Several commands simply display status information. This is similar to the information displayed by clicking HELP then Status display.
- Version / Ver
- Display VEDIT's version number.
- Name_Dir / ND
- Display the current drive and directory.
- Name_Read / NR
- Display the name of the input (read) file.
- Name_Write / NW
- Display the name of the output (write) file.
- Name_File / NF
- Display the input and output file names.
- Mem_Status / MSTAT
- Display the number of bytes free in the current edit buffer, the number of bytes used, and the total number of bytes in all text registers.
- Date
- Display the current system date.
- Time
- Display the current system time.
- Reg_Status / RSTAT
- Display the total number of bytes in all text registers and the number of bytes in each text register.
vEdit has many other commands that return a numeric value for useful status information. For example, File_Size( ) returns the size of the current file; Cur_Line( ) returns the line number of the edit position (cursor).
- .File_Size / .FSIZE
- Display the size of the current file.
- .Disk_Free / .DKF
- Display the amount of free disk space.
- .Buf_Total / .BT
- Display the number of edit buffers (files) currently open.
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