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Positioning Functions
You can use a number of HP Browse functions to move around in a file. To
allow you to use positioning functions outside of the Position keyset, HP
Browse permits the use of assigned keys in addition to the positioning
function keys. These key assignments, given below in Table 3-2, are
valid whenever HP Browse is displaying a text window.
Table 3-2. Key Assignments for Positioning Text
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| Function | Assigned Key | Description | Accepts Count? |
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| Scroll Backward | S | Scroll window backward. (Move | Yes. |
| | | text down.) | |
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| Scroll Forward | s | Scroll window forward. (Move text | Yes. |
| | | up.) | |
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| Back Line | - | Move the cursor backward count | Yes. |
| | | lines. | |
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| Forward Line | Return or + | Move the cursor forward count | Yes. |
| | | lines. | |
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| Go to Line/Mrk | g | Move cursor to specific line | Yes. |
| | | number or mark. | |
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| Top of File | ( | Move cursor to the first line of | No. |
| | | the file. | |
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| Bottom of File | ) | Move cursor to the last line of | No. |
| | | the file. | |
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| Back Character | Backspace | Move the cursor count characters | Yes. |
| | | to the left. | |
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| Forward Character | Space Bar | Move the cursor count characters | Yes. |
| | | to the right. | |
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Scroll Backward/Forward
The Scroll Backward and Scroll Forward functions move the text window
backward and forward respectively in the file the number of lines
specified by the Forward/Back scroll size option. Specifying a count
signals HP Browse to scroll the window by that number of lines and set
the Forward/Back scroll size option to that number.
To Scroll Backward, press either the Scroll Backward function key or the
S character. To Scroll Forward, press either the Scroll Forward
function key or the s character.
Back Line
The Back Line function moves the cursor one line towards the top of the
file. If the cursor is already on the top line in the text window, the
window is scrolled one line back in the text.
To use this function, press either the Back Line function key or the -
character. You may specify a count for this function. The default is 1
line backward.
Forward Line
The Forward Line function advances the cursor one line in the text
window. If the cursor is already on the last line in the window, the
window is scrolled one line forward in the text. The default is 1 line
forward.
To use this function, press either the Forward Line function key,
Return, or the + character. Specifying a count to the Forward Line
function causes the cursor to move count lines forward.
Go to Line/Mark
The Go to Line/Mark function is the most direct way to move around in a
file. This function allows you to specify a destination line number or
mark number. If you specify a count before you press the Go to Line
function key or the g character, HP Browse assumes you are referring to a
mark number. However, if you do not specify a count, HP Browse prompts
you for a line number.
If the file you are browsing is unnumbered, the line number you enter
represents the record number from the beginning of the file. For
example, 466 would refer to the 466th record in an unnumbered file.
Set Mark
Specific locations in the text may be marked for easy recall with nine
text marks. To specify a mark number, select a count between 1 and 9 and
press the Set Mark function key. If no count is specified for this
function, HP Browse sets mark #1.
Marks need not appear in numeric order in the file. For instance, mark
#7 can appear before mark #2. If you attempt to access a mark that has
not been set in a file, the message
Mark #n has not been set (HPBW 760)
will appear in the status line.
Scroll Left/Scroll Right
Files with records larger than 80 characters can be viewed with HP
Browse. However, only the first 1024 characters are be displayed. For
text lines in unnumbered files that extend beyond the 80th column, HP
Browse displays a maximum of 79 characters with the 80th column
containing a "$" signifying that data exists beyond that column. A "$"
in column 1 signifies that data exists to the left of that column. (That
is, you have previously scrolled right.) You can view other areas of the
text window by scrolling left and right. When you use Scroll Left and
Scroll Right, all lines in the text window are scrolled simultaneously.
The Scroll Left and Scroll Right functions move the text window to the
left and right respectively, the number of columns specified by the
Left/Right Scroll Size option. If you specify a count for either of
these functions, HP Browse moves the window left or right count columns
and sets the Left/Right scroll size option to count.
To specify these functions, you must use the Scroll Left and Scroll
Right function keys.
Top of File
The Top of File function moves the text window to the top of your file.
To use this function, press the Top of File function key or the (
character.
Bottom of File
The Bottom of File function moves the text window to the bottom of your
file. You can press either the Bottom of File function key or the )
character to use this function.
Back/Forward Character
The Back Character and Forward Character functions move the cursor back
one character and forward one character, respectively. You cannot induce
HP Browse to scroll the text window left and right with these functions.
If you use the Back Character function when the cursor is in the leftmost
column of the text window, HP Browse moves the cursor to the last column
of the previous line in the text window. If the cursor is in the
rightmost column of a line in the text window (that is, column 80, column
160,...), using the forward character function will move the cursor to
the leftmost column of the next line in the text window.
To use the Back Character function, press Backspace; to use the Forward
Character function, press Space Bar. You may specify a count for these
functions.