Difference between revisions of "Controlling Screen Display"

Revision as of 22:02, 12 December 2016

Some commands can display dozens or even thousands of lines of text. When any commands attempt to display more than one window of text, VEDIT prompts on the status line with:

Display more text More Non-stop Cancel

More

Select More (the default) to permit the display of up to another window full of text.

Non-Stop

Select Non-stop to temporarily turn off this feature so that all the text can quickly be displayed.

Cancel

Select Cancel to abort the commands that are running.

This feature is reset each time VEDIT waits for keyboard input.

This feature can be disabled by clicking Config, Display options, and un-checking -MORE- operation.

Screen output can also be temporarily stopped by pressing Ctrl-S. Pressing any other key, but typically another Ctrl-S, resumes the screen output.

During lengthy screen output, you can press CANCEL Ctrl-\, Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Break to abort the command macro that is running. This typically returns you to the "COMMAND:" prompt.