That appears to be the case.

If I just go straight into an ADD I get a default of 72 (80 with the line
number), which stops accepting characters after the 72nd.

If I use the NEW command and specify a longer record, it accepts up to the
specified line, with the line wrapping on the screen as you go.  A wider
screen setting would avoid that.

Bob Comeau
Sr. Systems Programmer Analyst
Crossley Carpet Mills Ltd.
(902)895-5491 ex 139


-----Original Message-----
From: James B. Byrne [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: November 21, 2005 7:07 PM
To: Bob Comeau
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: QUAD question?


On 21 Nov 2005 at 11:49, Bob Comeau wrote:

> If you're trying to initially create a file wider than 80, the New
> command will ask you for a record length after you tell it you are
> not creating a Cobol file.

So, given that QUAD will truncate lines otherwise, I infer that one
must execute the NEW command first and then add lines to the file.
Is this correct?

Regards,
Jim

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