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eXcellent
eXpedient Process Default Notification Tool
eXtensive

TMESIS xpdnt v1.1

This product offers a convenient mechanism for displaying the current pro-
cess default on OpenVMS systems.  It is shipped with three supporting stub
programs which will allow the process default to be displayed in:

  -- the DCL prompt (32 characters max.  Last 32 characters is longer.)
  -- the 25th "status line" of terminals supporting host writable status 
  -- the "Title Bar" of DECterm windows.

The procedure INSTALL_XPDNT.COM, found in the installation direcotry you
specify at installation time, must be invoked before xpdnt will function.
This procedure should be called during your system startup.

After installing xpdnt, the XPDNT command must be defined.  The ideal loc-
ation for the XPDNT command is in a user's LOGIN.COM file.  This allows a
user to elect to use XPDNT and, if elected, which display method.  The com-
mand itself can be defined in the SYLOGIN.COM or LOGIN.COM file as a for-
eign command:

$ XPDNT == "$TMESIS$XPDNT:XPDNT.EXE"

or as a DCL command:

$ SET COMMAND TMESIS$XPDNT:XPDNT

Once the command has been defined, XPDNT can be used to install the process
default display stub of choice.

To display the process default in the DCL prompt, use the following:

$ XPDNT/DCL_PROMPT

To display the process default in the 25th line, use the following:

$ XPDNT/STATUS_LINE

To display the process default in a DECterm title bar, use the following:

$ XPDNT/DECTERM_TITLE


xpdnt can only be invoked once per login session.

Once xpdnt has been installed, moving about on the system via $ SET DEFAULT
will reflect your default.  xpdnt can be used in conjunction with any other
procedures used for changing default on the system.

xpdnt also provides a "navigation" function.  After xpdnt had been used to
load the display stub, a <control><N> sequence at the DCL prompt will cause
the navigator to be launched.  The navigator is a SMG style menu-like tool
which will allow the user to easily move about the system based upon prior
defaults.

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