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You can use the SlickEdit® Core command line to determine what keys are associated with what com-
mands, and vice-versa.
Tip
Alternatively, you can use the Key Bindings dialog (click Window → Preferences, expand
SlickEdit and click General in the tree, then double-click the Key Bindings setting, or, use the
gui_keybindings command) to see a list of command/key binding associations. See Key Bind-
ings Dialog for more information.
Determining the Command of a Key Binding
To determine the function of a key or key binding, use the what_is command (Help → What Is Key). For
example:
1. Click Help → What Is Key, or activate the SlickEdit® Core command line (by pressing Esc) and type
what_is (or type what and press the spacebar for auto-completion), then press Enter.
2. The message line will prompt with the text What is key. Enter the key sequence in question, and the
message line will display the information. If the key or key sequence is not bound to a command, no
message will appear.
Determining the Key Binding of a Command
To determine the key to which a command is bound, use the where_is command (Help → Where Is
Command). For example:
1. Click Help → Where Is Command, or activate the command line and type where_is, then press
Enter.
2. A dialog will prompt with the text Where is command. Enter the command in question. The Eclipse
message area will display the key binding or state that the command is not bound to a key.
Starting a Program from the Command Line (Shelling)
You can use the command line to start a program. Press Esc to toggle the cursor to the command line.
Type the program name and arguments and press Enter. When entering a command that the editor does
not recognize as an internal command, a path search is performed to find an external program to execute.
To use a program whose name contains space characters, enclose the name in double quotes. For ex-
ample, "this is" will start a program named this is.exe if it exists.
To get an operating system prompt, type the command dos with no arguments or from the main menu,
click Tools → OS Shell.
Command Line Prompting
Starting a Program from the
Command Line (Shelling)
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