Museum

Home

Lab Overview

Retrotechnology Articles

⇒ Online Manual

Media Vault

Software Library

Restoration Projects

Artifacts Sought

EVE SELECT_ALL — VMS 5.1-B

 SELECT ALL

 Selects all of the current buffer -- regardless of your position -- so you
 can perform an editing operation, such as COPY, FILL, or REMOVE.

 Steps:

    1.  Use the SELECT ALL command or click MB1 five times.  The entire
        buffer is highlighted in reverse video.  The cursor position does
        not change.

    2.  You can then perform one of 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  To cancel the selection, use the RESET command or simply press SELECT
    or click MB1 once.

 o  SELECT ALL or clicking MB1 five times disables pending delete, to
    prevent accidentally erasing the buffer.

 Related topics:

    MOUSE    RESET    SELECT    STUFF

Typewritten Software • bear@typewritten.org • Edmonds, WA 98026