Hi Noam,
Try the SET command.

*  SET FIXED/VARIABLE. SET FIXED and SET VARIABLE specify whether the
    WORK file contents are saved with a KEEP command into a file with
    fixed-length or variable-length records.  The default condition is
    FIXED.

The manuals, including the EDIT/3000 manuals are available on the web.  This
site is a great place to start.

http://docs.hp.com/dynaweb/smpe/b1019/@Generic__CollectionView

Regards,
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Noam Koren
> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 9:38 AM
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> Subject: EDITOR and variable file
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> Please see if you have any idia for me:
> - I open a variable length record file with EDITOR.
> - Make some modification
> - Save (keep) the file
>
> After the keep, file is changed to fixed-length.
> Can you advise me what to give the EDITOR (flags, parameters, etc) to keep
> the file in it nature format?
>
> Thanks a lot for help.
>
> Noam.
>
>