TRUNCATING-POP-UP-TEXT-WINDOW-WITH-RESET

[MARSHALL%PLU@io.arc.nasa.gov]

"Truncating-pop-up-text-window-with-reset" is the name
of the type of window exposed by a Select-HELP. 
I want to make my own window with these characteristics -- 
i.e. a window that, immediately after exposure, deselects
upon any keyboard or mouse input. It sounds simple enough
but the cold-load stream is becoming all too familiar...
If someone has done this before, please mail.

Thanks,
  Michael

e-mail: marshall%pluto@ames-io.arpa