HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 192)

SET Command
EDIT Command Summary
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6. The following command causes a block of ten lines to appear for editing
by a REPLACE BLOCK command. (Recall that terminals that can’t
accommodate page mode editing ignore the BLOCK
setoption and
can’t use the REPLACE BLOCK command; see the previous description
of the BLOCK option under “What to Enter.”) Given a 24-line screen,
this command presents ten lines at a time and allows you to add up to
14 more lines of text:
*SET BLOCK 10
*
7. The following command sets the ditto character to an ampersand (&):
*SET DITTO &
*
A single & copies all data from the previous line to the current line until
it encounters the first nonblank. For example:
Copy all information
& headings
enters the following into the EDIT file:
Copy all information
Copy all headings
Two & characters copy only the information between them. For
example:
1064 Nut 34 A
1132 Bolt && A