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+.help tread Aug91 tables
+.ih
+NAME
+tread -- View a table (read only).
+.ih
+USAGE
+tread table
+.ih
+DESCRIPTION
+The 'tread' task is a read-only version of 'tedit', the screen editor for STSDAS
+tables.  'tread' lets you view a table by moving the cursor around the
+screen with the cursor keys.  The screen scrolls both sideways and up
+and down as you move the cursor, so all elements of the table can be
+reached. Other editing commands are entered on the command line. To
+switch from table editing mode to command line mode, you press the
+exit key (generally bound to Control-Z, though this can be changed).  
+When your 
+command is completed, the editor returns to table editing mode, unless
+the command exits the editor. The most important commands in command
+mode are `help' and `exit'. The `help' command displays all the
+editing key bindings and the command line commands. The `exit' command
+will get you out of the editor.
+
+Some editing commands are entered from the command line in command
+mode. To get to command line mode, press the exit key (Control-Z). 
+If you enter a 
+blank line, the editor will
+return to table editing mode. Some commands take arguments. They can
+be included when the command is entered, or if they are omitted, the
+editor will prompt you for their values. If the argument has embedded
+blanks, the argument should be enclosed in quotes if passed on the
+command line. No quotes should be used if the argument is entered
+interactively. When the editor interactively prompts you for a command
+argument it will also display a default value for the argument.
+Pressing the return key gets the default value. Some command names are 
+two
+words long, for example, "find forward". Usually the second word is
+optional and modifies the meaning of the first.  If the second word is
+not optional and you omit it, the editor will prompt you for it. All
+command names can be abbreviated to one or more letters. If the
+command name is two words long, both words can be abbreviated to one
+or more letters.
+
+The following commands are used by 'tread':
+.ls exit
+Exit the table editor.
+.le
+.ls find <expression>
+Find the next row in the table which makes <expression> true and move
+the cursor to that row. The expression has the same syntax as an
+expression in a Fortran if statement.  The variables in the expression
+are column names. For more information on the syntax of the
+expression, read the help for the 'tselect' task. The direction of the search 
+depends 
+upon previous find commands. By default the search direction is forward;
+however, if a "find backwards" command has been executed previously, 
+searches will be done in a backwards direction until a "find forward"
+command is executed.
+.le
+.ls find forward <expression>
+Find the next row in the table which makes <expression> true and move the
+cursor to that row. The search is done in the forwards direction.
+.le
+.ls find backwards <expression>
+Find the next row in the table which makes <expression> true and move the
+cursor to that row. The search is done in the backwards direction.
+.le
+.ls goto <row> <column>
+Move the cursor to <row> and <column>.
+.le
+.ls help
+Display online help information for the table editor. The help includes 
+a brief description of each command line command and the key bindings 
+for table editing commands.
+.le
+.ls next
+Repeat the previous find command, using the same expression and search 
+direction that was used with it.
+.le
+.ls next forward
+Repeat the previous find command, changing the search direction to 
+forwards.
+.le
+.ls next backwards
+Repeat the previous find command, changing the search direction to 
+backwards.
+.le
+.ls quit
+Exit the table editor.
+.le
+
+The bindings to the table editing keys are read from the edcap file.
+This is the file that defines key bindings for the
+parameter editor and history editor. The edcap file defines key
+bindings that resemble those of commonly used text editors. Three
+edcap files are distributed with IRAF. They define key bindings which
+resemble EDT, Emacs, and vi. These edcap files are located in the 'dev$'
+directory and have the extension '.ed'. The appropriate file is chosen
+according to the value of the environment variable 'EDITOR'. If you
+want to customize the key bindings of the table editor, copy the
+appropriate edcap file from the 'dev$' directory to your 'home$' directory
+and edit the second column. The table editor searches your
+home directory first for the edcap file and if it does not find it,
+searches the 'dev$' directory.
+
+The table editor also uses the termcap file to determine the screen
+size and the escape sequences used to modify the screen. There are
+entries in the termcap file for almost all terminal types. The proper
+entry is selected according to the environment variable terminal. To
+change your terminal type or the screen size, use the IRAF 'stty'
+command. 
+
+.ih
+PARAMETERS
+.ls table [string]
+Name of the table to be edited. The editor checks for the
+existence of the table and its access mode before editing. The table
+must exist in order to edit it with 'tread'.
+.le
+.ls (columns = "") [string]
+Names of the columns to be edited.
+A null or blank string means edit all columns.
+A column template consists of a list of either
+column names or column patterns containing the usual pattern matching
+meta-characters.  The names or patterns are separated by commas or
+white space.  The list can be placed in a file and the name of the
+file preceded by an "@" character.
+If the first character in the column template is a bang (!),
+all columns NOT named will be displayed.
+
+The 'tlcol' task (with the 'nlist' parameter set to 1) may be used to generate a 
+list of
+column names so there is no question about spelling.  This list may be
+edited to rearrange (or delete) the names, and then pass the list to this task 
+by preceding the its file name with an "@", for example,  
+
+tt> tedit junk columns=@colnames.lis
+.le
+.ls (silent = no) [boolean]
+Turn off the bell indicating warning messages?
+.le
+.ih
+EXAMPLES
+1. Display only the columns 'SHARP' and 'ROUND' from the table 'm12b.tab':
+ 
+.nf
+tt> tread m12b columns="SHARP,ROUND"
+.fi
+.ih 
+BUGS
+.ih
+REFERENCES
+This task was written by Bernie Simon.
+.ih 
+SEE ALSO 
+tedit, tprint, tselect, stty
+
+Type "help tables opt=sys" for a description of the 'tables' package.
+.endhelp