LSE$CLIHELP.HLB  —  Features  Command Categories
  The following information describes the use of LSE commands  by  task
  and function.

1  –  Edit Sessions

      ATTACH
          allows you to switch control of your terminal to another
          process.

      CONTINUE
          exits line mode and enters keypad mode.

      DCL
          executes a DCL command from within your editing session

      DO
          executes LSE commands or VAXTPU program statements.

      EXIT
          terminates an edit session,  returns to the calling
          program, and saves buffers.

      GOTO COMMAND
          produces the LSE Command> prompt at which LSE or SCA commands
          can be issued.

      QUIT
          terminates an edit session and returns to the calling
          program without saving buffers.

      REPEAT repeat-count [command]
          executes a specified command a specified number of times.

      SET DEFAULT_DIRECTORY
          changes your default device and directory specifications.

      SET FONT
          sets the specified fonts for the screen.

      SET JOURNALING
          enables buffer journaling for the specified buffers.

      SET NOJOURNALING
          disables buffer journaling for the specified buffers.
      SPAWN
          suspends the edit session and spawns a subprocess at the
          DCL level.

2  –  Entering Code

      ENTER COMMENT
          converts pseudocode into comments.

      ENTER PSEUDOCODE
          inserts pseudocode placeholder delimiters.

      EXPAND
          expands the token name at the current cursor position.

      ERASE PLACEHOLDER
          deletes placeholder text and related punctuation.

      GOTO PLACEHOLDER
          moves the cursor to a placeholder

      MODIFY LANGUAGE
          modifies the characteristics of a specified language.

      SET AUTO_ERASE
          enables automatic erasing of placeholders.

      SET LANGUAGE
          sets the specified language associated with the specified
          buffer

      SET NOAUTO_ERASE
          disables automatic erasing of placeholders.

      SET NOLANGUAGE
          disassociates the language associated with the indicated buffer.

      UNDO ENTER COMMENT
          reverses the effect of the last ENTER COMMENT command.

      UNERASE PLACEHOLDER
          restores placeholder text to its original postion.

      UNEXPAND
          reverses the effect of the last EXPAND command.

3  –  Text Manipulation

      CANCEL SELECT_MARK
          cancels the select range of the SET SELECT_MARK command.

      CAPITALIZE WORD
          capitalizes the first letter of the current word, or words,
          in a selected range.

      CENTER LINE
          centers the current line between the left and right margins.

      CHANGE CASE
          changes the case (upper/lower) of each letter in the specified
          range.

      CHANGE DIRECTION
          changes the current direction of the current buffer.

      CHANGE INDENTATION
          adds or deletes leading blanks or tabs in the select range.

      CHANGE TEXT_ENTRY_MODE
          changes the edit mode (insert/overstrike) of the current buffer.

      CUT
          deletes and moves text in the select range to the current
          buffer.

      ENTER LINE
          inserts a blank line at the end of a line and repositions the
          cursor to it.

      ENTER SPACE
          inserts a blank character and performs a fill at the current
          cursor position.

      ENTER SPECIAL [ASCII-code]
          inserts a specified ASCII character in decimal at the current
          cursor position.

      ENTER TAB
          inserts tabs and blanks at the current cursor position.

      ENTER TEXT quoted-string
          inserts a specified string at the current cursor position.

      ERASE CHARACTER
          deletes a character from the current buffer.

      ERASE LINE
          deletes a line of text from the current buffer.

      ERASE PLACEHOLDER
          deletes placeholder text and related punctuation.

      ERASE SELECTION
          removes the text within the selected range.

      ERASE WORD
          deletes a word from the current buffer.

      EXPAND
          replaces placeholders, token, alias, or routine names at the
          current cursor position with appropriate text or code.

      FILL
          fills the line in the select range.

      LOWERCASE WORD
          changes the letters in the current word to lowercase.

      PASTE
          copies the contents of the paste buffer to the current
          buffer.

      QUOTE
          enters a control code or other character, either as text in
          the buffer you are editing or as a string command

      SELECT ALL
          selects the entire contents of the current buffer.

      SET AUTO_ERASE
          enables automatic erasing of placeholders.

      SET FORWARD
          sets the direction of the current buffer forward.

      SET INSERT
          sets the text entry mode of the current buffer to insert
          mode.

      SET NOAUTO_ERASE
          disables automatic erasing of placeholders.

      SET NOWRAP
          disables wrapping in the indicated buffer.

      SET OVERSTRIKE
          sets the text entry mode of the current buffer to overstrike
          mode.

      SET REVERSE
          sets the direction of the current buffer to reverse.

      SET SELECT_MARK
          marks a position as one end of a select mark.

