Windows - Data General Dasher D461 User Manual

• Vertical. (bidirectional) smooth scrolling
• 208-column horizontal scrolling
• Graphics cursor for graphics-input devices such as mouse and
digitizer (0461 only)
Windows
When the 0411/0461 terminal is turned on, the display screen is
organized into 24 character rows with 80 character positions in each
row. The window feature makes it possible to divide the full screen into
multiple miniature screens along character row boundaries. Each
window is formed by a consecutive number of character rows. The
smallest window may consist of one row and the largest window may
consist of 24 rows.
Only one of the windows on the display screen is treated as "active" or
"current." This is the window you are working on at the time. The
other windows are inactive, and may display data from the same file or
from different files. You'll find the window feature helpful for
separating areas of a form, for comparing the contents of two or more
data files, or in any application where you need display-screen
segregation.
The active window contains the display-screen alphanumeric cursor.
The cursor marks the position on the display screen that will hold the
next character for display from either the host computer or the user at
the keyboard. The host computer can easily reassign the active window
by moving the cursor across window boundaries.
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