4.4 Interacting with the user interface

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4.4.1 Entering commands

4.4.2 Getting on-line help

4.4.3 The MS-DOS interface

4.4.4 The Windows interface

4.4.5 The Macintosh interface

4.4.6 The UNIX interface


4.4.1 Entering commands

The user interacts with PC-KIMMO by entering commands at the command line prompt, in much the same way that one enters commands at the operating system prompt. Case is ignored for all command keywords.

Keywords can be shortened to any unambiguous form. For instance, load rules, load rul, load r, and loa r are all acceptable. Typing just l is ambiguous for the commands load, log, and list. However, because load is such a frequently used command, it takes special precedence over the other commands beginning with l, which means that typing just l will execute only the load command.

4.4.2 Getting on-line help

There are several ways to get on-line help:

4.4.3 The MS-DOS interface

Screen scrolling can be halted by pressing Ctrl-S (that is, hold down the Ctrl (Control) key and press S); any key will resume scrolling.

Processing can be interrupted by pressing Ctrl-C. Note that this action does not abort PC-KIMMO, but returns it to the program prompt. It is useful for stopping a long screen display (such as a trace) or a file processing command.

Pressing Ctrl-P causes screen output to be echoed to the printer. Pressing Ctrl-P again stops printer echoing.

4.4.4 The Windows interface

The PC-KIMMO window can be moved, resized, and scrolled in the usual way (see your Windows documentation).

Anything in the PC-KIMMO window can be copied and pasted. This is done by using the mouse to highlight material on the screen and then executing the Copy and Paste commands available either on the Edit menu. For example, a command can be copied and pasted after the command line prompt.

Screen scrolling can be halted by pressing Ctrl-S (that is, hold down the Ctrl (Control) key and press S); press Ctrl-Q to resume scrolling.

Pressing Ctrl-C is equivalent to the exit command on the Windows File menu.

4.4.5 The Macintosh interface

The PC-KIMMO program window can be moved, resized, and scrolled in the usual way (see your Macintosh documentation).

The File, Edit, Font, and Size menus provide standard Macintosh commands. No PC-KIMMO commands (except quitting the program) can be done using menus. Note that the Font and Size commands affect the entire contents of the window.

Anything in the PC-KIMMO program window can be copied and pasted. This is done by using the mouse to highlight material on the screen and then executing the Copy and Paste commands available either on the Edit menu or with the Command keys (see your Macintosh documentation). For example, a command can be copied and pasted after the command line prompt.

The command line can be edited using the mouse, the arrow keys, and the Delete key.

See section 4.5.18 for information on Macintosh directory paths and the CD command.

To interrupt an operation (such as a long trace display or a file reading/writing function), press Command-. (that is, hold down the Command key and press the period key). This is the same as Ctrl-C on the PC version.

To exit PC-KIMMO, either press Command-Q or choose Quit from the File menu. You can also enter either of the PC-KIMMO commands exit or quit. (Ctrl-D also works.)

4.4.6 The UNIX interface


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