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- OS/2 Workplace Shell Keys 08/16/92
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- Startup Tasks:
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- Alt+F1 Restore default desktop
- Ctrl+Shift+F1 Inhibit auto-start features
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- OS/2 Command Line Tasks (with KEYS ON):
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- Esc Clear command line
- Home Move cursor to first character in command line
- End Move cursor to last character in command line
- Ins[ert] Turn on insert mode
- Del[ete] Delete character above cursor
- left arrow Move cursor one character to left
- right arrow Move cursor one character to right
- up arrow Display previous command in queue
- down arrow Display next command in queue
- Ctrl+left arrow Move cursor back to first character of a word
- Ctrl+right arrow Move cursor to first character of next word
- Ctrl+Home Deletes all characters to the left of cursor
- Ctrl+End Deletes all characters from cursor to the end
- of the command line
- Enter Executes the command on the command line
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- DOS Command Line Tasks (with DOSKEY):
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- up arrow Recalls the previous command in the queue
- down arrow Recalls the next command in the queue
- Page Up Recalls the first command in the queue
- Page Down Recalls the most recent command
- left arrow Move cursor one character to left
- right arrow Move cursor one character to right
- Ctrl+left arrow Move cursor back to first character of a word
- Ctrl+right arrow Move cursor to first character of next word
- Home Move cursor to first character in command line
- End Move cursor to last character in command line
- Esc Clear command line
- F7 Displays commands in queue
- Alt+F7 Deletes all commands from queue
- chars F8 Display previous command in queue which starts
- with "chars"
- F9 cmd# Displays the command specified by "cmd#"
- Alt+F10 Deletes all macro definitions
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- DOSKEY parameters:
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- /M Display macros which are currently defined
- /H Display recently used commands
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- Special characters for DOSKEY macros:
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- $G or $g >
- $G$G or $g$g >>
- $L or $l <
- $B or $b |
- $T or $t Terminates the command (like Enter)
- $$ $
- $1 through $9 parameters
- $* all parameters on the command line
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- DOS Command Line Tasks:
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- F1 Copies one character from the template to the
- command line
- F2 char Copies characters prior to the next occurrence
- of "char"
- from the template to the command line
- F3 Copies the remaining characters from the
- template to the command line
- F4 char Skips characters prior to the next occurrence
- of "char" in the template
- F5 Copies the current command line to the template
- without executing it and clears the command line
- F6 Places and end-of-file character (Ctrl+Z) at
- the cursor position in the current command line
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- System Tasks:
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- Alt+Tab Switch to next window on desktop
- Alt+Esc Switch to next window or full screen session
- Ctrl+Esc Display the Window List
- F1 Get help
- Alt+Shift+Tab Switch to desktop
- Ctrl+Alt+Del Restart the system
- Ctrl+Alt+NumLock(twice) Dump system to diskette in A: drive
- (need diskettes created with CREATEDD command)
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- Desktop Tasks:
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- arrow keys Move among objects on desktop
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O Display beach scene with credits
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- when the desktop is active and no objects are selected:
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- Shift+F10 Display the pop-up menu for the desktop
- Print Screen Print the screen
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- Window Tasks:
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- Tab Move to next area in window
- Shift+Tab Move to previous area in window
- F10 or Alt Activate menu bar
- Shift+F10 Display the pop-up menu for the window
- Alt+Space Display cacaded menu for window functions
- or Shift+Esc in pop-up menu for window
- Alt+F4 Close window
- Alt+F5 Restore window to normal size
- Alt+F7 Move window
- Use arrow keys to move window
- Press Enter when it is in the desired position
- Alt+F8 Size window
- - Press left or right arrow key to indicate
- which side to adjust
- - Adjust width with left and right arrow keys
- - Press up or down arrow key to indicate
- whether to adjust top or bottom
- - Adjust height with up and down arrow keys
- - Press Enter when it is the desired size
- Alt+F9 Minimize window
- Alt+F10 Maximize window
- Alt+F11 Hide window
- Alt+Home Switch between DOS full screen and window mode
- Alt+Ins[ert] Create a new object and place it in the
- clipboard
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- when no objects are selected:
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- Shift+F10 Display help about using help
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- Icon View Window Tasks:
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- arrow keys Move among objects in the window
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- Text Window Tasks:
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- Tab Insert tab character and move cursor to next
- tab location
- Alt+Backspace Undo
- Shift+Del[ete] Cut
- Ctrl+Ins[ert] Copy
- Shift+Ins[ert] Paste
- Del[ete] Clear
- Ctrl+F Find
