[Info-vax] Suggested DCL enhancement

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rnrml1$4io$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

> Here's an idea for a DCL enhancement: implement a control character that
> when typed causes DCL to dump all the valid options or keywords available
> at that point by reading from the CLD.
> 
> For example, typing:
> 
> 	$ show device <Ctrl-P>
> 
> where <Ctrl-P> is the control character, would result in a list of all
> the qualifiers (along with any optional arguments to the qualifiers)
> that can be used at that point. The CLD format could also be enhanced
> with a single-line help text per qualifier that would also be displayed
> as part of the output.
> 
> The output would also show that a parameter, labeled as (for example)
> "Device_Name", could be supplied at this point as well.
> 
> Likewise, typing:
> 
> 	$ show d<Ctrl-P>
> 
> (with no space between the "d" and the Ctrl-P) would show all the valid
> options beginning with "d" at that point.
> 
> Any comments ?

Don't use Ctrl-P since that takes you to the console.  :-)