Lets you use XEDIT to edit the contents of a SAS window
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host editor invoked
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The HOSTEDIT command enables you to use XEDIT to edit
the contents of a window. This command temporarily suspends activity in the
current SAS session and initiates an XEDIT session.
When this session begins, the XEDIT window contains
the contents of the window from which it was invoked. You can then use the
standard XEDIT commands to edit the text and save it to an external file.
Unless the window is available for read access only, you can also save changes
back to the window from which the HOSTEDIT command was issued.
To execute the HOSTEDIT command, type HOSTEDIT (or its
alias, HED) on the command line. Depending on how the window was defined
when it was created, one of the following occurs:
Special text attributes such as color or highlighting
are lost during a host editing session. When the HOSTEDIT command is issued
from a window that contains text with these attributes, a requestor window
appears. The requestor window gives you the option of either continuing or
aborting the HOSTEDIT command.
When you have finished editing in the XEDIT session,
do one of the following:
In each case you are returned to the window in the SAS
session that was suspended.
For more information about XEDIT, refer to the applicable
IBM documentation.
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