Select

  Selects text for an editing operation such as filling text or removing text.

  Steps:

     1.  Put the cursor where you want to begin the selection.
     2.  Use the Select key (see list that follows).
     3.  Move the cursor to select text.

  In DECwindows, you can select text by pressing MB1 and dragging the
  mouse, or by clicking MB1 as follows:

     2 Clicks selects the current word
     3 Clicks selects the current line
     4 Clicks selects the current paragraph
     5 Clicks selects the current buffer

  You can then perform the following editing operations on or with the
  selected range:

     Case changes,  such as the LOWERCASE WORD command or the Chngcase key
     Edit, such as the Remove, Copy, or Append keys
     Reformat, with the FILL command
     Search, with the SEARCH command
     Substitute, with the Subs key
     OPEN SELECTED, if you selected a file name

  To cancel the selection, press the Reset key or press the Select key again
  or click MB1 once.  Also, when using the mouse, moving the cursor out of the
  selected range cancels a selection.  (See help on the Mouse.)

  Command Equivalent:

          SET SELECT_MARK

  Related Topics:

           Features MOUSE
           CANCEL SELECT_MARK