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2-7. MPE/3000 and EDIT/3000 SPECIAL CONTROLS

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In an interactive session, the following MPE/3000 special controls allow you to correct typing errors, temporarily suspend EDIT/3000 operation, and type continuation lines.

CONTROL X

To delete a line that you have typed in from the terminal (and before you press the RETURN key), type CONTROL X or the equivalent (press and hold CONTROL or its equivalent and press X). MPE/3000 prints !!! and returns the carriage or cursor. Now you can type the corrected line.

For example,

          |----- CONTROL X entered here

          v

   :EDIKOR!!!

   EDITOR
CONTROL H

To erase the last character typed, type CONTROL H or its equivalent (press and hold CONTROL or its equivalent and press H). MPE/3000 prints an indication of the erasure (such as a back slash, or a backspace and a back slash, depending on the terminal type). It is now possible to type the correct character. To erase more than one character, type CONTROL H once for each character to be erased.

An example of CONTROL H is as follows:

               

               |---- CONTROL H entered here

               v 

   :FILE OUT;SAW\VE

The corrected line is entered into the computer as:

   :FILE OUT;SAVE
BREAK

To suspend EDIT/3000 operation temporarily, press the BREAK key or its equivalent. Control is passed to MPE/3000, which prints a colon prompt character and waits for a command. When you are ready to resume EDIT/3000 operation, type :RESUME. MPE/3000 prints the message READ PEND- ING. Now, enter data or commands to resume EDIT/3000 operation.

An example appears in Figure 2-3 “Using the BREAK Key”. Here, the user has suspended EDIT/3000 operation to display files to which he may have access by entering the :LISTF command.

See also the : command, described in Section III, which allows you to enter certain system commands from within EDIT/3000.

LINE FEED

To continue any input line to the next line, press LINE FEED or its equivalent. MPE/3000 will space one line and you can continue to type. (Note: This is most useful when editing text lines which exceed terminal line length.)

Figure 2-3 Using the BREAK Key

   :EDITOR

   HP32201A.7.08 EDIT/3000 TUE, JUN 3, 1980, 11:28 AM

   (C) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. 1980

   /ADD

       1          ABC

       2          DEF

       3  <------------------------ BREAK KEY PRESSED

   :LISTF





   FILENAME



   BATCH1          BATCH2            BATCH3        ED IT3         EDITPROC         FTRAN11

   FTRAN10         FTRAN11           FTRAN12       FTRAN13        FTRAN14          FTRAN15

   FTRAN16         FTRAN17           FTRAN18       FTRAN19        FTRAN2           FTRAN20

   FTRAN21         FTRAN22           FTRAN23       FTRAN24        FTRAN25         FTRAN26

   FTRAN27         FTRAN28           FTRAN29       FTRAN3         FTRAN30         FTRAN31

   FTRAN32         FTRAN33           FTRAN34       FTRAN35        FTRAN36        FTRAN37

   FTRAN38         FTRAN39           FTRAN4        FTRAN40        FTRAN41        FTRAN42

   FTRAN43         FTRAN44           FTRAN5        FTRAN6         FTRAN7          FTRAN8

   FTRAN9          JUST              K1751515      NAMES          SL               TRACE1

   TRACE2          TRACE3            XMPL1         XMPL2          XMPL3

   :RESUME

   READ PENDING <---------------- DISPLAYED BY MPE/3000

   GHI

       4          //

   ...

   /LIST ALL

       1          ABC

       2          DEF

       3          GHI

   /END

   IF IT IS OK TO CLEAR RESPOND "YES"

   CLEAR? Y

   END OF SUBSYSTEM

   :

If the terminal being used is a device not normally furnished by Hewlett-Packard, the keys used for CONTROL X, CONTROL H, BREAK, and LINE FEED may have other labels. See the MPE Commands Reference Manual for terminal characteristics.

In addition to the MPE special controls described above, CONTROL Y is a special control provided by EDIT/3000. It can be used during EDIT/3000 operation only and is useful solely in interactive sessions.

CONTROL Y

To terminate EDIT/3000 command execution during an interactive session on HP terminals, press CONTROL Y (hold control key and press Y) or its equivalent. EDIT/3000 displays...and a slash to prompt for the next command.

An example of CONTROL Y usage is shown in Figure 2-4 “Using CONTROL Y”.

Figure 2-4 Using CONTROL Y

   :EDITOR



   HP32201A.7.08 EDIT/3000 TUE, JUN 3, 1980, 11:28 AM

   (C) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. 1980

   /ADD

        1       ABCDE

        2       FGHIJ           

                v----------------CONTROL Y entered here

        3       ...

   / END

   IF IT IS OK TO CLEAR RESPOND "YES"

   CLEAR? YES





     END OF SUBSYSTEM
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