Using Key Shell: Visual Help For Korn Shell - HP 9000 Series Owner's Manual

Using Key Shell: Visual Help for Korn Shell

Key Shell gives you help on most HP-UX commands in Korn Shell by
displaying softkey command-names and options in sequence. You can select
from these and let Key Shell build your command lines \in English" before you
have mastered the commands and command syntax of HP-UX.
Key Shell gives you softkey displays at the bottom of your screen which provide
a \menu" of basic Korn Shell commands, along with their options in sequence.
You will rst see a status line like the following
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Figure 4-1. Key Shell Softkey Display
You can enter commands from the Key Shell softkey menu or you can
enter standard HP-UX commands as usual. If you enter standard HP-UX
commands, Key Shell will often display an appropriate left-to-right set of menu
options in the softkey label area at the bottom of your screen. Each label
corresponds to a softkey, NNNNNNNN through NNNNNNNN . The NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN at the center separates
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the softkeys into groups of four. You may select any or none of the options
successively by pressing the corresponding softkey.
When you want to see more commands, or more options to go with a command
you've already chosen, press the NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN softkey, NNNNNNNN . This will cause the
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Key Shell to display the next \bank" of softkeys in sequence, eventually cycling
back to the rst, if you press NNNNNNNN repeatedly.
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After you make a selection by pressing a softkey, your choice will appear on the
command line in \English," just as it appeared in the softkey display, with the
correct order and spacing.
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