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- !ComLink - general operational tips
- ===================================
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- Mouse buttons
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- The actions of the mouse buttons are:-
-
- On the !ComLink icon on the bar:
- --------------------------------
- 'Select' pops up the terminal window at the front.
- 'Menu' pops up the main menu.
- 'Adjust' pops up the WimpKey window at the front.
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- In the RX area of the terminal window:
- --------------------------------------
- 'Select' double click puts word/callsign/number in green WimpKey.
- Click and hold grabs a line & puts it in the tx window.
- 'Menu' pops up the 'Spool control panel'.
- 'Adjust' shifts the rx/tx areas.
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- 'Menu' with the keyboard shift held down pops up the main menu.
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- In TX area of terminal window:
- ------------------------------
- 'Select' places the caret.
- 'Menu' pops up the 'Spool control panel'.
- 'Adjust' shifts the rx/tx areas.
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- 'Menu' with the keyboard shift held down pops up the main menu.
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- In the WimpKey window:
- ----------------------
- 'Select' activates a yellow WimpKey
- or 'Selects' a white WimpKey.
- 'Menu' pops up the WimpKey edit panel.
- 'Adjust' over a white key allows label text to be editted.
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- Keyboard
- ~~~~~~~~
- Return key:
- -----------
- Send the line of text to the TNC. If the caret is on the bottom
- line the tx are will scroll up and a blank (cleared) line will
- appear.
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- Shift+Return together:
- ----------------------
- Send the line of text to the TNC. If the caret is on the bottom
- line, the tx area will scroll up BUT THE NEXT LINE FROM THE TX
- BUFFER WILL **NOT** be cleared if it contains text. Thus the whole
- of the tx buffer can easily be re-sent without loosing lines.
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- Cursor up/down/left/right keys:
- -------------------------------
- Allow movement in the tx window and scrolling of the tx buffer (50
- lines).
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- 'Page Up/Down' keys:
- --------------------
- Scroll the rx buffer a window full at a time.
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- Function keys:
- --------------
- Can send user defined text strings.
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- 'Scroll lock' key:
- ------------------
- Halts data input from the TNC. (Beware! Don't leave it on
- accidentally!!)
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- 'Shift+Ctrl' keys together:
- ---------------------------
- Halts data input from the TNC while they are held down.
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- General points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- The contents of the rx area can be saved directly to !Edit (or any other
- text processor) by dragging the file icon in the "Spool Control Panel" to
- the !Edit icon.
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- Menu options
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- Info
- ----
- Following the Info arrow will pop up the usual "About this program"
- window. The only useful information here is the version number!
-
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- WimpKeys
- --------
- Wimpkeys are sort of "on screen" function keys.
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- Following the arrow to the submenu gives two options:
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- Display - pops up the WimpKey window.
- Edit - pops up the WimpKey edit window
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- Fn Keys
- -------
- The submenu of this item allows the function key definitions to be seen
- and editted. Use the mouse to position the cursor in the window to edit
- the chosen key.
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- Script
- ------
-
- A submenu provides:
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- Status - this option pops up a status window as part of the script
- facility. This is described in "Script_Man" the script
- programming manual.
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- Run - this option runs the default script called "SCRIPT" saved within
- the !ComLink application.
-
- Stop - selecting this option, aborts any script that is currently being
- run and closes any open files. This menu option is described in
- "Script_Man", the script programming manual.
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- Config
- ------
- Select this option to setup and save the program configuration, the
- serial parameters must be setup to suit your system.
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- Quit
- ----
- Quit the program!
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- ComLink Script Command summary (Alphabetical order)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- APPEND:<text> Adds text to the end of each upload file.
- BREAK:<comment> Sends a "Break" to TNC, gets it out of transparent mode.
- CHAIN:<script> Runs another script.
- DAYTIME:<10/12> Sets TNC clock.
- DELAY:<number> Sets the delay to timeout in seconds.
- DIRDOWN:<path> Sets the "download" directory.
- DIRUP:<path> Sets the "upload" directory.
- FILESCAN:<filepath>Scan a file for marked messages to be read/killed.
- FINISHED:<comment> Stops the script.
- FLUSH:<ON/OFF> Switches on/off input buffer flushing.
- ICON:<colour> Changes the background colour of the ComLink icon.
- IGNORE:<text>|<num>Makes SCANLIST: ignore lines with <text> at position <num>
- KILL:<text> Sends message kill commands to PMS/BBS.
- LOOPIF:<text1> Loop start point. Loop from UNTIL: if <text1> is seen.
- MONITOR:<text> Allows incoming text to be seen in the status window.
- MORE:<text> Generates automatic "Y" to BBS requests for "More Y/N"
- MYPROMPT:<text> Your prompt, optional wildcards and prompt length.
- ONERROR:<comment> Where execution continues after a timeout.
- OSCLI:<text> Executes * commands.
- READ:<text> Reads messages from FILESCAN/SCANLIST, text is optional.
- REPORT:<ON/OFF> Pops up or closes the ComLink status window.
- SAVELIST:<filename>Ensures that ComLink saves the message list to <filename>
- SCANLIST:<text1:..:text9> Extracts message numbers when text1 etc is seen.
- START:<time> Continues script execution at the specified time eg 23:30
- TRYAFTER:<number> Sets the retry time in a loop.
- TYPE:<text> Sends the text to the serial port.
- UNTIL:<text2> Continues if <text2> seen, loops back if <text1> is seen.
- UPLOAD:<comment> Sends files to the serial port.
- WAITFOR:<text> Takes characters from serial port until <text> is seen.
- WKEY:n:<text> Programs WimpKey 'n' to text.
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- Double click scripts to run them or use the wimpkeys.