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SHOW

Use SHOW to generate a display of your current SET parameters. You can request a display of all of them (SHOW PREFERENCES), or you can specify a particular parameter.

You can enter a SHOW command from any Dialog database, at any time during a search session.

See Summary of SHOW Commands for brief descriptions of all the SHOW commands. From there (or from the Table of Contents), you can go to detailed descriptions for each SHOW command.

Summary of SHOW Commands

SHOW ALIAS — Indicates active SET ALIAS commands and original text replaced.

SHOW COST — Indicates whether COST displays are set ON or OFF.

SHOW H — Displays number of characters per line.

SHOW HILIGHT — Indicates whether HILIGHT is set ON or OFF. Abbreviated as SHOW HI.

SHOW KWIC — Displays "window" size, i.e., number of words displayed around search terms in KWIC.

SHOW NOTICE — Indicates whether NOTICE is set, and for what dollar amount.

SHOW POSTINGS — Indicates whether POSTINGS is set ON or OFF.

SHOW PREFERENCES — Displays the Preferences settings for the active Searcher.

SHOW SELECT — Indicates whether SELECT is set to SHORT or FULL.

SHOW SUBACCOUNT — Displays the subaccount currently in effect.

(SHOW ALIAS) 

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