Set up a special edit profile named ZDEFAULT (enter ZDEFAULT as the profile name on the Edit Entry Panel). The ZDEFAULT profile is the one used for the initial settings whenever a new edit profile is generated, regardless of the RECFM and LRECL values. For example, if you do not have an ASM profile and you edit an ASM data set, an ASM profile is generated using ZDEFAULT for the initial settings. If no ZDEFAULT profile exists, one is automatically generated with settings obtained from the ISPF Configuration Table.

The number of profiles you can establish also is described in the configuration table. See The ISPF Configuration Table for more details. When you finish, exit PDF. Your entire set of edit profiles is saved in your profile library (referenced by ddname ISPPROF) as the ISREDIT member.

The previous discussion assumes you are using Edit from the Edit Entry Panel, which is option 2 of the ISPF Primary Option Menu. If Edit is invoked from another dialog or if this dialog is altered, Edit might be invoked using a NEWAPPL value other than ISR. If this is the case, the table name begins with the NEWAPPL ID rather than ISR. Therefore, you must create a new set of defaults for the NEWAPPL ID. Copy this member to the table input library (referenced by ddname ISPTLIB). When a first-time user enters ISPF, there is no ISREDIT member in that user's profile library. As a result, Edit searches the table input library for member ISREDIT and uses it as the initial set of profiles for the new user. No ISREDIT member is distributed with the ISPF table input library.