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 interactive text editing keystrokes, allowing Insert/Delete and Left/Right arrows for line editing, and Up/Down arrow keys for command history. 'cmdline dos' ------------- This is the very old MS DOS style line editing using F2/F3/F5 function keys, and left/right arrow keys. It's basically whatever the default 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