Messages
Most error and warning messages are self-explanatory. The older, more cryptic ones are explained below.
| Message | Explanation |
| Already. | The line number that would next be created already exists in the workfile; duplicate line numbers are not allowed. This error often stops an Add command. |
| Com Name. | The first character of a line or after a semi-colon is not a valid command. |
| Empty. | The external file you have referenced does not contain any lines. |
| EOF In. | Caused by an end-of-file on stdin (e.g., pressing Control-E). This error always terminates Qedit. |
| Equals. | Equals sign (=) is missing from the command (example: Add 5 FILE); most are optional. |
| Extra. | A command is followed by extra characters when it should be ended (example: A 500?). |
| Fclose. | Unable to close a new workfile or Keep file. |
| Fcontrol. | Unable to perform a control operation (such as logical rewind) on a file. |
| Fgetinfo. | Unable to get file status. |
| Filename. | An invalid file name has been specified (e.g., K 123). |
| Fopen. | Unable to open a file. Most common reasons are "no such file" and "bad file name" (example: L ABC1234567). |
| Fread. | Unable to read sequentially from an external file. There is no good reason for this error that we are aware of. |
| Freaddir. | Unable to read a block from a workfile. Almost always indicates a "broken" Qedit workfile. |
| Full. | The current workfile is full, and the last line added is lost. You are either out of disc space or your file has 65,535 lines (if original-format workfile). |
| Fwrite. | Unable to write to a file (example: L LP,ALL; K KFILE). |
| Fwritedir. | Unable to write a block to the current workfile. Probably indicates a confused workfile. |
| In Use. | The external workfile cannot be accessed, because it is being edited on some other terminal, or someone aborted Qedit with the file open. You can recover such files by Opening them. |
| 'Language' is now xxx | The current language setting has been changed by Open, Text or Set Lang. This may also change the INCR, WINDOW, etc. |
| Linenum. | The command contains an invalid line number (example: L 5.9999). |
| LP Open. | Unable to open a file to the LP. |
| Modify. | Illegal control character in a Modify line; an ASCII character with a value less than 32, that is not in the Set Modify list of codes. |
| No Line. | A specific line number is required, but does not exist (example: AJ 100, when line 100 doesn't exist). |
| No Open. | A workfile must be Opened before any editing can be done. |
| No Write. | The workfile cannot be Opened with write access. Someone else may be editing the file, or you may not have proper security access to the file. |
| Overflow. | A data line has been entered (Add, Replace) or created (Change, Modify) that is greater than the maximum length allowed by the current language setting. Or, a file has been Texted that is too large for the workfile (the Text is rejected; you may have to adjust Set Work Block to allow for line lengths greater than 60 bytes average). |
| Param. | A parameter of the command is illegal (example: S Work Size ABC) |
| Paren. | A required left or right parenthesis is missing (example: Set Window (Up)). Many are optional. |
| Proc. | Unable to load the procedure named from the library specified; you may have specified the wrong library, or spelled the procedure name incorrectly (example: P ROUTINE-1,S,1). |
| Range. | In a range, the second line number is less than the first (example: List 4/3). |
| Recovery. | The file just Opened was not closed properly the last time it was used; the file is being recovered. See Open command. |
| Size. | An illegal size in a new workfile (example: New ABC(1B3)). |
| String. | The string is not correctly formatted; either the ending quote is missing, or the string is too long (example: C 1,"ABC!,510). |
| Target. | Format error in the target area of the Change command (example: C 53,"ABC",1). |
| Too High. | In Renumber, the starting line number is too high. Qedit cannot find an increment small enough to renumber all of the lines in the file. (example: Ren 99999). Choose a lower starting line number. |
| Window. | Format error in column search window (example: Set Window (1020,MART)). |