TOOLSET XL Modes of Operation [ HPTOOLSET XL Reference Manual ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation
HPTOOLSET XL Reference Manual
TOOLSET/XL Modes of Operation
You can communicate with TOOLSET/XL by pressing a TOOLSET/XL function key
or entering a command. When you do so, the terminal is in one of three
modes: Command, Visual, or Menu.
Command Mode
Purpose Command mode is the data entry mode which
immediately follows the logon and is indicated
by the >> prompt.
How to Enter You are in Command mode when you enter
TOOLSET/XL. You can re-enter it from Visual
Mode by pressing the Cmd Mode, End Edit, End
Read, or End List function key. From Menu
mode, you can re-enter command mode by pressing
the End Menu or Set OK key.
Visual Mode
Purpose Allows you to edit or read files.
How to Enter You are in Visual mode when you are in the
TOOLSET/XL Editor or reading a file. To access
the Visual mode editor from Command mode or
Menu mode, press the Edit function key or type
EDIT. To read a file in Visual mode, press the
Read or Listing key or type the corresponding
command.
Menu Mode
Purpose The menus Display a variety of information such
as defaults and previously defined options.
They also allow you to define and change
options.
How to Enter Menu Mode is accessed through the SHOW, SET,
and HELP commands.
The Help Facility
To get the Help Facility press the Help key or type the HELP command.
You will then see the TOOLSET/XL Help Overview screen. It describes
TOOLSET/XL and lists seven options for further description of its basic
features:
Softkeys
Commands
Exec
Workspace
Editor
Program
Debug
There are three basic levels of explanation within the Help Facility:
Overview, TOOLSET/XL Features, and Command Descriptions. At each level
you will be given a list of options. When you select an option,
TOOLSET/XL takes you to the next level of explanation. If you want to
return to the previous level of explanation, simply press the Overview
key.
Level 1: TOOLSET/XL
OVERVIEW
Level 2:
FUNCTION KEYS COMMANDS EXEC WORKSPACE
Level 3:
Cmd Mode See END Convert
Clrmark Chapter 3, EXIT Copyfile
Debug Summary of HELP Discard
Lib Keys ALL TOOLSET/XL REDO Label
Main Keys Commands SHOW List Change
Mark XEQ Purge
Nextkeys Recover
Nextpage Rename
Prevkeys Restore
Prevpage Setref
Refresh Setversion
Store
Use
Workspace
Level 2: EDITOR PROGRAM DEBUG
Level 3: ADD COMPILE AT
CHANGE FIND BREAK
COPY ERROR CALLS
DELETE GO CLEAR
EDIT LISTING DATATRACE
FIND LINK DISPLAY
GENERATE PRINT MOVE
LIBCOPY RUN RESUME
LIBEDIT SHOW SOURCE RETRACE
LIBLIST SYSDEBUG
LIBPURGE TRACE
LIST
MODIFY
MOVE
READ
RENUMBER
SHIFT
UNDO
MPE XL Commands
Any MPE XL command that can be programmatically accessed can be executed
without exiting TOOLSET/XL by typing a colon (:) before the command.
Most commands which are preceded by a colon are passed to MPE XL for
execution.
Consult the MPE XL Command Reference Manual (32650-90003) for the correct
syntax of the above commands.
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