Keyboard Usage - IBM 5150 Technical Reference

Keyboard Usage
This section is intended to outline a set of guidelines of key usage
when performing commonly used functions.
Function
Home Cursor
Return to outermost menu
Move cursor up
Page up, scroll backward 25
lines and home
Move cursor left
Move cursor right
Scroll to end of text
Place cursor at end of line
Move cursor down
Page down, scroll forward
25 lines and home
Start/Stop insert text at cursor,
shift text right in buffer
Delete character at cursor
Destructive backspace
Tab forward
Tab reverse
Clear screen and home
Scroll up
Scroll down
Scroll left
Scroll right
Delete from cursor to EOL
Exit/Escape
Start/Stop Echo screen to
printer
Delete from cursor to EOS
Advance word
Reverse word
Window Right
Window Left
Enter insert mode
Key(s)
Home
Home
t
PgUp
-Key 75
-
End
+
Pg Dn
Ins
Del
_Key 14
-J
I~
Ctrl Home
t
+
-
~
Ctrl End
Esc
Ctrl Prt Sc
(Key 55)
Ctrl PgDn
Ctrl
~
Ctrl_
Ctrl..-
Ctrl-
Ins
Comment
Editors; word processors
Menu driven applications
Full screen editor, word processor
Editors; word processors
Text, command entry
Text, command entry
Editors; word processors
Full screen editor, word processor
Editors; word processors
Text, command entry
Text, command entry
Text, command entry
Text entry
Text entry
Command entry
In scroll lock mode
In scroll lock mode
In scroll lock mode
In scroll lock mode
Text, command entry
Editor, 1 level of menu, and so on
Anytime
Text, command entry
Text entry
Text entry
When text is too wide to fit screen
When text is too wide to fit screen
Line editor
Keyboard - Commonly Used Functions (Part 1 of 2)
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