TF—Text Flow

The TF (text flow) line command restructures paragraphs. This is sometimes necessary after deletions, insertions, or splitting.

Syntax


>>-TF--+---+---------------------------------------------------><
       '-n-'

n: The column number to which the text should be flowed. The default is the panel width when default boundaries are in effect. If you are using nondefault bounds, the right boundary is used. This is different from the TFLOW macro command, which always defaults to the right boundary.
If a number greater than the right boundary is specified, the right boundary is used.

To flow text:

Type TF in the line command field of the line at which you want the text to begin flowing. If you want to specify the rightmost column position for the restructured text, type a number greater than 1 immediately after the TF command.
Press Enter. The text is flowed from the beginning of that line to the end of the paragraph.

Figure 1 demonstrates text restructuring. The bounds are set at columns 1 and 72. A TF50 command is typed on line 000041.

Figure 1. Before the TF (Text Flow) line command

When you press Enter, the editor takes all text in that paragraph between columns 1 and 72 and reformats it between columns 1 and 50. See Figure 2.

Figure 2. After the TF (Text Flow) line command