VSS CLIENT CONNECTION

FEBRUARY, 2000

TECHNICAL TIP

EDITING TCL COMMANDS:

The TCL editor uses the Update Processor (UP) to enter commands, so the TCL editor commands are similar to the UP commands. A TCL command may be created and edited as if it were a paragraph. Pressing a <Ctrl>+m or <Return> key within the TCL command processes the entry. The TCL editor is initially in the overtype mode. To toggle between overtype and insert mode, type <Ctrl>+r. The following commands function the same in the TCL editor as they do in UP. Refer to the keyboard template provided later in this section.

<Ctrl>+

b Move cursor up one line

e Delete to end of sentence (command)

g Move cursor to end of sentences (command)

h Backspace and replaces character with space

i Go to next tab position on line

j Move cursor left

k Move cursor right

l Delete character

m Insert mode: processes the entry when the

cursor is at the end of a line; inserts a carriage

return/line feed when the cursor is within the

line

n Move cursor down one line

o Delete from cursor to end of word

r Toggle between overtype and insert modes

t Move cursor to beginning of command

u Move cursor to next word

w Insert single space

x Exit TCL command, leaves just TCL prompt

y Move cursor back one word

TCL STACK:

When a command is entered at the TCL prompt, the system saves the command in the TCL-stack file of the dm account. In AP, your stack is not terminal dependent. If you leave a terminal without logging off, another user can use the terminal under your user id. This causes the new user to “step-on” the your stack. Changing any part of a TCL command in the stack, causes that stack entry to be moved to the top of the stack. This feature tends to keep the stack compact. However, the TCL stack does not have a maximum number of entries and can continue to grow indefinitely. Therefore, from time to time, the stack should be pruned either from TCL or by using the update command to modify the actual stack item (u dm, tcl-stack,user.name). The following commands are used to move through a stack and to retrieve and run previously entered commands.

<Ctrl> +

a Searches for the entered string

c p (Cut & Pop) Removes the current TCL from its

present position; places it at the top of the stack

d Goes back to previous command in the stack

e If the cursor is on the first character, deletes the

entry from the stack & displays the next

command down the stack; otherwise deletes to

the end of the command

f Goes forward to next command up in the stack

p Moves a duplicate copy of the current TCL

command at the current position in the stack to t

the top of the stack

x Clears the displayed command from the screen &

moves the pointer back to the top of the stack

z Goes to the command at the top of the stack

za Same as <Ctrl> + a but searches to the top of

the stack