> SHIFT F4 (or F9 on keyboards with that key) toggles between INSERT and > OVERWRITE modes in Quill for example. > > SHIFT F5 (or F10 on keyboards with that key) tries to redraw the > display. > > CTRL F4 brings up the double interlocked squares, which is a MOVE > feature - on large displays you can move the Xchange display around > the screen to your preferred location. Move the double squares around > with the mouse (if you have one) or cursor keys and press space or > enter to "drop" the icon and the Xchange display at that location. On > a QL display you'll see the effect, but I don't think there's much > room to move the physical Xchange picture around on the 512x256 pixel > QL display. > > CTRL F5 "freezes" the display, e.g. when you COPY or COPY_N a text > file to the screen and it scrolls too fast to read, you can use CTRL > F5 to freeze the display and CTRL F5 again (in fact, any key will > work) to release it to scroll again. > > CTRL F3 on some programs (though not Xchange) will bring up a double > square (small square within large square) icon which lets you reduce > or enlarge the program's display, i.e. how much of the screen it uses. > If you use QPAC2 for example, you can use CTRL F3 to make the files > list smaller or larger. > > CTRL F2 causes some programs to redraw their own display, e.g. if an > overlapping program destroys the display. > > CTRL F1 will put some programs to sleep in what is called the QPAC2 > button frame, which is very vaguely like a Windows taskbar where > minimised programs lie. >
Thanks Dilwyn - much better explanation than me - it is so easy to forget these things especially as a full size keyboard has the scroll lock which I use :-) > The 'padlock' feature usually implies that an attempt is made to move > the pointer when the QL is in fact awaiting keyboard input for > example. There are other such icons, for example an '8' symbol means > that you are in mode 4 (4 colour mode) and the part of the screen on > which your pointer is resting needs mode 8. A 'square' symbol usually > means your pointer has wandered outside the window limits, i.e. no > program has its windows under the pointer's current position (a unused > part of screen). A 'no entry' red circle with white line across it > implies you are within the program's outline on the screen, but you > may have gone outside the active window. Usually happens when a > program overlaps a new window which is smaller than the main window > and the pointer arrow has strayed outside the smaller window, but is > still within the border of the larger main window, just that as that > window is partially buried, pointer input isn't possible, hence being > locked out with the 'no entry' symbol. > -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk URL:http://www.rwapadventures.com URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk URL:http://www.internetbusinessangels.com _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
