Job switch 5

If job switch 5 is set when EDT starts then L mode is used. EDT uses RDATA to read input from SYSDTA. The same effect (reading from SYSDTA with RDATA) can be achieved by entering @EDIT ONLY at the screen. Instead of the current line number, EDT outputs * as a prompt in interactive mode.

Changing the setting of this switch during the EDT session has no effect.

An explicit switchover (with @EDIT without operands in L mode or with @EDIT FULL SCREEN in F mode) is nevertheless still possible.