tHermes key definitions

Escape sequences

ESC B

switch beep associated with prompts on or off

ESC C

pop up and down calculator window

ESC D

change working directory

ESC E

edit a task's input parameters or a user-specified file

ESC G

go to specified page number in COA

ESC H

make hard copy of COA

ESC K

pop up and down keyword display

ESC L

switch logging of integrated Unix shell on or off

ESC M

switch UCA minimal matching on or off

ESC N

pop numerical expression display up or down

ESC P

select printer for the ESC H command

ESC R

(if keyword display active) write single task input parameter to file

ESC S

change task or template context

ESC T

change Unix shell

ESC W

(if keyword display active) write all task's input parameters to file

ESC X

switch WWW browser on or off.

ESC Z

quit tHermes

ESC <

go to first page of COA

ESC >

go to last page of COA

ESC ESC

circulate through task names in UCA

ESC TAB

switch user input keyword help display on or off

Control characters

CTRL-A

move to start of input line

CTRL-B

move one position back in input line

CTRL-C

in UCA : abort task; in transient window: break out of window

CTRL-D

forward delete character in input line

CTRL-E

move to end of input line

CTRL-F

move one position forward in input line

CTRL-G

resume or suspend task

CTRL-H

back delete one character

CTRL-I

(=TAB) pop help screen up or down

CTRL-J

(undefined)

CTRL-K

forward delete rest of input line

CTRL-L

rewrite terminal screen

CTRL-M

(=RETURN) enter input line

CTRL-N

(undefined)

CTRL-O

switch between windows accepting keyboard input

CTRL-P

enter or leave COA page mode

CTRL-Q

quit tHermes

CTRL-R

reverse search in COA or help display

CTRL-S

forward search in COA or help display

CTRL-T

circulate through task names in UCA

CTRL-U

clear input line

CTRL-V

page forward in COA, help display or keyword display

CTRL-W

suspend or resume task

CTRL-X

initial character for special special combinations

CTRL-Y

(undefined)

CTRL-Z

page back in COA, help display or keyword display

CTRL-X E

edit user-specified file

CTRL-X S

switch COA scroll mode on or off

CTRL-X T

switch Tektronix emulation on or off

CTRL-X U

overlay tHermes with shell

CTRL-X CTRL-C

quit tHermes

ANSI keys

up-arrow

bring back previous commands to UCA (backward direction)

down-arrow

bring back previous commands to UCA (forward direction)

left-arrow

move one position back in input line (=CTRL-B)

right-arrow

move one position forward in input line (=CTRL-F)

PageUp

page back in COA, help display or keyword display (=CTRL-Z)

PageDown

page forward in COA, help display or keyword display (=CTRL-V)

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