EZTYP <filename>

EZTYP displays the specified file, using the EZ-SPOOL file viewer. Although this command was officially renamed to "EZVUE" quite some time ago, the original command name of EZTYP has been retained in the interests of backwards compatibility and ontological confusion. Refer to EZSPL configuration, and note that the colors may be affected by settings in the INI.CLR file.

The operation of EZVUE/EZTYP is reasonably self-explanatory, particularly after a glance at the help screen, which is accessed via the ? key. However, the following topics may help fill in some of the gaps.

EZVUE can also be accessed via EZTYP.SBR, or simply by including the TYPE=ON parameter setting within the applicable EZ-SPOOL configuration file. This latter method will result in an option to preview the file being given every time your application calls SPOOL.SBR.

The name EZVUE is essentially an alias to EZTYP and came into being to highlight the VUE-like features added to the A-Shell version of EZTYP (command mode, search capability, paging, etc.).

LOOK is the name of a file viewer included with SuperVue and popular under AMOS, and that EZTYP is generally speaking a very suitable (and more capable) replacement for it. Applications which contain hard-coded references to LOOK might want to just create a look.do file that contains:

;LOOK.DO -

$R

EZTYP $0