Library /sys$common/syshlp/edthelp.hlb CHANGE, SUBCOMMANDS, ()  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 A sequence of nokeypad commands can also be enclosed in parentheses to
 form a single unit.  A number preceding the left parenthesis indicates
 the number of times to repeat the entire sequence.  The EXT nokeypad
 command cannot appear inside parentheses.