      SET WRAP
          enables wrapping in the indicated buffer.
      SPELL
          runs DECspell to check the currently selected text or the entire
          buffer.

      SUBSTITUTE quoted-search-string quoted-replace-string
          searches for a specified string and replaces it with a
          specified string.

      TAB
          inserts blanks and tabs to move cursor to current indentation
          level or next tab stop.

      TOGGLE SELECT_MARK
          sets and resets the state of SELECT_MARK.

      UNERASE erase-command-option
          restores text deleted by an ERASE command option.

      UNEXPAND
          reverses the effect of the last EXPAND command.

      UNTAB
          removes blanks and tabs to the left of the cursor moving the
          cursor to the previous tab stop.

      UPPERCASE WORD
          changes the current word to uppercase.

4  –  Compile and Review

      COMPILE
          compiles the contents of a buffer without leaving LSE

      END REVIEW
          ends an LSE REVIEW session.

      GOTO SOURCE
          displays the source related to the current diagnostic or
          query item.

      GOTO REVIEW
          moves to the currently active review session.

      NEXT ERROR
          selects the next diagnostic in the current set.

      PREVIOUS ERROR
          selects the previous diagnostic in the current set.

      REVIEW
          selects and displays a set of diagnostic messages resulting
          from a compilation.

5  –  CMS Interface

      CMS [cms-command]
          enables the execution of CMS command within
          LSE.

      GOTO FILE
          moves the cursor to the buffer containing the
          specified file.

      GOTO SOURCE
          moves from a dignostic or symbol in a review
          or query buffer to the related item in the
          associated source buffer.

      READ
          opens a specified file for input and places
          its contents in a specified buffer.

      RESERVE [element-name]
          Reserves the element specified in your current
          CMS library.

      REPLACE
          Replaces the element (with the same specification
          as the input file for your current buffer) into
          your current CMS library.

      SET CMS
          sets the default values for reservations and fetches
          that LSE performs.

      SET MODIFY
          sets buffer status to modifiable.

      SET SOURCE_DIRECTORY
          specifies a search list of directories for your
          CMS source files.

      UNRESERVE
          unreserves the element specified by the last
          RESERVE command.

6  –  Indenting Code

      CHANGE INDENTATION
          adds or deletes leading blanks or tabs in the select
          range.

      ENTER TAB
          inserts indentation at the beginning of a line or a
          tab at the cursor position.

      SET INDENTATION
          changes the inentation level for the buffer.

      SET TAB_INCREMENT
          specifies the number of columns between tab stops.

      TAB
          inserts blanks and tabs to move cursor to current indentation
          level or next tab stop.

      UNTAB
          removes blanks and tabs to the left of the cursor moving the
          cursor to the previous tab stop.

7  –  Cursor Movement

      CANCEL MARK
          disassociates a mark and deletes the specified name.

      CHANGE DIRECTION
          changes cursor direction (forward/reverse) through the
          current buffer.

      GOTO BOTTOM
          moves the cursor to the bottom of the current buffer.

      GOTO BUFFER
          moves to the last cursor position held in the specified
          buffer.

      GOTO CHARACTER
          moves the cursor to the next character.

      GOTO FILE file-spec
          moves the cursor to the last position held in the buffer
          specified by the file-spec.

      GOTO LINE
          moves the cursor to the next line.

      GOTO MARK
          moves the cursor to the mark-name specified by the SET MARK
          command.

      GOTO PAGE
          moves the cursor to the next page.

      GOTO PLACEHOLDER
          moves the cursor to the next placeholder.

      GOTO SCREEN
          moves the cursor the current direction by the number of
          lines in the current window.

      GOTO SOURCE
          moves to the source associated with the current diagnostic
          or query item.

      GOTO TOP
          moves the cursor to the top of the current buffer.

      GOTO WORD
          moves the cursor to the next word in the current buffer.

      LINE
          moves the cursor in the current buffer to the start of the source
          line you specify.

      NEXT ERROR
          selects the next diagnostic in the current set.

      PREVIOUS ERROR
          selects the previous diagnostic in the current set.

      SEARCH quoted-string
          moves the cursor to a specified string in the current buffer.

      SET CURSOR
          selects either bound cursor motion or free cursor motion.

      SET FORWARD
          sets the current buffer direction forward.

      SET MARK
          specifies a name at the current cursor position for a GOTO MARK
          command.

      SET REVERSE
          sets the current buffer direction backward.

      SET SEARCH
          sets text search options.

8  –  Screen Control

      CHANGE WINDOW_MODE
          alters the number of displayed windows.

      DELETE WINDOW
          deletes the current window.

      ENLARGE WINDOW
          enlarges the current window.

