1 Specify editor The editor to be used in COMMENT may be specified by defining the symbol EDIT to run the editor desired. If no symbol is defined, the system default editor will be used. Some examples of the setup of various editors are shown below. EDIT :== $SYS$SYSTEM:TECO TECO EDIT :== EDIT/SOS EDIT :== EDIT/EDT 1 ADD This command is used to add a new comment. The user will be prompted for information as needed. The text of the comment will be entered using the editor defined by the symbol EDIT. Format: ADD 1 EXIT Terminate execution of the COMMENT program and return control to DCL. Format: EXIT 1 HELP This command is used to get help about any of the COMMENT commands. Format: HELP or HELP COMMENT-command-name 1 LIST This command is used to list the number and title of all the current comments. Format: LIST 1 OUTPUT This command is used to output selected comments to the file COMMENT.LIS. Format: OUTPUT or OUTPUT number-list 2 number-list A number-list is made up of a series of list-elements seperated by commas. 3 list-element A list-element may be either a number-range or a COMMENT-number. 4 number-range A number-range consists of a low COMMENT-number followed by a dash(-) followed by a high COMMENT-number, where the low COMMENT-number must be less than or equal to the high COMMENT-number. 5 COMMENT-number This is the number assigned to a comment when it is entered. This number is displayed by the LIST command for all comments and by TYPE for a particular comment. 4 COMMENT-number This is the number assigned to a comment when it is entered. This number is displayed by the LIST command for all comments and by TYPE for a particular comment. 1 PURGE This command is used to transfer a single comment from the active comment file (COMMENT.TXT), to the old comment file (COMMENT.OLD). Format: PURGE or PURGE number-list 2 number-list A number-list is made up of a series of list-elements seperated by commas. 3 list-element A list-element may be either a number-range or a COMMENT-number. 4 number-range A number-range consists of a low COMMENT-number followed by a dash(-) followed by a high COMMENT-number, where the low COMMENT-number must be less than or equal to the high COMMENT-number. 5 COMMENT-number This is the number assigned to a comment when it is entered. This number is displayed by the LIST command for all comments and by TYPE for a particular comment. 4 COMMENT-number This is the number assigned to a comment when it is entered. This number is displayed by the LIST command for all comments and by TYPE for a particular comment. 1 TYPE This command is used to display the comment text and related information. Format: TYPE or TYPE number-list 2 number-list A number-list is made up of a series of list-elements seperated by commas. 3 list-element A list-element may be either a number-range or a COMMENT-number. 4 number-range A number-range consists of a low COMMENT-number followed by a dash(-) followed by a high COMMENT-number, where the low COMMENT-number must be less than or equal to the high COMMENT-number. 5 COMMENT-number This is the number assigned to a comment when it is entered. This number is displayed by the LIST command for all comments and by TYPE for a particular comment. 4 COMMENT-number This is the number assigned to a comment when it is entered. This number is displayed by the LIST command for all comments and by TYPE for a particular comment.