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

[Paul Sture]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:29:48 +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:

> 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?
> 

It's simply a shortcut for typing the letters.

-- 
Paul Sture