      GOTO BUFFER
          moves the cursor to the last position held in
          the specified buffer.

      GOTO FILE
          moves the cursor to a buffer containing the
          specified file.

      GOTO SCREEN
          moves the cursor in the current direction by the
          number of lines in the current window.

      GOTO SOURCE
          uses the current cursor position in the review or query buffer
          to select an associated diagnostic or item in the related source
          buffer.

      NEXT WINDOW
          selects the alternate window.

      ONE WINDOW
          deletes all but the current window.

      OTHER WINDOW
          moves the cursor from the current window to the next
          window if the screen is split into multiple windows
      PREVIOUS WINDOW
          selects the alternate window.

      REFRESH
          rewrites the display screen

      SET SCREEN
          defines the display screen characteristics.

      SET SCROLL_MARGINS
          delimits the lines at which the cursor triggers
          scrolling.

      SHIFT
          scrolls a window horizontally.

      SHRINK WINDOW
          shrinks the current window.

      SPLIT WINDOW
          divides the current window into two or more
          windows.

      TWO WINDOWS
          splits the current window into two windows.

9  –  Tailor Environments

      CALL
          evokes a specified VAXTPU procedure.

      DEFINE ALIAS
          specifies the alias name to be defined in the specified
          language.

      DEFINE ADJUSTMENT
          defines the behavior of the LSE viewing commands
          on individual lines of a source file.

      DEFINE COMMAND
          specifies a user command or an abbreviation for an LSE
          command.

      DEFINE KEY
          binds an LSE command to a key.

      DEFINE KEYWORDS
          defines the indicated keyword list.

      DEFINE LANGUAGE
          specifies the characteristics of a language.

      DEFINE PACKAGE
          specifies a subroutine package for which call templates
          are automaically generated.

      DEFINE PARAMETER
          specifies a parameter within a specified package.

      DEFINE PLACEHOLDER
          specifies a placeholder and characteristics for a specified
          language.

      DEFINE ROUTINE
          specifies templates for a routine within a package.

      DEFINE TOKEN
          specifies a token and characteristics for a specified
          language.

      DELETE ALIAS
          deletes the definition of an alias name.

      DELETE ADJUSTMENT
          removes a name from the list of adjustments associated
          with a language.

      DELETE COMMAND
          deletes the definition of a user-defined command.

      DELETE KEY
          deletes the definition of a specified key.

      DELETE KEYWORDS
          cancels the indicated keywords definition.

      DELETE LANGUAGE
          deletes the definition of a specified language.

      DELETE PACKAGE
          deletes the definition of a specified package.

      DELETE PARAMETER
          deletes the definition of a specified parameter.

      DELETE PLACEHOLDER
          deletes the definition of a specified placeholder.

      DELETE ROUTINE
          deletes the definition of a specified routine.

      DELETE TOKEN
          deletes the definition of a specified token.

      DO
          executes LSE commands or VAXTPU program statements.

      END DEFINE
          terminates a DEFINE TOKEN or DEFINE PLACEHOLDER command.

      EXTEND
          compiles one or more VAXTPU procedures to extend LSE.

      EXTRACT ADJUSTMENT
          extracts the definition of the named adjustment and formats
          the definition as a command.

      EXTRACT ALIAS
          selects the definition of the alias name and formats
          it as a command.

      EXTRACT KEYWORDS
          extracts the definition of the named keyword list and
          formats the definition as a command.

      EXTRACT LANGUAGE
          selects the definition of the named language and formats it
          as a command.

      EXTRACT MODULE
          extracts specified modules of source analysis data from an
          SCA library.

      EXTRACT PACKAGE
          extracts the definition of the named package and
          formats the definition as a command.

      EXTRACT PARAMETER
          extracts the definition of the named parameter and
          formats the definition as a command.

      EXTRACT PLACEHOLDER
          extracts the definition of the named placeholder and
          formats the definition as a command.

      EXTRACT ROUTINE
          extracts the definition of the named routine and
          formats the definition as a command.

      EXTRACT TAG
          extracts the definition of the named tag and
          formats the definition as a command.

      EXTRACT TOKEN
          extracts the definition of the named token and
          formats the definition as a command.

      MODIFY LANGUAGE name
          modifies the characteristics of a specified language.

      SAVE SECTION
          writes the binary form of current key definitions, learn
          sequences, user-defined commands, mode settings, and VAXTPU
          procedures and variables to a section file.

      SAVE ENVIRONMENT
          writes all user-defined languages, tokens, and placeholders
          to a specified file.

      SET MODE
          changes the setting of the BELL, KEYPAD, and MENU modes.

      SET SEARCH
          sets text search options.

