Visara LINCS Features - Manual (Page 86)

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LINCS Features
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formatted when the display station is switched out of Document mode. You can transmit the data
to the host CPU with the format intact. The following functions are available in document mode:
• Screen margins
• Tabbing
• Audible alarm indicating the approach of the end of the line
• Cursor position display
• Word wrap (automatically moving an unfinished word to the next line when the word would
extend beyond the right margin)
• Autorepeat word-forward and word-reverse cursor movement
• Autorepeat character deletion
• Autorepeat character-deleting backspace in Insert mode
• Word deletion
Entry Assist Requirements
Entry Assist can be used on any ASCII display or Control Unit Terminal (CUT) display
supported by LINCS, if the active terminal session occupies 80 columns or less.
LINCS disables Entry Assist if:
• A Create Partition, which changes the display to more than 80 columns, is received.
• The display terminal is capable of Mod 5 operation, and the session is set to its Mod 5
screen size.
Entry Assist is designed for use with several IBM full-screen editing programs. These programs
are used to handle text for correspondence, publications, programs, job control language (JCL),
and other material. Entry Assist enhances the ability of the editing programs to format text for
these types of material.
Entering Document Mode
Document mode is the mode in which Entry Assist functions are enabled. The display station
is not placed in Document mode when it is first powered on. To put most display stations in
Document mode, press the Doc Mode key. Press the Doc Mode key again to take the display
station out of Document mode. When in Document mode, the display station displays DOC on
the operator status row until the display station is taken out of Document mode.
Cursor Movement and Editing Functions
Cursor movement and editing functions are active whenever the display station is in Document
mode. These functions are subject to the limitations imposed by the format parameters currently
set on the format scale. The following cursor movement and editing functions are available in
Document mode:
• Word wrap
• Autorepeat cursor movement to next word
• Autorepeat cursor movement to previous word
• Delete word to the right
• Autorepeat deletion of character to the right