This command programs function key ‘n1’ to produce ‘string1’ when typed. The ‘n1’ argument must be in the range 1 to .10 (notice that .10 is decimal, or you can use the hexadecimal equivalent The string of characters must be a single argument: if it contains any spaces or tabs it must be surrounded by quotes. Strings may contain any characters, including control characters (entered by preceding them with ). Function keys may be programmed to produce more than one command line by including the Enter (or ) character in the string (don’t forget to precede control characters with ). Remember that you can also program the function keys direct from the keyboard using the function key combination.
Ctrl P Ctrl M Ctrl P Alt Ctrl Ten Function key definitions of up to 63 characters in length are permitted. Examples: FKEY 1 dir FKEY 4 " X delete myprog.bak SSASM myprog.s" The last example is a complicated but useful one. It does the following things:
1) Quits from the editor using the ^KX command (however a ^P is not required, because the editor insert mode will directly accept control characters as commands) 2) Issues an Enter (^M) character to confirm the file name (a ^P is required, to embed the Enter, because you are now outside the editor’s insert mode) 3) Deletes the editor’s backup file (again, a ^P is required, since you are on the regular Applix command line) 4) Assembles the file upon which you are presumably working Ctrl K Ctrl P Ctrl M Ctrl P Ctrl M Setting video frequencies VMODE hfreq vfreq [hoffset] [voffset] This is provided for those running USA video monitors, and enables you to tweak the 6545 CRTC registers to produce a stable picture on your particular display.
Don’t fiddle until you know what you are doing with it - read the Hardware and Construction Manual . Helpful reminders HELP [cmdname] [cmdname] .... The command ‘HELP’ with no arguments causes a sorted list of all of 1616/OS inbuilt commands to be printed out. The HELP command may be used to obtain more detailed help concerning one or more particular inbuilt commands by using the name of the inbuilt command as an argument to HELP. For example, HELP mdl filemode 1616/OS Commands User Tutorial Manual Page 93