ARPUS/ce, Version 2.6.2 (03/10/05) (SCCS 1.4) _______________________________________________________________________________ echo [-r] "Highlight Text" DESCRIPTION: 'echo' is normally used in conjunction with the 'dr' (define region) command to begin highlighting a region of text. To define and highlight a region of text, place the cursor at the start of the desired region, issue the command sequence 'dr;echo', and move the cursor to the end of the desired region. Then start the operation you want to perform on that region, such as 'xc' (copy), 'xd' (delete), 's/<oldpat>/<newpat>/' (search-and-replace), or 'case'. Once the operation is performed, the highlight is turned off and the mark stack is cleared. By default the F1 key is defined as "dr;echo". -r mark a rectangular region of text; the mark and the cursor location represent opposite corners of the rectangular region. If you issue the command sequence 'dr;echo -r' and then move the cursor around in the window, you will see the highlighted region change size according to the cursor's location. If the cursor is in the same column as the mark, the highlighted region is not rectangular, but includes all text between (i) the marked row and the row that the cursor is on and (ii) the marked column and the ends of the rows in the region. To cancel a highlight operation, use the 'abrt' command. Commands such as copy (xc), and text_flow (tf) which operate on a region, clear the highlighting. If the mark stack is currently empty, the 'echo' command by itself has no effect. RELATED HELP FILES: cms (Clear Mark Stack) dr (Define Region) gm (Go to Mark) rm (Re-Mark) regionsCon (region description) regexpCon (regular expressions) support (customer support) _______________________________________________________________________________ Copyright (c) 2005, Robert Styma Consulting. All rights reserved.