Library /sys$common/syshlp/EVE$HELP.HLB  —  SELECT_ALL
  SELECT ALL

  Selects all of the current buffer---regardless of your position---so you
  can perform an editing operation on the selection.

  Key:   DECwindows
         -----------
         M1CLICK5
         CTRL-/

  Steps:

     1.  Use the SELECT ALL command, or click M1 five times on DECwindows.
         The entire buffer is highlighted in reverse video. You can press
         CTRL-/ which is a Motif function key, and is enabled by default.

     2.  To edit the selection, use a command or key that works
         on a select range---see help on Ranges And Boxes.

  Usage notes:

  o  To cancel the selection, do any of the following:

        *  Use the RESET command (for example, press GOLD-SELECT).
        *  Repeat SELECT or BOX SELECT (for example, press the SELECT key).
        *  Click M1 once (which also repositions the cursor).

  o  If you use SELECT ALL, you cannot use the following:

        Box editing (such as BOX COPY or BOX CUT)
        Pending delete
        FIND SELECTED
        OPEN SELECTED

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

  Related topics:

     Mouse     Quick Copy     Ranges And Boxes     RESET     SELECT
     SET FUNCTION KEYS MOTIF
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