Go to the previous, next, section, table of contents.


1.4 Using Menus

Napsaterm have three menus, `Command', `Edit' and `Setup'. The `Command' menu contains terminal control commands. The `Edit' menu handles the clipboard. The `Setup' menu allows the user to adjust the way Napsaterm functions.

1.4.1 Command Menu

The `Command' menu contains terminal control commands.

Menu item: Clear Screen
Moves the current Napsaterm prompt to the top of the Napsaterm window and clears the screen. Shortcut is Amiga-S.

Menu item: To Tek4010
Selects the Tek4010 emulation and activates the Tek4010 window. Shortcut is Amiga-G.

Menu item: To VT102
Selects the VT102 emulation and activates the VT102 window. Shortcut is Amiga-T.

Menu item: Soft Reset
Resets all terminal styles, scroll regions, and invert mode. Shortcut is Amiga-R.

Menu item: Flush
Flushes the buffers for the current device. Useful if you did something that will cause a lot of output, and you want to tell Napsaterm not to display it all. Shortcut is Amiga-F.

Menu item: Break
Sends a break signal to the current device. Shortcut is Amiga-B.

Break is enabled only when Napsaterm is connected to a serial device.

Menu item: Unlisten
Napsaterm will cease to talk to whatever device it is connected to, so that another program can use it exclusively. Note that all keyboard input is flushed as well until you select Listen menu option.

`Unlisten' is enabled only when Napsaterm is started in `Shared' mode. Shortcut is Amiga-U.

Menu item: Listen
Napsaterm restarts talking and listening to device it is connected to.

`Listen' is enabled after `Unlisten' is selected.

An example of usage for `UnListen' and `Listen': you're logged in and you want to save something to a log file. You had foresight and started Napsaterm in shared mode. You select `Unlisten' and start another Napsaterm writing to a log file. When you have everything in the log file, you quit the second Napsaterm and select `listen' the original. This option might be useful if someone wants to write some stand-alone file transfer utilities. Shortcut is Amiga-L.

Menu item: Quit
Exits Napsaterm and closes the window. Shortcut is Amiga-Q.

1.4.2 Edit Menu

The `Edit' menu handles the clipboard.

Menu item: Copy
Copies the selected text into the clipboard. You can put the text you copied most recently back into any document by choosing `Paste'. Shortcut is Amiga-C.

Menu item: Paste
Copies the most recently copied text to the current cursor position. Shortcut is Amiga-P.

Menu item: Move
If a previous command or some text is selected in the Napsaterm window, `Move' inserts the text as if it had been typed. Shortcut is Amiga-M.

Menu item: Execute
The same as `Move', only it follows the text with a LF character. Shortcut is Amiga-E.

1.4.3 Setup Menu

The `Setup' menu allows the user to adjust the way Napsaterm functions.

Menu item: National Mode
Tool type NATIONAL.
Menu item: Nation
Tool type NATION.
Menu item: Terminal Type
Tool type EMULATION.
Menu item: Backspace is sent as
Tool type BACKSPACE2DELETE.
Menu item: Del is sent as
Tool type DELETE2BACKSPACE.
Menu item: Left Alt key is
Tool type ALTISMETA.
Menu item: Keypad
Tool type KEYPAD.
Menu item: Mouse Events
Tool type MOUSE.
Menu item: Control Codes
Tool type CTRL8BIT.
Menu item: Cursor
Tool type CURSOR.
Menu item: Display Width
Tool type FIXEDCOLUMNS.
Menu item: Display Speed
Option --slow.
Menu item: Bell Type
Tool type BELL.
Menu item: Reverse
Tool type INVERSE.
Menu item: Ansi LNM
Controls whether RETURN should be sent as CR-LF sequence.


Go to the previous, next, section, table of contents.