PADS(9.5) PADS(9.5)
NAME
pads - user interface package
DESCRIPTION
Pads is a mouse-based interface for browsing a network of
windows.
Button 1 points. Pointing at a window makes it current,
with a heavy border; pointing at a line of text makes it
current, inverts its video, and scrolls it to the middle of
the window. A scroll bar at the left of each window shows
how much of the text of a window is visible; pointing into
the scroll region controls what text is displayed.
Button 2 has a menu of operations that apply to the current
line. Operations above the ~~~~~ separator are specific to
each line; operations below the separator are generic line
operations:
cut Remove the line.
sever Remove the line and all lines above it.
fold If lines pass the right margin, continue them on
following lines.
truncate Truncate lines at the right margin.
Button 3 has a menu of window-level operations, and is in
three parts. Below the lower separator is a list of win-
dows; selecting one makes it current. They appear in
front-to-back screen order, current at the top. Operations
above the upper separator are specific to each window; oper-
ations between the separators are generic window operations:
reshape
move
close Like reshape, move, and delete in mux(9.1).
fold
truncate apply to all lines in the window.
Keyboard characters accumulate at the bottom of the layer.
If the current line accepts input, it flashes with each
keystroke; otherwise, if the current window accepts input,
its border flashes. Carriage return is ignored until a line
or window accepts the text, whereupon the input line is sent
to the line or window. The ESC key substitutes the mux(9.1)
global snarf buffer.
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If the first character of a line from the keyboard is < or >
the remainder of the line is interpreted as a shell command.
For <, each line of the command's standard output is sent to
the line or window, as though it had come from the keyboard.
For >, the line or lines of the window become the command's
standard input. Each line or window that accepts keyboard
input produces some help in response to ?. Special cursor
icons occasionally appear:
arrow-dot-dot-dot
The host is completing an operation; the terminal is
ready asynchronously.
exclamation mark
Confirm a dangerous menu selection by pressing that
menu's button again.
SEE ALSO
T. A. Cargill, Pads Programming Guide