VI

Purpose

Open the Script Editor to edit program or other text files

Syntax

VI <filename> | (<expC>)

See Also

ED, MC, MODIFY COMMAND, MODIFY FILE

Description

VI opens the Script Editor to create or modify program files and other text files. The filename can be substituted with a <expC>, enclosed in round brackets, which returns a valid filename. If no file extension is present in the file name, then '.prg' is used.

VI is a synonym of the ED, MC, MODIFY COMMAND and MODIFY FILE commands.

Example

modify command myprogram
ed myprogram
mc myprogram
modify file myprogram
vi myprogram