SELECT

  Selects text for an editing operation on the selection. In the BUFFER
  LIST, lets you view a buffer without having to type the buffer name.

  Key:   EVE        VT100     EDT/WPS     DECwindows
         --------------------------------------------------------------
         SELECT     KP7       PERIOD      M1 (see usage notes below)
                                          CTRL/SPACE

  Steps:

     1.  Put the cursor where you want to begin the selection, and
         use SELECT (see key list above).

     2.  Move the cursor to select the text. If you move forward, the
         selection starts with the current character and ends left of the
         cursor. If you move back (reverse), it starts with the character
         left of the cursor and ends where you move the cursor. Any text the
         cursor crosses is highlighted in reverse video.

     3.  To edit a selection, use a command or key that works on a range or
         box, such as COPY, BOX CUT, FILL, REMOVE, SPELL, or UPPERCASE---see
         help on Ranges And Boxes.

  Usage notes:

  o  On DECwindows, you can select text with the mouse by clicking or
     dragging M1 as follows:

        1 Click ...... Cancels a selection, and repositions the cursor.
        2 Clicks ..... Selects all of the word the pointer is on.
        3 Clicks ..... Selects all of the line the pointer is on.
        4 Clicks ..... Selects all of the paragraph the pointer is on.
        5 Clicks ..... Selects all of the buffer (same as SELECT ALL).
        Drag ......... Selects text, starting where you press M1
                       and ending where you release M1.
        Shift/Drag ... Extends or shrinks a selection.

  o  You can press CTRL/SPACE which is a Motif function key. Motif function
     keys are enabled by default.

  o  SET BOX SELECT makes SELECT (or any defined for it) the same as BOX
     SELECT, and affects other commands and keys, so you can use box editing
     without having to redefine keys. A box selection uses bold video.

  o  To cancel a selection, use RESET (GOLD-SELECT) or repeat SELECT. If the
     selection was done with mouse clicks, moving the cursor out of the
     select range cancels the selection.

  o  In the Buffer List, SELECT lets you view a buffer whose name the cursor
     is on, without having to type the buffer name:

        1.  Use the SHOW BUFFERS command to list the buffers you created.
        2.  Put the cursor on the name of the buffer you want to view.
        3.  Use SELECT or RETURN to view that buffer.

  o  When the $CHOICES$ buffer is displayed and you are in the list of
     choices, pressing a key defined as SELECT copies a choice onto the
     command line---see help on Choices Buffer.

  o  On DECwindows, if you select text, the pop-up menu (displayed by
     holding down M2) contains COPY, CUT, FILL RANGE, and other commands for
     editing a selection. See help on Menus.

  Related topics:

     Mouse          Quick Copy     Pending Delete     Ranges And Boxes
     BOX SELECT     RESET          SELECT ALL         SET BOX SELECT
     SET FUNCTION KEYS MOTIF