ARPUS/ce, Version 2.6.2 (03/10/05)    (SCCS 1.4)
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    &'prompt: '
    "prompt the user"
    
    DESCRIPTION:
        Ce  key definitions (kd and lkd) and command files (cmdf) support  the
        ability  to prompt the user for input and then merge that input into a
        command.  An example of this is the default 'help' key definition.

        kd Help    cv  ke

        This  definition  prompts the user for a command name and places  that
        command name into a cv command and then executes the command.  Prompts
        may  be  included  in command files but not in commands typed  in  the
        command  window  or  in  the .Cekeys file.  In  a  command  file,  the
        execution  of  the  command  file is suspended  until  the  prompt  is
        satisfied.

        Other examples:

        kd ^1 s/abc/def &'hello '/ ke

        Generates a  key definition to prompt  the  user (using prompt  hello)
        and  then replaces  'abc'  with 'def <value>'.  Where <value> is  what
        was entered in the prompt.
        Note:
        kd ^1 s/abc/def @@&/ ke
        Generates a key definition to replace the string 'abc' with 'def abc'.



    
    RELATED HELP FILES:
        
        kd            (Key Definition)       
        cmdf          (Command File)         
        commands      (List of Commands)     
        
        support       (customer support)     

        

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