Hi Paul,

The SAS interactive Editor window on Windows does stay highlighted and then you can do things such as copy to clipboard, etc.

The SAS interactive Editor window on Unix does not stay highlighted, but you still can do things such as copy to clipboard, etc. because what was momentarily marked is still internally marked even though the highlighting went away as soon as you let go of the left mouse button.

Not that there is any misoneism about this but for the SAS interactive Unix editor "This is Normal.".

Hope this is helpful.

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-----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Randy Herbison Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:35 PM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: SCL Editor in X-Windows

Maybe the MARK command will work for you.

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/hostunx/61879/HTML/default/s eltxt.htm#a002473859

-----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Walker Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 4:04 PM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: SCL Editor in X-Windows

In the SCL Editor in X-Windows (under HP-UX) how can I select text and then color it using command "COLOR MTEXT ORANGE" or some other color?

It appears that after a text is selected, it only remains selected until you release the mouse button.