CMDLINE(OPCSDEFS) Optical Printer Control System CMDLINE(OPCSDEFS) NAME cmdline - set the OPCS command line editing style SYNOPSIS cmdline [dos|editor] dos - Old MS-DOS style command line editing (F1, F3, F5..) editor - New interactive command line editing with history EXAMPLES cmdline dos -- old style command line editing (pre-K200) cmdline editor -- enable new interactive command line editor DESCRIPTION New in K200 and up, this command lets you change the OPCS command line to respond to more interactive text editing on the command line, allowing insert/delete, command history, line editing. 'cmdline dos' ------------- This is the old editor style, which doesn't support interactive line editing, and is basically whatever MS-DOS command line editing provides. 'cmdline editor' ---------------- This is the new editor style, which supports more interactive line editing that people are generally familiar with in interactive text editors like MS-DOS 'EDIT', NOTEPAD, etc. Edit keys supported: Up Arrow -- previous line in command history (^P) Dn Arrow -- next line in command history (^N) Lt Arrow -- move reverse one char on current line (^B) Rt Arrow -- move forward one char on current line (^F) Backspace -- backspace and delete (^H) Delete -- delete character (^D) Home -- move to start of current line (^A) End -- move to end of current line (^E) Ctrl-Home -- jump to top of command history Ctrl-End -- jump to bottom of command history (current line) Ctrl-Left -- word left Ctrl-Right -- word right ^K -- clear to end of line ^U -- clear current line (hit again to 'undo') ^V -- enter next character literally ESC -- clear current line (hit again to 'undo') F3 -- re-type last command F4 -- re-run last command (F3 + Enter) SEE ALSO OPCS(DOCS) -- See section on COMMAND LINE EDIT KEYS QUICKREF(DOCS) -- Camera operator tutorial covers editing keys ORIGIN Gregory Ercolano, Los Angeles, California 08/21/2020