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3270 Information Display System

Entry

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User's

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GA23-0119-2

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36/38/370/4300/8100-09

3270 Information Display System

Entry

Assist

User's

Guide

Third

Edition

(September

1987)

This

revision

obsoletes

GA23-0119-1.

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International

Business

Machines

Corporation

1983,1984,1987

Preface

This

publication

explains

the

Entry

Assist

function

the

3174

and

3274

Control

Units. Entry

Assist

provides

conveniences

and

productivity

improvements

for

display

operators

who

enter

and

edit

text

material.

This

book

teiis

you

what

the

Entry

Assist

function

can

and

explains

how

use

it.

Who

Should

Read

This

Book

Anyone

using

3270

displays

for

text-related

activity

should

read

this

book.

This

includes

secretaries,

administrative

personnel,

clerical

personnel,

executives,

managers,

planners,

engineers,

writers,

and

programmers.

How

This

Book

Organized

Chapter

"Overview,"

gives

you

general

description

the

Entry

Assist

function.

Chapter

2, "Getting

Started,"

tells

you

how to

make

Entry

Assist

work

your

control

unit. It

also

explains

how

customize

your

keyboard.

Chapter

3, "Using

the

Entry Assist Capabilities," lists

the

capabilities of Entry

Assist

and

tells you how to

use

them.

The

Entry Assist functions

are

divided into

two

groups:

•Using

the

Formatting

Controls

•Using

the

Cursor

and

Editing Keys.

Chapter 4, "Using Entry Assist with

IBM

Host Editors and Other Applications,"

explains howto

use

Entry Assist with

some

of the

IBM

host editor programs. You

can

also

find

other

application

hints

those

pages.

Chapter

5, "Entry Assist Tutorial," contains an Entry Assist tutorial for self-

teaching.

list

abbreviations

used

this

publication

follows

Chapter

Preface

iii

Contents

Chapter

Overview

Entry

Assist

Capabilities

Document

Mode

Change

Format

Mode

Hardware

Supported

Control

Units

Eligible

Display

Units

Keyboards

Audible

Alarm

Supporting

Software

IBM

Host

Editor

Programs

Chapter

Getting

Started

How

Make

Entry

Assist

Work

How

Customize

Your

Keyboard

Chapter

3. Using

the

Entry

Assist

Capabiiities

Turning

Entry

Assist

Using

the

Formatting

Controls

The

Change

Format

Key 11

Setting

the

Margins

Setti

ng T

Stops

Setting

the

Audible

End of Line

Signal

(Set

Bell) 16

Clearing

Tab

Stops

and

Audible End of Line

Signals

Clearing

Ail

the

Tab

Stops

Changing

the

Scale

Line

Origin

Entry

Assist

Parameters

Using

the

Cursor

Movement

and

Editing Keys 17

Using

Word

Wrap

Typematic

Move

Cursor

to Next Word 18

Typematic

Move

Cursor

Word 18

Delete

Word

Typematic

Delete

Character

Enhanced

Cursor

Tab

Enhanced

Cursor

Backtab

Error-Correcting

Backspace

Enhanced

New

Line

Cursor

Position

Indicator

Chapter 4. UsingEntryAssist with

IBM

HostEditors and Other Applications

Selective

Use

of Entry

Assist

Functions

Using Entry

Assist

with IBM Host Editors 21

System

Productivity Facility (SPF) 21

interactive

Communications

Control

Facility

(ICCF) 22

System

Product

Editor

(XEDIT)

EDGAR

Distributed

Processing

Programming

Executive (DPPX) 23

Document

Composition

Facility (DCF) 23

VMSG Facility (Virtual

Machine/370)

Application Hints 24

Using Entry Assist to Create and Maintain Source Programs 24

Using Entry

Assist

with

Other

Programs

Preparing

Simple

Memos

without

Using

DCF

Contents

Chapters.

Entry Assist Tutorial 27

How

Create

the

Tutorl

List

Abbreviations

Entry

Assist

User's

Guide

Figures

Keyboard

Layoutfor 3178, 3278, 3279

Typewriter

and

APL,

and

RPQ

8K1038

Keyboard

Layoutfor 3179

and

3180 Typewriter,

Emulate

Mode

Keyboard

Layout

for

3179

and

3180,

Native

Mode

Change

Format

Active

Keys

for

3178, 3278, 3279,

and

RPQ 8K1038

Keyboards

Change

Format

Active

Keys

for 3179

and

3180

Keyboards,

Emuiate

Mode

Change

Format

Active

Keys

for

3179

and

3180

Keyboards,

Native

Mode

Entry

Assist

Scale

Line

Figures

Vil

Chapter

Overview

The

Entry

Assist

function

provides

display

units

with

new

capabilities

for

limited

local

format,

entry,

and

edit

control

when

operating

with

one

the

supported

IBM

host

editors.

These

editors

are

listed

under

"IBM

Host

Editor

Programs"

page

The

Entry

Assist

function

provides

conveniences

and

productivity

improvements

for

3270

operators

applications

involving

the

entry

and

editing

text

material.

For

example,

you

might

want

use

Entry

Assist

edit

enter

some

the

following

material:

•

Office

correspondence,

such

letters,

memos,

reports,

lists,

and

schedules

•

Formal

publications,

such

books,

magazines,

and

brochures

•

Source

program

material,

such

COBOL, FORTRAN,

and

assembler

lan

guage

source

program

statements

•

Job

control

language

(JOL)

statements

•

Other

text

material

normally

handled

the

listed

host

editors.

