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- From: sharone@shar.zko.dec.com (Sharon Eikenberry)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: RE: Q: LSEdit with DECwindows configuration
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.185337.23970@e2big.mko.dec.com>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 18:53:37 GMT
- References: <0095FC39.351E4780.21789@swdev.si.com> <1992Sep1.085621.16429@lth.se>
- Sender: usenet@e2big.mko.dec.com (Mr. USENET)
- Reply-To: sharone@shar.zko.dec.com (Sharon Eikenberry)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Lines: 155
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-
- > Could it be that LSE now uses EVE's command parser? I never really
- > understood why LSE had to use its own parser, making it harder for
- > us TPU programmers to add LSE commands 8-}
-
- Pretty close, but not exactly the same :-)
-
- The end result is that yes, it's much easier to add commands with parameters
- in the Portable command language.
-
- > Apart from that, are there any other significant changes to LSE in
- > V4? For example, I could use EVE's block cut-and-paste (and FILL)
- > stuff.
-
- Here's what the HELP frame for New_Features says:
-
-
- NEW_FEATURES
-
-
- o OSF/MOTIF support
-
- o Portable Grammar
-
- See the following command
-
- - SET COMMAND LANGUAGE
- - LSE
- - TPU
-
-
- The VMSHELP_ grammar prefix has been provided in the portable
- grammar as an aid in helping VMS users to learn the portable
- grammar; it accepts some frequently used V3.1-style commands
- and issues a message indicating what the new command is, as
- well as trying to perform the specified function. For more
- information see the LSE V3.1 Compatible to Portable Grammar
- Translation Table, and Getting Started with Portable LSE for
- VMS Users.
-
- o Prompting consistency
-
- - Control over Character Cell or Dialog Box forms
- - User specifiable termination keys
- - User specifiable abort keys
- - User defined editing keys
-
-
- See the following commands:
-
- - SET PROMPT KEYPAD
- - SET PROMPT DIALOG
- - SET PROMPT TERMINATOR
- - SET PROMPT ABORT
- - SHOW PROMPT
-
-
- o Mouse button restrictions lifted
-
- o Online documentation
-
- See the installation guide for exact locations, or use the
- command PLSE HELP DOCUMENTATION.
-
- o Selected sources online
-
- See the installation guide for exact locations.
-
- o Unsupported utilities
-
- See the installation guide for exact locations.
-
- o Source Control Command Interface
-
- Fetch, Reserve, Replace, Unreserve commands generate CLI CMS
- commands on VMS, and SCCS command on Ultrix. See the online
- documentation for details.
-
- o Show consistency
-
- LSE's show command now use normal buffers and windows to
- display the information.
-
- o Unified Menu support
-
- Expand menus and list of options prompting use the same
- method to get user input.
-
- o Command completion
-
- . EXPAND works at the command line.
- . Enter an ambigious command and pick one.
-
-
- o Scrollable message window
-
- Under DECwindows, positioning the cursor with the mouse to
- the message window is supported. Once the cursor is there
- normal editing keys are available and supported. Use the
- mouse to exit the message window.
-
- o Expand on M1 double click
-
- M1 double click on a placeholder will expand the placeholder.
-
- o More LSE attributes saved in the section file
-
- See the on line documentation for the SAVE SECTION command
- for full details.
-
- o Work file support
-
- LSE can now edit files which are larger than virtual memory.
-
- o Menu customization from the command line
-
- You can now customize LSE's menus from the command line. See
- the following commands:
-
- - NEW MENU LABEL
- - NEW MENU ENTRY
- - NEW MENU SEPARATOR
- - DELETE MENU LABEL
- - DELETE MENU ENTRY
- - DELETE MENU SEPARATOR
- - SET MENU LABEL
-
-
- o Filling lines beginning with "." and "<"
-
- To fill lines beginning with "." and "<", enter the command
- "TPU EVE__SET__FILL__NOTAGS". To restore the default
- behavior, enter the command "TPU EVE__SET__FILL__TAGS".
-
- o SET MENU MNEMONICS command
-
- Allows you to suppress the mnemonics on LSE's menu system.
- Suppressing the mnemonics allows all of the ALT key
- combination definitions to be used.
-
- o SET PRIMARY SELECTION MODEL command
-
- Allows you to choose between a focus-based and a
- selection-based primary selection model. For more
- information on primary selection models, see the OSF/Motif
- Style Guide.
-
- o LSEDIT Another File from FileView
-
- Allows you to "push" one or more selected files into an
- already-running DecWindows LSE.
-
- --Sharon Eikenberry
- LSE Developer
- Digital Equipment Corporation
-