HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 306)

Tips
Page Mode Editing
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6. To prove to yourself that the result of the USERS command is really in
the ZUSERS EDIT file, type:
*LIST 25/LAST
25 CLASS.JONES 009,001 NUNU $GUEST.JONES
* 27 CLASS.SMITH 009,002 NUNU $GUEST.SMITH
29 CLASS.LINCOLN 009,003 NUNU $GUEST.LINCOLN
31 CLASS.SHAW 009,004 NUNU $GUEST.SHAW
33 CLASS.WILDE 009,005 NUNU $GUEST.WILDE
35 CLASS.TOMLIN 009,006 NUNU $GUEST.TOMLIN
37 CLASS.FRANKS 009,007 NUNU $GUEST.FRANKS
39 CLASS.LEWIS 009,008 NUNU $GUEST.LEWIS
41 CLASS.RUSSELL 009,009 NUNU $GUEST.RUSSELL
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Tips If you press BREAK while the terminal is in page mode, EDIT stops the
ADD BLOCK command and returns the terminal to conversational
mode; no text is entered.
ADD BLOCK captures all the characters on the screen; for example,
ADD BLOCK can capture the line numbering, error messages displayed
on the terminal screen, the interactive process of using the FIX
command, and so on. This differs from the PUT command, for example,
which moves just the text lines of your file to another specified file.
If, instead, you use the ADD BLOCK command when you’re in an EDIT
file (unlike when you’re at the command interpreter, as in the
preceding example), you would just follow steps 3 through 6 of the
ADD BLOCK example. You do not need to specify the file name in
which to place the text. EDIT simply adds the captured text to the end
of your current file.
Note Users with terminals on an AM6520 line should use other EDIT commands, such as PUT,
instead of ADD BLOCK when wanting to capture text. The ADD BLOCK command, used on
these terminals, causes the command to clear the terminal screen first before placing the
text in a specified EDIT file and placing the cursor at the top left corner of the screen. This
anomaly can cause a loss of the original text.