[Info-vax] EDT: SET ENTITY WORD

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

Am I missing something, or is the online help wrong?

*help set word

SET

WORD

Format: SET WORD [NO]DELIMITER

The SET WORD (abbreviated SE W) command enables you to specify that the
word delimiters be considered words by themselves (NODELIMITER), or
considered as part of the word they delimit (DELIMITER).  The default is
DELIMITER.

According to the text above, with NODELIMITER I expect that KP1 and KP-
would recognise both "ppp" and "[" as words in "ppp]", while DELIMITER
should consider "ppp]" to be one word.  However, the opposite seems to 
be the case.  The default seems to be the behaviour described above for 
NODELIMITER.

There are several possible explanations.  What I suspect is the
following: 

   o  DELIMITER is indeed the default

   o  the descriptions above have been swapped

This first is supported by the fact that explicitly setting DELIMITER
results in the default behaviour.  The second is supported by the fact
that NODELIMITER seems more appropriate if the delimiters are considered
to be part of the word they delimit, i.e. NOT words by themselves and 
SET WORD DELIMITER does what it says, i.e. sets the delimiters to be 
words in their own right.

Can anyone confirm and/or clarify this issue?