/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb EDT Routines, XLATE, Argument  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 string

    OpenVMS usage:char_string
    type:         character-coded text string
    access:       modify
    mechanism:    by descriptor
    Text string passed to the nokeypad command XLATE. You can use the
    nokeypad command XLATE by defining a key to include the following
    command in its definition:

    XLATEtext^Z

    The text is passed by the string argument. The string argument
    can be handled by the Run-Time Library routine STR$COPY_DX.

    This argument is also a text string returned to EDT. The string
    is made up of nokeypad commands that EDT is to execute.