SAS Display Manager commands

Question

The SAS display manager is a comamnd line interface to the SAS system, which remains in Base SAS as a legacy facility.

However the online documentation on how to use this facility is sparse at best, and google searches are less than fruitful.

A common DM command would be: CLEAR LOG; CLEAR OUTPUT; WPGM;

My question is - What other DM commands are out there?

Answer 1

Here are some links that have a large number of commands:

FSP Commands
Commands specific to Windows
AF Windowing Commands
Commands for the Program Editor (Scroll down to second paragraph)

Answer 2

I like to close all view tables at once:

%macro closevts / /* The cmd option makes the macro available to dms */ / cmd; 
  %local i; 
  %do i=1 %to 20;
    next "viewtable:"; end; 
  %end; 
%mend;

dm "keydef F12 '%NRSTR(%closevts);'";

Answer 3

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like SAS has its commands listed in a single place online. All commands are documented within SAS, however.

1. Enter help into the command line

2. Search for the exact phrase "Overview of SAS Commands"

3. Select the link "SAS Commands by Category"

This brings up the following list:

All of the commands mentioned by other people are present in this list. The category which pertains to your question specifically is "Windowing Management."

4. Scroll down to the "Windowing Management" category