Use EditOverlay to replace current session text with a specified string of characters at a specified column for a specified group of lines.
EditOverlay may also be entered as EditO[verlay], O[verlay], or Ovly.
The group of lines can be specified by pre-selecting the lines (see Selection) or by using the FCT operand. If neither a pre-selection or FCT operand is provided, the group of lines consists solely of the current line.
Required Operands
COL is the column number where the literal is to be overlaid. COL may range from 1 through the session maximum line width.
LIT is the literal to be overlaid. LIT may be up to 72 characters in length.
Optional Operands
FCT specifies the number of lines to overlay. If FCT is specified as an asterisk (*), all of the lines through the end of the session will be overlaid.
Default: 1.
Return Codes
OK Successful.
Examples
Overlay 9 lines of the string "s20_" starting at column 4:
=> o 4,s20_,9