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From: payne@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Doug Payne)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Symbols in mail?
Message-ID: <4238@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
Date: 1 Jan 88 19:23:25 GMT
References: <8712312112.AA01825@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: payne@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Doug Payne)
Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <8712312112.AA01825@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> rdavenport@GTEWIS.ARPA writes:
>
>  Hello,
>
>    I would like to know if there is a way to define symbols in DCL that can
>  be used when in MAIL. What I'd like is to be able to define something like:
>  $ mail$ext_vax  :== extract/append [.mail]info_vax.text

The easiest way to do this is to create a file which is referenced by
the logical name MAIL$INIT, which contains key definitions for your
favourite commands.  This is documented in the MAIL reference manual.
Include the the following line in your LOGIN.COM:

$ DEFINE MAIL$INIT SYS$LOGIN:MAILKEYS.INI

Then create a file called MAILKEYS.INI in your login directory which
contains lines like:

DEFINE /KEY /TERMINATE PF1 "EXTRACT/APPEND [.MAIL]INFO_VAX.TEXT

Then the PF1 key will perform your command (and a lot quicker than
typing a symbol).

- Doug