Using the Text Command
If you use the Text command on a file with lines wider than 1,000 characters, Qedit automatically builds a Wide-Jumbo scratch file with the appropriate characteristics.
If you use the Text command on a file with lines less than 1,000 bytes, you can override the Qedit workfile format by appending a workfile format keyword to the workfile name:
Text workfile,WIDE {forces Wide-Jumbo workfile}
The keyword may be shortened to any leading substring, but the comma is required.
You can use the Wide keyword to override Qedit’s decision and force it to use the wider format.
Let’s assume that we have a file called Funny with 80-character lines. To read this file into a Wide-Jumbo workfile, you would enter:
/text wrkwide,WIDE=funny {this creates a Wide-Jumbo workfile} Language is now JOB 678 lines in file /v open Open: WRKWIDE.SRC.DEVACCT JOB W-jumbo Length:80 Margins:1/80
The syntax requires that you name the workfile and make it permanent. Notice that Qedit still assigns a Language based on the original file characteristics. If you want to go beyond 1,000 characters, you have to change the Language and Length settings after using the Text command on the file.
If you want a scratch file that is a Wide-Jumbo workfile, you should use
/Set Lang Data /Set Length 2500 /AQ 1=funny