SET(COLUMN_MOVE_VERTICAL)

 Determines the behavior of the cursor when you use the MOVE_VERTICAL
 built-in.

 Syntax

    SET (COLUMN_MOVE_VERTICAL, {OFF | ON})

 Parameters

    OFF   The cursor will stay at the same offset in each new record to
          which the cursor moves.  This is the default.  Since VAXTPU
          counts a tab as one character when determining the offset, the
          cursor's column location can change dramatically after you use
          MOVE_VERTICAL.

    ON    The cursor will move in approximately the same column from line
          to line, unless doing so would put the cursor in the middle of a
          tab or beyond the end of line.
 Example

 In the following example, the symbol "TAB..." represents a tab, and a
 caret (^) indicates the character that the cursor is on.  Suppose you have
 the following text in a buffer, with the cursor on the "c" character on
 the first line:

        abcdefg
          ^
        aTAB....bcdefg

 If you use the following code:

    SET (COLUMN_MOVE_VERTICAL, OFF);
    MOVE_VERTICAL (1);

 The cursor ends up pointing to the "b" character on the second line, as
 follows:

        abcdefg
        aTAB....bcdefg
                ^

 If you use the following code:

    SET (COLUMN_MOVE_VERTICAL, ON);
    MOVE_VERTICAL (1);

 The cursor ends up pointing to the beginning of the tab on the second
 line, as follows:

        abcdefg
         ^
        aTAB....bcdefg

 Related Topics

    MOVE_VERTICAL