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MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS

MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS AVAILABLE:

 CO:Cursor Origin     CP:Cursor Placement   CZ:Cursor Clear
 RS:ReSet Display     SF:State Flicker      SS:State Set
 ZM:ZooM Display      ZZ:Remove All         ..:Command String
 M :Menu Mode on/off  X :eXit               @ :Command File

CO

Cursor Origin sets the location of the origin on the display.

 CO [n1,n2,n3]

 n1:      Meaning of coordinates              <0>
               0:  new absolute offset
               1:  add to existing offset
                   (relative)
               2:  set offset at current
                   cursor position.
 n2,n3:   Offset coordinates                  <0,0>
Position (0,0) is the upper left corner of the display. The position of the output of several commands can be shifted without resetting absolute offsets.

CO affects the output of the following commands:

    IL IW IX GF GL GM GR GS CP

CP

Cursor Placement enables and moves the cursor to an absolute position on the display.

 CP [n1,n2]

 n1,n2:   (x,y) cursor position            <cursor position>
The current cursor position and pixel grey level values on all image planes at this position are printed.

CZ

Cursor Clear removes the cursor from view (disables the cursor).

 CZ

RS

Reset Display resets the display to its default state.

 RS

SF

State Flicker flickers the display between two set states.

 SF [n1]

 n1:      Tenths of a second between switches <5>
SS must have been struck twice before this command is issued, else it is ignored. Hit any key to quit.

SS

State Set remembers the current display state as one of 2 remembered. distinct display states. SS causes: S2 = S1; S1 = current state.

 SS

ZM

Zoom Display zooms the display around the cursor. The zoom factor must be a power of 2 between 0 and 32 inclusive. Otherwise, the video display will flip between the two nearby valid zoom factors. For example, if the video display is at a zoom factor of 4, a "zm6" command will change the zoom factor to 8, a second "zm6" command will change it back to 4 and so on. A zoom factor of 0 puts the display in overview mode (on Unix workstations only).

 ZM [n1]

 n1:      Zoom factor                         <0>

ZZ

Remove All turns off (disables) all image and graphic planes.

 ZZ

..

Command String passes a command string directly to the video display device.

 ..n1

 n1:      Command to be passed to display     <>
Currently implemented only for the EBBA display.

X

Exit quits DCP.

 X

M

Menu Mode toggles the menu mode. If the menu mode is enabled, you may enter a single-character command from the menu of functions or enter a full DCP command line directly. Any input longer than one character is assumed to be a full DCP command.

@

Command File executes a DCP command file.

 @n1

 n1:  The name of a command file to execute
Command files contain any DCP commands that would normally be typed at the keyboard. Commands are placed on separate lines, or they may be combined on a single line separated by colons (:). This command must be the last or only command on a line.


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