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VAXTPU APPEND_LINE — VMS 5.2

 APPEND_LINE

    Appends the current line to the end of the previous line.  You can use
    APPEND_LINE to delete line terminators.

 Syntax

    APPEND_LINE

 Parameters

    none

 Example

    The following procedure deletes the character preceding the cursor; if
    you are at the beginning of a line, the current line is appended to the
    previous line:

    PROCEDURE user_delete_char
       IF CURRENT_COLUMN = 1
          THEN
             APPEND_LINE;
          ELSE
             ERASE_CHARACTER (-1);
       ENDIF;
    ENDPROCEDURE;

 Related Topics

    SPLIT_LINE    MOVE_TEXT

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