[Info-vax] DCL, was: Re: Microkernel

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2012-08-17 10:01, Paul Sture wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:43:02 +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>
>> Maybe I should clarify that by "quick search and recall" I did not mean
>> execution time to do the actual search, but how quick and convenient it
>> is to access for a user. As such, typing whole commands, perhaps several
>> commands, to do it, makes it cumbersome compared to just pressing a key
>> or two, and have the whole process done for you in the current command
>> line.
>
> You could assign "RECALL /SEARCH" to a function key using "DEFINE /KEY".
>
> However "HELP DEFINE/KEY PARAMETERS" shows you are a bit limited in the
> keys you can use here.

How would you give the arguments to the recall/search if you bound it to 
a key? Or would that just be used as a shortcut for typing the letters?

I strongly suspect it still falls seriously short.

	Johnny