10  –  Files and Buffers

      CHANGE TEXT_ENTRY_MODE
          switches the text entry mode between insert and overstrike.

      CLOSE BUFFER
          deletes the current buffer

      CUT
          moves selected text to a specified buffer.

      DELETE BUFFER
          deletes a specified buffer.

      GOTO BUFFER
          moves to the specified buffer.

      GOTO FILE
          moves to a buffer containing the specified file or reads
          the file into a new buffer.

      GOTO SOURCE
          moves to the source associated with the current diagnostic
          message or query item.

      INCLUDE
          inserts the specified file at the current cursor position.

      NEXT BUFFER
          moves your next buffer into the current window, returning
          to your last position in that buffer.

      PASTE
          copies the contents of a specified buffer to the current
          cursor position in the current buffer.

      PREVIOUS BUFFER
          moves your previous buffer into the current window,
          returning to your last position in that buffer.

      READ file-spec
          inputs a specified file to the current buffer.

      RECOVER BUFFER
          reconstructs the contents of a buffer from a buffer change
          journal file.

      SET DEFAULT_DIRECTORY
          changes your default device and directory specifications.

      SET DIRECTORY
          sets the default read-only/writeable status of files in
          a specified directory.

      SET FORWARD
          sets the direction of the specified buffer to forward.

      SET INDENTATION
          changes the indentation level for the current buffer.

      SET INSERT
          sets the text entry mode of the specified buffer to insert
          mode.

      SET LEFT_MARGIN
          specifies the left margin of the current buffer for FILL
          and ENTER SPACE commands.

      SET MODIFY
          sets buffer status to modifiable.

      SET NOMODIFY
          sets buffer to unmodifiable (display-only).

      SET NOSOURCE_DIRECTORY
          specifies a directory to be removed from the list of source
          directories.

      SET OUTPUT_FILE
          changes the output file associated with the current buffer.

      SET OVERSTRIKE
          sets the text entry mode of the specified buffer to overstrike
          mode.

      SET READ_ONLY
          specifies that following a COMPILE command or an exit from
          LSE, the buffer not be written to a file.

      SET REVERSE
          sets the direction of the specified buffer backward.

      SET RIGHT_MARGIN
          specifies the right margin for FILL and ENTER SPACE commands.

      SET SOURCE_DIRECTORY
          specifies a search list of source file directories.

      SET TAB_INCREMENT
          specifies the number of columns between tab stops for the
          current buffer.

      SET WRAP
          enables wrapping in the indicated buffer.

      SHOW BUFFER
          displays specified buffer characteristics.

      WRITE
          writes the contents of the specified buffer or select range
          to a specified file.

11  –  Help and Status

      HELP [topic-list]
          displays information about a specified topic.

      SHOW ADJUSTMENT
          displays the characteristics of indicated adjustments.

      SHOW ALIAS
          displays the characteristics of the specified alias.

      SHOW BUFFER
          displays the characteristics of the specified buffer.

      SHOW CMS
          displays the current SET CMS settings.

      SHOW DEFAULT_DIRECTORY
          displays the current default device and directory.

      SHOW COMMAND
          displays the characteristics of the specified user-defined
          command.

      SHOW DIRECTORY
          displays the setting of the SET DIRECTORY command.

      SHOW KEY
          displays the characteristics of the specified keyboard
          binding.

      SHOW KEYWORDS
          displays the characteristics of the specified keyword.

      SHOW LANGUAGE
          displays the characteristics of the specified language.

      SHOW LIBRARY
          displays the directory specifications of SCA libraries.

      SHOW MARK
          displays the setting of the specified mark.

      SHOW MODE
          Displays the current mode settings.

      SHOW MODULE
          displays SCA library module information.

      SHOW PACKAGE
          displays the characteristics of the specified package.

      SHOW PARAMETER
          displays the characteristics of the specified parameter.

      SHOW PLACEHOLDER
          displays the characteristics of the specified placeholder.

      SHOW QUERY
          displays information about current SCA query sessions.

      SHOW ROUTINE
          displays the characteristics of the specified routine.

      SHOW SCREEN
          displays information about current SCA query sessions.

      SHOW SEARCH
          displays the settings of text search options.

      SHOW SOURCE_DIRECTORY
          displays the directories set by the SET SOURCE_DIRECTORY
          command.

      SHOW SUMMARY
          shows statistics and other information about LSE.

      SHOW TAG
          displays the characteristics of indicated tags.

      SHOW TOKEN
          displays the characteristics of the specified token.

      SHOW VERSION
          displays the current version of LSE and SCA.

      WHAT LINE
          shows the current line number and total number of lines
          in the buffer.  Also shows what percentage of the lines
          in the buffer are located above the current line.
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