut-and-paste indicators on the line that immediate precedes or follows the Excluded Area line.
An excluded area can not be included in any other block operation such as ZZ, CC, MM or other XX.
If any of these rules are broken, Qedit displays an appropriate error message.