CL Tricks: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 02:31, 4 March 2019

Some stuff which makes it easier to work directly with commands in CL:

Typing just the first (probably easy guessable) part of a command, followed by an asterisk (*) and pressing Enter makes the system present a list of all available commands with an accompanying short explanation. Type a 1 into the corresponding line and and press Enter to invoke that command.
Pressing F4 instead of Enter to send a command opens up a form for completing the command options.
- Pressing F4 while the cursor is at a specific position opens up another panel with a brief description of available choices.
- Pressing F1 while the cursor is at a specific position opens up a help text for that particular option.
  - Pressing F20 (Shift-F8) zooms the help text window over the complete screen.
To learn how the command will be actually called after filling out the corresponding form, press F14 (Shift-F2).
Default options for commands can be changed with chgcmddft.
To learn the keywords along the displayed form, press F11.

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 Some stuff which makes it easier to work directly with commands in CL:
-* Pressing <code>F4</code> instead of <code>Return</code> to send a command opens up a form for completing the command options.
+* Typing just the first (probably easy guessable) part of a command, followed by an asterisk (<code>*</code>) and pressing <code>Enter</code> makes the system present a list of all available commands with an accompanying short explanation. Type a <code>1</code> into the corresponding line and and press <code>Enter</code> to invoke that command.
+* Pressing <code>F4</code> instead of <code> Enter </code> to send a command opens up a form for completing the command options.
 ** Pressing <code>F4</code> while the cursor is at a specific position opens up another panel with a brief description of available choices.
 ** Pressing <code>F1</code> while the cursor is at a specific position opens up a help text for that particular option.