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