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VMS Help HELP, Examples *Conan The Librarian |
1. $ HELP
HELP
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. (HELP message text and list of topics)
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Topic?
Issuing the HELP command without any qualifiers or parameters
produces a display of the HELP topics available from the root HELP
library, SYS$HELP:HELPLIB.HLB.
If you type one of the listed topics in response to the Topic?
prompt, HELP displays information about that topic and a list of
subtopics (if there are any). If one or more subtopics exist, HELP
will prompt you for a subtopic.
Topic? ASSIGN
ASSIGN
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. (HELP message text and subtopics)
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ASSIGN Subtopic?
If you type a subtopic name, HELP displays information about that
subtopic:
ASSIGN Subtopic? Name
ASSIGN
Name
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. (HELP message text and subtopics, if any)
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ASSIGN Subtopic?
If one or more sub-subtopics exist, HELP will prompt you for a
sub-subtopic; otherwise, as in the above example, the facility will
prompt you for another subtopic of the topic you are currently
inspecting.
Typing a question mark will redisplay the HELP message and options
at your current level. Pressing the Return key will either: (1) move you
back to the previous HELP level if you are in a subtopic level, or
(2) terminate HELP if you are at the first level. Pressing Ctrl/Z
terminates HELP at any level.
2. $ HELP FILL
Sorry, no documentation on FILL
Additional information available:
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. (list of first-level topics )
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Topic? @EDTHELP FILL
FILL
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. (FILL HELP message)
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@EDTHELP Topic?
When you issue a request for HELP on a topic that is not in the
default HELP library, you can instruct HELP to search another HELP
library for the topic. In this example, entering the command
@EDTHELP FILL instructs HELP to search the HELP library
SYS$HELP:EDTHELP.HLB for information on FILL, an EDT editor command.
HELP displays the message and prompts you for another EDT editor
topic.
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