The SET MARGINS command affects only the display of source lines. It does not affect the display of other debugger output, as from an EXAMINE command. The SET MARGINS command is useful for controlling the display of source code when, for example, the code is deeply indented or long lines wrap at the right margin. In such cases, you can set the left margin to eliminate indented space in the source display, and you can decrease the right margin setting (from its default value of 255) to truncate lines and prevent them from wrapping. The SET MARGINS command is useful mostly in line (noscreen) mode. In line mode, the SET MARGINS command affects the display of source lines resulting from a TYPE, EXAMINE/SOURCE, SEARCH, or STEP command, or when a breakpoint, tracepoint, or watchpoint is triggered. In screen mode, the SET MARGINS command has no effect on the display of source lines in a source display, such as the predefined display SRC. Therefore it does not affect the output of a TYPE or EXAMINE/SOURCE command, since that output is directed at a source display. The SET MARGINS command affects only the display of any source code that might appear in an output or DO display (for example, after a STEP command has been executed). However, such source-code display is normally suppressed if you enable screen mode by pressing PF1-PF3, because that sequence issues the SET STEP NOSOURCE command as well as SET MODE SCREEN to eliminate redundant source display. By default, the debugger displays a source line starting at character position 1 of the source line. This is actually character position 9 on your terminal screen. The first eight character positions on the screen are reserved for the line number and cannot be manipulated by the SET MARGINS command. If you specify a single number, the debugger sets the left margin to 1 and the right margin to the number specified. If you specify two numbers, separated with a colon, the debugger sets the left margin to the number on the left of the colon and the right margin to the number on the right. If you specify a single number followed by a colon, the debugger sets the left margin to that number and leaves the right margin unchanged. If you specify a colon followed by a single number, the debugger sets the right margin to that number and leaves the left margin unchanged. Related commands: SET STEP [NO]SOURCE SHOW MARGINS