[Info-vax] Suggested DCL enhancement

[David Jones]

On Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 8:40:53 AM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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. 

> Any comments ? 

I would suggest Ctrl-G over Ctrl-P to avoid accidents at the console. There's always
the literal prefix if you need to insert the BEL character into the input.