---
name: "dzedit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dzedit"
version: "20061220+dfsg3-4.4"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dzedit"
---

# dzedit(1)

the CERN ZEBRA documentation editor

## NAME

dzedit - the CERN ZEBRA documentation editor

## SYNOPSIS

**dzedit**  \[ *options* \]\
 **dzeX11**

## DESCRIPTION

**dzeX11** is an interactive interface to the DZDOC (ZEBRA documentation) system developed at CERN.  **dzedit** is a wrapper script around dzeX11 that allows one to set a few environment options.  ZEBRA, part of the Packlib library, permits a developer to create complex data structures in the FORTRAN 77 language; the DZDOC system allows the developer to generate and maintain documentation of ZEBRA data structures.

## OPTIONS

- **-d** *driver*

  Use the graphics driver *driver*, i.e., have dzedit call the program **dze***driver*.  The default is "X11".  You are exceedingly unlikely to want anything other than the default.

- **-h** *host*

  Give the host to open the window on.  This is the same as setting the environment variable $DISPLAY to "*host*:0.0".  You don't need to do so if you are logged on to a remote host through SSH (if you are using telnet, shame on you!)

- **-v** *version*

  Specify the version of CERNLIB to use.  This only makes sense if you have a version of CERNLIB directly from CERN installed.  In this case you should also have set the environment variable $CERN.  Then dzedit will look for the dzeX11 program in the directory $CERN/\<version\>/bin/.

## FILES

- **dzedit.kumac**

  dzedit tries to read startup commands from this file in the current directory.

- **dzedit.las**

  dzedit stores the names of the ZEBRA file and documentation file in this file in the current directory.

- **last.kumac**

  At the end of a session, dzedit outputs this file containing a transcript of the commands used during the session.

## SEE ALSO

The ZEBRA manual:\
 http://wwwasdoc.web.cern.ch/wwwasdoc/psdir/zebra.ps.gz\
 (specifically, chapter 16 is about DZDOC).

## BUGS

This man page is essentially useless because the section of the ZEBRA manual about DZDOC is incomprehensible and there are no tutorials about it. Anyone who wants to provide a better man page is welcome to do so.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Kevin McCarty \<kmccarty@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).