The much-loved z/VM CMS 1 editor (strictly it’s the name of the CMS command used to call up the editor). Different enough from the ISPF/PDF editor to be truly annoying to visitors from z/OS.
The IBM supplied text editor used for full screen editing under CMS. We no longer have CMS, but we do have the (The Hessling Editor), an XEDIT clone for UNIX, on all the ACCC UNIX workstations, and we have KEDIT on all our public personal computers.
Subject: The Earth XEDIT- is the name of the full-screen text editor which is standard to the VM operating system. Xedit is used to create and edit data files and source-code files. [ Pics List
XEDIT is a visual editor for VM/CMS using block mode IBM 3270 terminals. It is much more line-oriented than modern PC and Unix editors. For example, it supports automatic line numbers, and many of the commands operate on blocks of lines.