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

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In article <bqf1g9-bj9.ln1 at news1.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>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.

Right... then, type what you want to search for.
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