To Enter A Command - HP 64782 User Manual

Entering Commands

To enter a command

Turns display of the command line area "on" or "off." On means that the
command line is displayed and you can use the softkey label pushbuttons, the
command return and recall pushbuttons, and the cursor pushbuttons for
command line editing. Off means the command line is not displayed and you
use only the pulldown menus and the action keys to control the interface.
The command line area begins just below the status line and continues to the
bottom of the emulator/analyzer window. The status line is not part of the
command line and continues to be displayed whether the command line is on
or off.
Choosing certain pulldown menu items while the command line is off causes
the command line to be turned on. That is because the menu item chosen
requires some input at the command line that cannot be supplied another
way.
To enter a command
Build a command using the softkey label pushbuttons by
1
successively positioning the mouse pointer on a pushbutton and
clicking the pushbutton select mouse button until a complete
command is formed.
Execute the completed command by clicking the Return pushbutton
2
(found near the bottom of the command line in the "Command"
group).
Or:
Execute the completed command using the Command Line entry
area popup menu: Position the mouse pointer in the command line
entry area; press and hold the select mouse button until the
Command Line popup menu appears; then, choose the Execute
Command menu item.
You may need to combine pushbutton and keyboard entry to form a complete
command.
A complete command is a string of softkey labels and text entered with the
keyboard. You know a command is complete when Return pushbutton is not
halfbright. The interface does not check or act on a command, however, until
the command is executed. (In contrast, commands resulting from pulldown
menu choices and action keys are supplied with the needed carriage return
as part of the command.)
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