EVE SELECT — VMS 5.5

 SELECT

 Selects text for an editing operation such as COPY, BOX CUT, FILL, REMOVE,
 or UPPERCASE.  In the Buffer List, lets you view a buffer without having
 to type the buffer name.

 Keys:  EVE      VT100    EDT/WPS Keypad    DECwindows
        --------------------------------------------------------------
        SELECT   KP7      PERIOD            MB1 (see usage notes below)

 Steps:

    1.  Put the cursor where you want to begin the selection, and
        use SELECT (see key list above).

    2.  Move the cursor to select the text.  If you move forward, the
        selection starts with the current character and ends left of the
        cursor.  If you move back (reverse), it starts with the character
        left of the cursor and ends where you move the cursor.  Any text
        the cursor crosses is highlighted in reverse video.

 Usage notes:

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

       1 Click ...... Cancels a selection, and repositions the cursor.
       2 Clicks ..... Selects all of the word the pointer is on.
       3 Clicks ..... Selects all of the line the pointer is on.
       4 Clicks ..... Selects all of the paragraph the pointer is on.
       5 Clicks ..... Selects all of the buffer (same as SELECT ALL).
       Drag ......... Selects text, starting where you press MB1 and
                      ending where you release MB1.
       Shift/Drag ... Extends or shrinks a selection.

 o  To edit the selection, use a command or key that works on a range or
    box, such as COPY, BOX CUT, FILL, REMOVE, or UPPERCASE.  See help on
    Ranges And Boxes.

 o  SET BOX SELECT makes SELECT (or any defined for it) the same as BOX
    SELECT, and affects other commands and keys.  A box selection uses bold
    video.

 o  To cancel the selection, use RESET (GOLD-SELECT) or repeat SELECT.  If
    the selection was done with mouse clicks, moving the cursor out of the
    select range cancels the selection.

 o  In the Buffer List, SELECT lets you view a buffer whose name the cursor
    is on, without having to type the buffer name:

       1.  Use SHOW BUFFERS to list the buffers you created.
       2.  Put the cursor on the name of the buffer you want to view.
       3.  Use SELECT or RETURN.

 o  When the $CHOICES$ buffer is displayed and you are in the list of
    choices, pressing a key defined as SELECT copies a choice onto the
    command line.  See help on Choices Buffer.

 o  On DECwindows, if you select text, the pop-up menu (displayed by
    holding down MB2) contains COPY, CUT, FILL RANGE, case changes, and
    other commands for editing a selection.

 Related topics:

    Pending Delete     Ranges And Boxes    BOX SELECT
    RESET              SELECT ALL          SET BOX SELECT
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EVE SELECT — VMS 5.5
