The SIC Command

The SIC command controls several internal parameters of the SIC monitor.

SIC> SIC EDIT [ON] [OFF] [Editor_Name]
Controls whether line edition is possible or not, or select the default text editor. On VMS, use EDT or TPU (Vax Text Processing Utility). On Unix, use "vi" or "emacs" or any other you wish (note the distinction between lowercase and uppercase). On Unix with the X-Window system, specifying "emacs SPMamp;" will allow to launch the editor in a separate window.

SIC> SIC VERIFY [ON] [OFF]
controls the listing of the command flow. Commands executed in procedure mode (macro or loop) will be echoed to the terminal if VERIFY is ON, and will not be echoed if is OFF.

SIC> SIC MEMORY [ON] [OFF]
allows to activate or deactivate automatic insertion of commands executed in interactive mode.

SIC> SIC Language[$\backslash$] [ON] [OFF] allows to activate or deactivate one of the current languages of the program. Commands of inactive languages are not scanned by the SIC monitor. Language SIC$\backslash$ itself cannot be deactivated of course.

SIC> SIC HELP [PAGE|SCROLL|CONTENT|INDEX]
controls the HELP mode.

• SCROLL scroll simple help
• PAGE type simple help, with a prompt to the user for continuation after about 20 lines have been typed.
• CONTENT Display PostScript documentation about the command on X-Window systems
• INDEX Display first reference to the command in the PostScript manual on X-Window systems.

SIC> SIC PRECISION [SINGLE] [DOUBLE] [AUTO]
controls the precision in which mathematic formulae are evaluated. Automatic precision uses the precision of the result.

SIC> SIC EXTENSION [.Defext] controls the default macro extension.

SIC> SIC OUTPUT [FileName] can be used to redirect the output of command SAY to the specified FileName. Without argument, the current SAY output file is closed.

SIC> SIC LOGICAL LogName [Translation] can be used to list, define or redefine logical names Without argument, all logical names are displayed.

The SIC command without arguments produces a summary of the internal SIC status, and with a single argument it shows the status of that argument.