If the menu window is not sufficiently large to display the entire current menu, it displays a portion of the menu. The displayed portion is called a menu page. Use these commands to move from one menu page to another. The menu windows in PEP's default screen configurations are large enough to contain most menus in a single page. Therefore, unless you make the menu window smaller, you will seldom have reason to use these function keys. One exception is the case of name menus such as the menu of all PDL files in the current directory, or the menu of all objects in the current PDL file. These may sometimes be too large to fit in a single menu page. When examining these lists, you may want to use the menu page commands. F5 = Menu Page Up. The previous menu page is displayed. If the current page is the first, the last menu page is displayed. F6 = Menu Page Down. The following menu page is displayed. If the current page is the last, the first menu page is displayed. ALT-F5 = Menu Page Home. The first menu page is displayed. ALT-F6 = Menu Page End. The last menu page is displayed.

Pressing F1 at any time activates the HELP system, which gives you on-line access to the entire text of the PEP manual. The portion of the manual which appears is indexed to the current menu and the current operation. If you highlight a menu command with the cursor and press F1, you can obtain information about that command. The HELP system is fully described in Chapter <[15]>. The HELP system can also be invoked by pressing the [?]-button.

Press F2 to temporarily change the display in the menu window from the current menu to a report of status information. Press F2 a second time to restore the display of the current menu in the menu window. The contents of the status display include: the cursor location in the open object (in object coordinates and in inches); the size of the pools of free, erasable, and busy memory (in bytes); the size of the largest available free memory block; and the sizes of the loaded picture file and the open object (also in bytes). Unsaved changes in the open object are indicated by an asterisk in the object (size) menu item. Other unsaved changes are indicated by an asterisk in the file (size) menu item.

Press F3 to temporarily change the display in the menu window to a list of single keystroke commands. The first time you press F3, the normal command menu is replaced with a list of function key commands. Press F3 again, and a list of the ALT-function key commands appears. Press F3 a third time to display a list of ALT-letter commands. Press F3 once again to return to the normal command menu. During this sequence, any command which changes the normal menu restores the menu window to normal display.

The PEP configuration file capability can be used to create a slide show if pauses are inserted via the ALT-H command <[14.3.7]> among the other PEP commands in the configuration file. (See <[16.9]>.) When PEP is pausing during execution of a slide show, you can press F4 to terminate the slide show and immediately exit from PEP. Under any other circumstances, F4 is treated as an invalid keystroke.

Press F7 to replace the cursor with a wide cross-hair cursor extending across the cursor's range. Press F7 again to restore the cursor to its original form. Wide cursors can be used during insertion and modification to facilitate alignment of elements. If rulers are displayed, a wide cursor is useful for reading the coordinates of a point from the rulers. Also, in cluttered screens, the wide cursor is easier to locate visually.

Pressing F8 moves the cursor to the nearest point on the snap grid. This command never moves the cursor out of its window. (It is only valid if the cursor is in a graphics window.) The snap grid interval can set by using the SETUP/NUMBERS/GRID-SPACE command <[12.4.2]>. The grid can be made visible in the active window by using the SETUP/WINDOW/GRID command <[12.2.9]>.

Pressing F9 moves the cursor to the home position. The cursor is placed in the active window and positioned at the upper left corner of the open object, at coordinates (0,0). If necessary, the active window is homed, so that it contains the target cursor position.

Use the super-escape key, F10, to return in a single step from the current menu to main PEP menu. This command is equivalent to pressing the escape key again and again until you reach the top level menu.

If you press ALT-F3 at any time, the entire PEP screen display will be erased and redrawn.

If the text window is too small to contain the entire prompt or error message, you can use this command to display successive portions of the text. If the end of the message is currently displayed, this command causes the beginning of the message to be displayed. Note: the text window in PEP's default layout is large enough to display all prompts and error messages. Unless you change the default screen layout to make this window smaller, you will seldom have reason to use this command. We recommend that the text window be left large enough to display all prompts and error messages.

This command is available only when you are inserting or editing a text label. (See <[2.7]> and <[4.4]>.) It causes an escape character to be inserted into the text string. The effect of this escape character is to change the style of the following text by using a different font subset (for example, the italic subset) for displaying subsequent characters. The new style remains in effect from the escape code to the end of the text label or until another ALT-F8 escape character is encountered. The escape characters themselves are not visible. Font subsets are numbered 0 through 9, and A through F. Press ALT-F8 to display a menu of font style subsets, and then type a digit (0 through 9), or a letter (A through F) to insert the corresponding escape character. The following characters in the text string will be drawn in the style of the subset that you have selected. For example, the bold style corresponds to font subset 2. If you are typing in a text label, to start using bold characters you would press ALT-F8 and then 2; to stop using bold characters and return to the normal style you would press ALT-F8 and then 0. The styles corresponding to each of the various font subsets are given below: SUBSET 0 NORMAL SUBSET 1 ITALIC SUBSET 2 BOLD SUBSET 3 BOLD ITALIC SUBSET 4 LIGHT SUBSET 5 LIGHT ITALIC SUBSET 6 EXTRA BOLD SUBSET 7 EXTRA BOLD ITALIC SUBSETS 8-F (undefined styles) Note, however, that a given font may not have all of these styles. PEP allows you to request a font subset that is not available in the current font. In this case, PEP inserts the correct escape code, but prints and displays using subset 0, the normal style, instead. If you later change the font to one having the requested style, the label will then be drawn correctly in the new font. <[FIG14]> shows which styles are available in each of the PEP fonts. Note that styles 7 through F are not defined in any of the current fonts. Note also that the italic and bold subsets of the LICS font contain special international characters, but these are in the normal style.