- Ctrl+right arrow Move cursor to beginning of next word
- Ctrl+left arrow Move cursor to beginning of previous word
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- see also Text Field Tasks
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- Help Window Tasks:
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- Esc Return to the previous help window or remove
- the initial help window
- Tab Move the cursor to the next highlighted word
- or phrase
- Shift+Tab Move the cursor to the previous highlight word
- or phrase
- F1 Display help for the help window
- F2 Display help for the object or window for
- which help was initially displayed
- F6 Move the cursor to and from buttons in the
- same window
- F7 Move the cursor to and from buttons in a
- different window
- F9 Display keys help
- Shift+F10 Display help about using help
- F11 or Shift+F1 Display the help index
- F12 or Shift+F2 Display the tutorial
- Alt+F6 Switch between the help window and the object
- or window for which help was displayed
- Ctrl+A Copy the topic and add it to the end of a
- temporary file
- Ctrl+C Display the help table of contents
- Ctrl+F Copy the topic to a temporary file
- Ctrl+L Display a list of libraries that contain help
- topics
- Ctrl+N Open a new help window
- Ctrl+S Search for a word or phrase
- Ctrl+Ins[ert] Copy the topic to the clipboard
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- Information Presentation Facility (IPF) Window Tasks:
- Ctrl+F4 Close pane
- Ctrl+F5 Restore pane to normal size
- Ctrl+F7 Move pane
- - Use arrow keys to move pane
- - Press Enter when it is in the desired
- position
- Ctrl+F8 Size pane
- - Press left or right arrow key to indicate
- which side to adjust
- - Adjust width with left and right arrow keys
- - Press up or down arrow key to indicate
- whether to adjust top or bottom
- - Adjust height with up and down arrow keys
- - Press Enter when it is the desired size
- Ctrl+F9 Minimize pane
- Ctrl+F10 Maximize pane
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- IPF Contents Window Tasks:
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- + Expand one level
- * Expand branch
- Ctrl+* Expand all branches
- - Collapse branch
- Ctrl+- Collapse all branches
- Ctrl+C Contents
- Ctrl+I Index
- Ctrl+H Viewed pages
- Ctrl+L Libraries
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- Object Tasks:
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- Space Bar Select or deselect the object
- Ctrl+/ Select all objects
- Ctrl+\ Deselect all objects
- letter keys Select next object starting with given letter
- Shift+F8 Begin and end selecting multiple objects
- Shift+F10 Display pop-up menu for a selected object
- Enter Open a selected object
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- Menu Tasks:
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- Home Select first choice
- End Select last choice
- up arrow Move to previous choice
- down arrow Move to next choice
- right arrow Show cascaded menu (when there is an arrow
- button on the selected choice)
- left arrow Hide cascaded menu
- letter keys Select choice with that letter underlined
- F10 or Alt Close menu and return to window
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- Button Tasks:
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- Space Bar Push the button with the cursor box
- Enter Push the highlighted button
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- Text Field Tasks:
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- Home Go to beginning of current line
- End Go to end of current line
- Del[ete] Delete character to right of cursor
- Backspace Delete character to left of cursor
- Ctrl+Home Go to beginning of first line
- Ctrl+End Go to end of last line
- Page Up Scroll up one page
- Page Down Scroll down one page
- Ctrl+Page Up Scroll left one page
- Ctrl+Page Down Scroll right one page
- Shift+(any) Select text
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- Numeric Field Tasks:
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- Page Up Increase value
- Page Down Decrease value
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- Hidden List Field Tasks:
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- Alt+down arrow Display hidden list
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- Scrollable List Tasks:
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- Home Select first item in list
- End Select last item in list
- F7 or Page Up Scroll up one page
- F8 or Page Down Scroll down one page
- Ctrl+Page Up Scroll left one page
- Ctrl+Page Down Scroll right one page
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- Notebook Tasks:
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- Alt+up arrow Move to notebook tab
- Alt+down arrow Move to notebook page
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- when selected field is not an input field:
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- Alt+Page Up Go to previous page in notebook
- Alt+Page Down Go to next page in notebook
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- when selected field is not an input field or scrollable list:
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- Home Go to first page in notebook
- End Go to last page in notebook
- Page up Go to previous page in notebook
- Page down Go to next page in notebook
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- Notebook Tab Tasks:
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- Space Bar Display the selected page
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- DOS Session Tasks:
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- Ctrl+Alt+PrtSc Release parallel port
- This can be used to avoid a SYS1799 error when
- attempting to run multiple copies of a DOS
- application which uses a dongle (hardware
- security key) on the parallel port.
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