Correcting Typing Mistakes; Table 3-1: Special Function Keys On The Terminal Keyboard - Alpha Microsystems AM-6000 Owner's Manual

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KEY DESCRIPTION
RETURN
RETURN
carriage return key. Just as you press the carriage return on a typewriter to begin a
new line on the page, a
and you want to begin a new line.
The computer does not normally process an instruction from you until you press
RETURN
RUBT O U U R T
RUBT O U U R T
.
DEL
If you make a mistake while typing an instruction to AMOS, you can erase it using
the
RUBT O U U R T
The
holding down
half of the keys with two symbols.
CAPS While the CAPS LOCK key is enabled, letters you type appear in upper case. Keys
LOCK other than letters are not affected by the CAPS LOCK key on most keyboards.
This key may be labeled ESCAPE or ALT MODE. It is used with several
ESC
application programs (such as AlphaVUE) to signal the end of input, or to switch
between command modes; however, you do not use
Use the
CTRL
character—a "control character." AMOS and much of the software on the computer
interpret control characters as special instructions.
To type a control character, hold down the
example, to type a Control-C, hold down the
book, we indicate control characters this way:
the control characters AMOS recognizes.

Table 3-1: Special Function Keys on the Terminal Keyboard

Correcting Typing Mistakes

You can correct any mistakes you may make while typing a command line as long as you have not yet
pressed the key. You can:
RETURN
• Press
to erase single characters.
RUBT O U U R T
• Type
/
CTRL
U
• Type
C
CTRL /
(sometimes labeled
ENTER
RETURN
to let it know you are finished with that line.
is the deletion key; it backspaces AND deletes. It may be labeled
key.
key on most keyboards acts much like the shift key on a typewriter. By
, you can type upper case letters and the symbols on the upper
(or CONTROL) key with other keys to enter a different kind of
CTRL
to move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
to tell AMOS to ignore the line.
or with an arrow that curves to the left) is the
tells the computer you are ending a line of input
ESC
key and press the other key. For
CTRL
CTRL key and type the letter C. In this
/ C
CTRL
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or
RUB
at AMOS command level.
. Appendix B lists some of