Lets you assign an abbreviated sequence of characters to represent a longer string of text. You may then use the EXPAND command to produce the longer string each time the cursor is at the end of the abbreviated sequence. Format DEFINE ALIAS alias-name [value]
1 – Qualifiers
1.1 /INDICATED
Instructs LSE to interpret the contiguous sequence of characters before and after the cursor as the alias (long form) for an alias name (short form) that you supply. To specify which characters are valid in an alias name for the language you are using, issue a DEFINE LANGUAGE command with the /IDENTIFIER_CHARACTERS qualifier. When you use the /INDICATED qualifier, you must not specify the value parameter.
1.2 /LANGUAGE
/LANGUAGE=language-name Specifies the language associated with the alias. The default is the language for the current buffer.
2 – Parameters
alias-name Specifies the name to be defined as an alias. The characters in the alias name must be in the /IDENTIFIER_CHARACTERS string in the DEFINE LANGUAGE command. value Specifies a quoted string. When you expand the alias, LSE replaces the alias name with the string given by the value parameter. You must not use a value parameter if you specify the /INDICATED qualifier.