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HOW TO
USE
SETUP
COMMA NDS
HOW TO USE SETUP COMMANDS
When the terminal is in Setup, you can enter commands to change terminal
settings
,
display status or help
messages,
and make
copies
of the display
- in
other words
,
you can use any command that has Setup syntax
.
These commands
have English-style names that describe their purpose
,
such as
DALINES
,
which
sets the number
of
lines displayed
in
the dialog
area.
ENTERING SETUP
Press the Setup
key
to enter
Setup.
When you see the asterisk prompt followed by
the blinking underline
or
block
cursor,
you know you 're in Setup
.
NOTE
If
your host also uses the asterisk as
a
prompt,
it may be difficult to tell
whether
you
are in Setup or communicating with your host. Press the
Setup key again
-
if the
cursor
moves to
a
new line and displays the
asterisk,
you're
in
Setup.
If
a
new asterisk is not
displayed,
press the
Setup key again to
enter
Setup.
During Setup
,
control characters
that don 't have editing functions in Setup are
displayed rather than executed. For example
,
pressing the Escape key would
display
Ee,
but pressing the Return key would execute
a
Carriage Return
,
one
of the
terminal 's editing characters
.
If you enter Setup from the Zoom/Pan function
,
Zoom/Pan is terminated. Any
other
terminal operation
(such
as host
communication)
will be suspended when you
enter Setup and resumed when you exit.
ENTERING COMMANDS
You enter a command by typing it on the keyboard and pressing the Return key.
(Section 2,
Getting Acquainted With Your Terminal
,
gives you experience
in
entering
commands.)
Most Setup commands consist of three parts
:
•
The
command name,
which is the part of the command that specifies the
operation you want the terminal to perform or the type of setting you want to
change.
•
One or more
parameters
,
which are words or integers that define the exact
action of a command
;
parameters always follow the command
name.
A parameter can be a keyword
,
such
as
YES
or
NO,
or an integer value
,
such as
1, 2,or3.
•
The
command
terminator,
which
is
the
cR
control
character
entered by pressing
the Return key.
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