SAVE ATTRIBUTES

  Saves your global settings and other customizations by creating a section
  file or by creating or updating a command file.

  Steps:

     1.  Make the changes you want, such as adding or removing menu items,
         enabling bound cursor motion, setting tab modes, and so on.

     2.  Use the SAVE ATTRIBUTES command. By default, EVE prompts you for
         the name of a section file to create (see usage notes below).

  Usage notes:

  o  A section file is in binary form so it is executed quickly at startup,
     but cannot be printed or edited. In effect, the section file is your
     own, customized version of EVE, saving the following:

        *  Compiled procedures
        *  Most global settings---see help on Attributes
        *  Key definitions, including learn sequences
        *  Menu definitions for the DECwindows interface

  o  If you save in a command file, EVE saves most global settings and any
     menu definitions by generating a specially marked block of TPU
     statements. EVE then creates a new command file or updates an existing
     command file. For an example of this attribute block, see help on
     Command Files.

  o  The following table shows the effects on SAVE ATTRIBUTES depending on
     whether you set a default section file and whether section file
     prompting is enabled or disabled:

     Section file settings           Effects with SAVE ATTRIBUTES
     -----------------------------------------------------------------
     SET DEFAULT SECTION FILE        Asks whether to save in a section
     SET SECTION FILE PROMPTING      file. If you respond Yes, EVE then
                                     saves in your default section file.

     SET DEFAULT SECTION FILE        Saves in your default section file
     SET NOSECTION FILE PROMPTING    without any further prompting.

     SET NODEFAULT SECTION FILE      (Defaults.)   Asks whether to save in
     SET SECTION FILE PROMPTING      a section file.  If you respond Yes,
                                     EVE asks for the section file name.

     SET NODEFAULT SECTION FILE      Asks whether to save in a command file
     SET NOSECTION FILE PROMPTING    (.TPU) without prompting you about
                                     saving in a section file.

  o  If you prefer to save in a section file, use the following commands, so
     that SAVE ATTRIBUTES creates a new version of your default section file
     without prompting:

        Command: SET DEFAULT SECTION FILE
        Command: SET NOSECTION FILE PROMPTING

  o  If you prefer to save in a command file, use the following commands, so
     that SAVE ATTRIBUTES prompts for a command file and shows the name of
     your default command file in the prompt line:

        Command: SET NOSECTION FILE PROMPTING
        Command: SET NODEFAULT SECTION FILE
        Command: SET DEFAULT COMMAND FILE

  o  When you exit or quit, EVE checks if any attributes were changed and
     not already saved. If so, EVE asks whether you want to save them. If
     you respond Yes, EVE then does a SAVE ATTRIBUTES before going on with
     the exit or quit.

  o  On ULTRIX, existing section files are copied to a backup file before
     being overwritten. For help on customizing the backup file spec, see
     help on SET BACKUP CONTROL STRING. For help on enabling or disabling
     the feature, see help on SET FILE BACKUP or SET NOFILE BACKUP.

  Related topics

     Attributes                  Command Files            Section Files
     SAVE EXTENDED EVE           SAVE SYSTEM ATTRIBUTES   SET BACKUP CONTROL
     SET EXIT ATTRIBUTE CHECK    SET FILE BACKUP          SET NOFILE BACKUP
     SHOW FILE BACKUP