HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 14)

x6530 Window
Using the x6530 Emulator
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Having Tandem programs run in separate x6530 windows is a convenient way to use
them. You can switch back and forth between the windows rather than interrupt your
work in one x6530 window to start another program. For example, you could have
Peruse, FUP, and PS Mail running in x6530 windows of their own, keeping the original
x6530 window for other tasks. When you needed to check your mail, you would place
the pointer in the window containing PS Mail, use PS Mail, then move the pointer back
to the original x6530 window to continue working there.
Using the WINDOW run option to create multiple x6530 windows is preferable to
running x6530 again because:
The easiest way to start a new x6530 window is with the WINDOW run option.
There is less overhead when TACL is not running in the new window.
The same DEFINES, ASSIGNS, and so on, from the original TACL process are in
effect for the new window.
The x6530 command line options used for the original x6530 window are used for
the new x6530 window, with the exceptions of -exec, -dexec, -title, -n, and -i.
The new window automatically disappears and the x6530 process for it stops
when you stop the program.
Running x6530 Multiple Times
You can have multiple x6530 windows by executing an x6530 run command as many
times as you would like windows at your workstation. In this case, you will have a
TACL process in each window. This method is the same as logging on to a Tandem
host at more than one 6530 terminal. When you end one of several x6530 sessions, you
are automatically logged off the Tandem host for that window’s session. The other
x6530 sessions remain active.
This method of multiple windows greatly increases the computer overhead because a
TACL process is started for each window. In addition, it is not as easy to get rid of the
extra windows as it is when windows are created with the WINDOW run option. You
must log off the Tandem host or close each window from the x6530 menu when you
are finished with it.
Window Cursors There are two types of window cursors:
Pointer cursor (also called the mouse cursor); it looks like the letter “I” within an
x6530 window.
Text cursor (also called the 6530 cursor); it looks like a solid rectangle in an active
window, a hollow rectangle in an inactive window.
Both cursors are shown in Figure 1-1.