Use SelectCursLeft to create a selection or to extend leftward a selection. SelectCursLeftis one of a group of commands that support standard GUI keyboard selection. The other commands in this group are:
BIM-EDIT/XP provides an alternative method of keyboard selection which is more flexible. See Selection for details.
SelectCursLeft may also be entered as SelectCursL[eft] or SelCursL[eft].
SelectCursLeft may also be invoked by pressing Shift-LeftArrow.
SelectCursLeft has no operands.
If SelectCursLeft is invoked while select state is inactive, select state is activated with type CHAR. The cursor character is then selected. If SelectCursLeftis invoked again, the cursor is moved to the previous character and the character is selected.
If SelectCursLeft is invoked while select state is active with type LINE, the LINE selection is converted to a GRID selection. The selected lines intersecting with the cursor column becomes the new GRID selection.
If SelectCursLeft is invoked while select state is active with type COLUMN, the column selection is extended to the left.
If SelectCursLeft is invoked while select state is active with type GRID, the grid selection is extended to the left.
If SelectCursLeft is invoked while select state is active with type CHAR, the cursor is moved to the previous character position and the character is selected.
If SelectCursLeft is invoked while the cursor is positioned on unit which is already selected, units are deselected rather than selected.
Return Codes
OK Successful.
Examples
Extend the selection to the left:
=> selcursl