HP 3000 Manuals

HP RPG/XL Utilities-Part 2 RISE

HELP 

HELP displays information concerning RISE commands.

Form 

     H[ELP] [command]

Parameter Explanation 

command          RISE command which you wish to have described in detail.
                 You may use the abbreviation of the command so long as
                 there is enough of it to distinguish it from other
                 commands beginning with the same letters.

Purpose 

The HELP command displays information concerning RISE commands on your
screen.  It will also provide a detailed description of a single command
which you specify.  If you use HELP without specifying a single command,
brief descriptions of all RISE commands are displayed at the terminal.

Related Commands 

Special function key (softkey) labels are displayed on the top of the
screen with the HELP command.  They have the following meanings:

Key          Meaning 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

F1           (not used)

F2           (not used)

F3           RPG source lines with or without editor sequence line numbers will be
             displayed with the next SHOW command you enter.
F4           Move cursor to Command Window.

F5           (not used)

F6           If you came from SHOW mode, return to last page that was displayed.

F7           Enter Line Mode.

F8           Display main menu.

Execution mode:  Block.

Examples 

The following are legal abbreviations which may be used with the HELP
command and its parameters:

HL               An explanation of the LIST command will appear on the
                 screen.

H                A brief explanation of all RISE commands will appear on
                 the screen.

The first example shows the effects of the HELP command when the
"command" parameter is not specified.  Note that the portions of
individual commands printed in capital letters constitute the minimum
abbreviations of those commands that RISE will accept (1).


The second example shows a typical detailed explanation of a command--in
this case the HELP command itself (2).  (The command which brought the
second example to the screen, if abbreviated to the minimum, could have
been "H H".)

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