Entry

Assist

Capabilities

The

Entry

Assist

function

provides

the

following

capabilities

for

the

operator:

•Display of

"on-demand

scale"

line for

establishing

margins,

tab

stops,

and

"end

line"

signal

position

Establishes

line

format

parameters,

providing avisual indication of

the

position

the

parameter

the

line. (You

can

view

the

scale

line

only

change

format

mode.)

•

Screen

margins

Automatically

confines

the

body of

the

input

material

within

the

margins.

•

Tabbing

Moves

the

cursor

the

tab

stop

and

replaces

unprotected

null

characters^ with

space

characters

allowing for rapid entry of tabular material.

•

Audible

"end

line"

signal

Warns

you of

the

need

to perform anew-line

operation.

•

Word

wrap

(automatic

new

line)

Provides

automatic

new-line

operation,

automatically

moving

partially

typed

words

the

line.

The

word

wrap

facility

allows

you

type

without

con

sidering

the

need

for

using

new-line

operations.

•

Word

delete

Deletes

word

from

the

current

cursor

position

the

end

the

word.

•

Typematic

character

delete2

Supplements

the

nontypematic

single-character

delete.

l^\

1 A null

character

Is a control

character

that may be Inserted Into or

removed

from a

sequence

characters

without

affecting the meaning of the sequence: however, the control of equipment or the format may be affected by this

character.

2 A

typematic

key

repeats

Its function

when

pressed

and

held down.

Chapter 1. Overview 1

Document

Mode

Typematic

character

delete^

Supplements

the

nontypematic

single-character

delete.

Typematic

error-correcting

backspace

when

insert

mode

Deletes

while

insert

mode.

On-demand

cursor

position

display

Displays

the

current

cursor

position

the

operator

information

area

rr/cc

form. (The

letters

"rr"

represent

the

row

numbers

and

the

letters

"cc"

repre

sent

the

column

numbers.)

Rapid

cursor

positioning

Provides

rapid

cursor

positioning,

which

allows

you

to:

—

Move

the

cursor

the

word

with

single

keystroke.

Move

the

cursor

the

tab

stop

with

single

keystroke.

Both

capabilities

are

typematic,

allowing

rapid

positioning

the

cursor

any

where

the

screen.

use

the

Entry

Assist

functions,

press

the

Document

On/Off (DOC ON OFF) key on

the

attached

keyboard.^

This

action

establishes

"document

mode."

Change

Format

Mode

establish

change

format mode,

press

the

Change

Format (CHG

FMT)

key.

(Press

the

key

again

turn

off

change

format

mode.)

When

the

terminal

is in

change

format

mode,

you

can:

•

Check

the

status

margins,

tab

stops,

and

audible

"end

of line"

signal

positions.

•

Set

margins,

tab

stops,

and

audible

"end

of line" signal.

2 A typematic key

repeats

Its function when

pressed

and

held down.

3 Forthe

3179

and

3180

Display

Stations in "nativemode," youmustfirst place the unitinextended-select mode by

pressing

the

SEL

key.

2 EntryAssist User's Guide

Hardware

Supported

Control

Units

You

can

use

this

version

the

Entry

Assist

function with

the

following

hardware:

•

All

models

the

3174

Control

Unit

•

The

3274

Control

Unit,

Models

and

•

The

3274 Control Unit,

Models

and

(must

capable

using

Configura

tion

Support

D).

Eligible

Display

Units

The

Entry

Assist

function

available

the

display

units

listed

below.

These

dis

plays

must

attached

IBM

3174

3274

(must

capable

using

Configura

tion

Support

Control

Units

and

customized

for

Entry

Assist.

IBM

3178

Display

Station

Models

2C, C10, C20, C30,

and

C40

IBM

3278

Display

Station

Models

2, 3,

and

Model

5 In

Model

mode

IBM

3279

Color

Display

Station

Models

2A, 2B, 2X, 3A, 3B, 3X, S2A,

S2B,

and

S3G

IBM

3179

Color

Display

Station

{emulate

and

native

modes)

IBM

3180

Display

Station

Model

{emulate

and

native

modes)

All IBM

3270

Personal

Computers

Control

Unit

Terminal

(CUT)

mode

3191 Display

Station

Models

A1X, B1X, A2X, B2X, A3X,

and

B3X

3192

Color

Display

Station

Models

C1X, C2X,

and

C3X

3192

Display

Station

Models

D1X, D2X,

and

D3X

3192

Color

Graphics

Display

Station

Models

G10, G20, G30,

and

G40

3194

Display

Terminal

Models

H20

and

H50

3279

Color

Display

Station

Models

S2A, S2B, S3G, 2X,

and

The

following IBM

Personal

Computers

emulation

mode

Control Unit

Ter

minal

(CUT)

mode:

- All IBM

5150

Personal

Computers

- IBM

5160

Personal

Computer

Models

068, 078, 086, 087, 088, 089, 267, 268,

277,

and

278

(Personal

Computer

XT)

- IBM5170

Personal

Computer

Models

068, 099, 239, 319,

and

339

(Personal

Computer

AT)

- IBM 5170

Personal

Computer

Models

599, 739, 919, 939

(Personal

Com

puter

AT/370)

The

following

devices

have

their

own

versions

of Entry Assist:

- 3179-G1, G2

Color

Display

Station

(Refer

the

IBM 3179G/3192G

Color

Graphic

Display

Station

Description

GA18-2589)

- 3193 Display Station Models 1

and

2(Refer to

the

IBM3193 Display Station

Description GA18-2364

and

the

IBM3193 Display Station

Operator's

Guide

GA18-3265)

- IBM

3290

Information

Panel

Models

220,

230,

and

T30

(Refer

the

IBM

3290

Information

Panel

Operator's

Guide

GA23-0143)

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