Xspread supports several miscellaneous commands. These do such things as
support various options, allow you to bail out of a command that you do not
want to execute, and offer on-line help. Here is the list:
- ˆ C, Q, q Exit xspread.
- All three of these commands exit the user from
xspread.
- ESC, ˆ G Abort Command.
- Hitting the ESC (escape) key
or ˆ G are the bail out
commands. Either one of these will abort the current command and
return you to Ready mode.
- ? Help.
- This will bring up an index to on-line help. The index will
display a list of topics together with the letter that allows you to
select a particular topic. The help facility is NOT context
sensitive.
- TAB Point Command.
- When the character cursor is on the top line, you can
use TAB to define a range by pointing, instead of by specifying cell
addresses. When you press TAB the first time, xspread enters Point
mode. You can then specify the range to be selected by using the
cursor control keys. The cell that you were in when you pressed TAB
is one corner of the specified range. During the point operation, the
specified range at any time is highlighted. Pressing TAB the second
time exits point mode and makes the range selection final.
Three commands redraw the screen:
- ˆ L Simple Screen Redraw.
- This command redraws the screen,
displaying the
values of expressions.
- ˆ R Redraw Screen with Values Highlighted.
- This redraw
command
highlights any cells which are referenced by formulas or expressions
but which do not contain formulas or expressions. This screen redraw
command is useful for showing those values which you need to provide
or update. With this command, xspread highlights all cells which
contain constant numeric values.
- ˆ X Redraw Screen with Expressions Highlighted.
- This
screen redraw
command can be used to highlight those cells which contain expressions.
Xspread shows all expressions as formulas, not their current values. All
expressions are displayed as left-justified text. This command makes
it easier to check expressions.
Three commands display current cell information in the command line:
- ˆ A Numeric Value.
- This command displays the numeric value of the current
cell in the command line.
- ˆ V Cell Name.
- This command displays the name of the current cell in the
command line.
- ˆ W Cell Expression.
- This command displays the expression attached to the
current cell, if any. If there is no expression, this command returns
``?''.