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F9 go key, Function key commands – Texas Instruments 4000M User Manual

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If you want to execute an

MS-DOS

command, pressing

C causes

LFM

to prompt at the bottom of the screen

DOS Command: [ ]

where you can type any

MS-DOS

command and press

Enter to execute.

F9 Go Key

Pressing F9 at the

LFM

main menu causes

LFM

to load and

execute programs based on the file’s extension. For
example, if you want to execute the

MS-DOS

EDIT

utility on a

particular file, move the highlight to the

EDIT.COM

line

under the

DOS

directory listing and press F9. Depending on

how you have set up your

LFM

Execute Commands item in

the F10

LFM

Setup Commands menu,

LFM

may prompt you

at the bottom of the screen

Press ESC to cancel, any other key to execute:

Press any key except ESC. Depending on how you have set
up your F10

LFM

Setup Commands menu,

LFM

then may

prompt:

Parameters: [ ]

At this prompt you can type the pathname of the file you
want to edit and press ENTER (or, if you are executing
another type of file that requires no parameters, press
ENTER to start execution). In the example, the

MS-DOS EDIT

screen would appear.

When you exit the executable program,

LFM

reloads and

displays its main menu.

LFM uses extended/expanded memory for itself when you
use the Go function, reserving all but about 8 KB for the
program. If no extended/expanded memory is available,

LFM

uses about 130 KB of standard base memory.

Function Key Commands

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