Editing Programs In The Edit Mode; Deleting Characters; Back Space; Inserting Characters - Agilent Technologies 4396B Gpib Programming Manual

Editing Programs in the EDIT Mode

This section describes how to edit a program while in the EDIT mode, the topics are:

Deleting characters

Inserting characters

Moving the cursor

Scrolling lines and pages

Jumping lines
Inserting/deleting/recalling lines
Clearing lines
See Appendix C for more information on functions of each key.
Deleting Characters
There are two functions you can use to delete characters: \Back space" and \Delete
characters."

Back Space

Pressing on the front panel (or on the keyboard) erases the character to the left of
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the cursor and moves the cursor left to the position of the erased character.
Deleting Characters
Pressing from the keyboard deletes the character at the cursor's position.
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Inserting Characters
The EDIT mode is always in the insert mode. Characters you type at the keyboard are inserted
before the current cursor position. (Pressing
Moving the Cursor
The following key operations allow you to move the cursor horizontally along a line:
From the front panel
Turning the knob
Scrolling Lines and Pages

Scrolling Lines

The following key operations enable you to scroll lines up and down:
From the front panel
Pressing

Scrolling Pages

Pressing and
Page Up
4 5
one page increments.
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and
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from the keyboard causes the display to scroll up and down in
Page Down
4 5
performs no function.)
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From the keyboard
Pressing
From the keyboard
pressing
and
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and
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