CD - Change Delimiter

Displays or changes the multiple Editor command delimiter.

Syntax

CD {character}

Syntax Element

character is the character you want to specify as the multiple command delimiter.

Default Delimiter

The default delimiter is ESC (X'1B'). It is displayed as .[.

Displaying the Current Delimiter

If you enter CD without entering a new command delimiter character, the current command delimiter is displayed.

Example

:ED MD TEST
 Top
 .P
 001 AAA
 002 BBB
 003 CCC
 .CD
 CD .[
 .CD &
 .CD
 CD &
 .CD esc
 .CD
 CD .[
 .




Current contents of item TEST.


Display current delimiter.
Delimiter is ESC.
Change delimiter to &.
Display current delimiter.

Change delimiter back to ESC.
Display current delimiter.


Note that the terminal echoes [ when you press the ESC key and .[ when the Editor displays the delimiter character. The Editor displays all control characters as a dot plus an optional ASCII character.