EVE SELECT — VMS 5.1-B

 SELECT

 Selects text for an editing operation such as COPY, REMOVE, or FILL.  In a
 buffer list, lets you view the buffer whose name the cursor is on.

 Steps:

    1.  Put the cursor where you want to begin the selection.
    2.  Use the SELECT command.  (See key list below.)
    3.  Move the cursor to select text.

 o  On DECwindows, you can select text by using MB1 as follows:

       Press-drag-release ... Selects a block of text
       1 Click .............. Cancels a selection
       2 Clicks ............. Selects the current word
       3 Clicks ............. Selects the current line
       4 Clicks ............. Selects the current paragraph
       5 Clicks ............. Selects the current buffer

 o  You can perform these editing operations on or with the select range:

       Change case ..... such as LOWERCASE WORD or the EDT Chngcase key
       Edit ............ such as COPY, REMOVE, or the EDT Append key
       Reformat ........ with FILL or FILL RANGE
       Search .......... with FIND SELECTED
       Substitute ...... such as the EDT Subs key or WPS Replace key
       OPEN SELECTED ... if you found a file name
       SPELL ........... if DECspell is installed on your system

 o  If you used SET PENDING DELETE, then typing new text or using DELETE
    deletes the select range.

 o  To cancel the selection, use the RESET command or simply press SELECT
    again.  If the selection was done with mouse clicks, moving the cursor
    out of the select range cancels the selection.

 o  When you are in the Buffer List buffer, SELECT is specially redefined
    to view a buffer, as follows:

       1.  Use SHOW BUFFERS or SHOW SYSTEM BUFFERS.
       2.  Put the cursor on a buffer name and use SELECT.

 Keys:  The following keys are each defined as SELECT:

        EVE Default    VT100 Keypad   EDT or WPS Keypad
        ------------------------------------------------
        Select (E4)    KP7            PERIOD (on keypad)

 Related topics:

    RESET    SELECT ALL    SET PENDING DELETE    SHOW BUFFERS    STUFF
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EVE SELECT — VMS 5.1-B