This command is available only when you are inserting or editing a text label. (See <[2.7]> and <[4.4]>.) It causes an escape character to be inserted into the text string. The effect of this escape character is to change the color of the following text. The new color remains in effect from the escape code to the end of the text label or until another ALT-F9 escape character is encountered. The escape characters themselves are not visible. The 16 available colors are numbered 0 through 9, and A through F. Press ALT-F9 to display a menu of these colors, and then type a digit (0 through 9), or a letter (A through F) to insert the corresponding escape character. The following characters in the text string will then appear in the selected color.

Most of these commands have equivalents in the SETUP/WINDOW <[12.2]>, SETUP/SYSTEM <[12.3]>, and SETUP/NUMBERS <[12.4]> menus. Additional information can be found by consulting the section on the equivalent menu command.

This command changes the aspect correction in the active graphics window. It is equivalent to SETUP/WINDOW/ASPECT. For more information see <[12.2.7]>.

This command controls the display of scroll bars in the active window. It is equivalent to SETUP/WINDOW/BARS or pressing the [B]-button. For more information see <[12.2.11]>.

This command contracts the active graphics window. It is equivalent to SETUP/WINDOW/CONTRACT or pressing the [C]-button. For more information see <[12.2.4]>.

This command expands the active graphics window. It is equivalent to SETUP/WINDOW/EXPAND or pressing the [E]-button. For more information see <[12.2.3]>.

This command changes the fatdots mode of the active graphics window. It is equivalent to SETUP/WINDOW/FATS or pressing the [F]-button. For more information see <[12.2.5]>.

Use this command to show or hide the snap grid in the active graphics window. It is equivalent to SETUP/WINDOW/GRID or pressing the [G]-button. For more information see <[12.2.9]>.

Use this command to insert a delay in a FIG file. When a delay is encountered during FIG file execution, PEP will stop reading from the FIG file and prompt the user to strike a key on the keyboard. While waiting for the user's keystroke, PEP will continue any uncompleted drawing on the screen. With the HESITATE command, you can use PEP's MAKEFIG capability to create automated slide shows. For example, the FIG file could contain a sequence of OBJECT/OPEN commands <[7.1]>, with a HESITATE after each one. This command is available only while you are creating a FIG file. (See the discussion of the QUIT/MAKEFIG command in <[9.3]> and the section on slide shows <[16.9]>.)

Use this command to reset the stretch factors of the active graphics window to their default values (X=1, Y=1). It is equivalent to pressing the [I]-button. This command restores unity magnification without changing the ruler display, grid display, fat dots mode, or other window properties.

The ALT-J and ALT-M commands are used in combination to remember a location and to return to it later. When you press ALT-J, the object coordinates of the current cursor position are saved. Anytime thereafter, if you press ALT-M, PEP will move the cursor into the active window and position it at the saved coordinates, in other words, at the location of the cursor when the last ALT-J command was invoked. The active window is repositioned if necessary.

This command moves the view in the active window. It chooses the new position so that the center of the window displays the point that was occupied by the cursor at the moment the ALT-L command was invoked. Note that the cursor could be in a different window. Only the active window display is changed. The cursor itself is not moved.

Use this command in combination with the ALT-J command (set cursor jump position) described above. ALT-J remembers the cursor position and ALT-M returns to it. When you press ALT-M, the cursor is moved into the active window and positioned at the object coordinates saved by the last ALT-J command. (The cursor is moved to object coordinate (0,0) if no previous ALT-J command occurred.) If necessary, the active window is repositioned so that the target cursor location is displayed within it.

This command selects a new active graphics window. It is equivalent to SETUP/WINDOW/NEXT or pressing the [N]-button. For more information see <[12.2.1]>.

This command aborts all printing. There is no confirmation. It is equivalent to PRINT/KILL/YES. For more information see <[6.2]>.

This command controls the display of rulers in the active window. It is equivalent to SETUP/WINDOW/RULERS or pressing the [R]-button. For more information see <[12.2.10]>.

Use this command to enable or disable automatic grid snapping. It is equivalent to SETUP/SYSTEM/GRID or pressing the [S]-button. For more information see <[12.3.2]>.

This command controls total display mode in the active graphics window. It is equivalent to SETUP/WINDOW/TOTAL or pressing the [T]-button. For more information see <[12.2.6]>.

This command moves the view in the active window. It chooses the new position so that the upper left corner of the window displays the point that was occupied by the cursor at the moment the ALT-U command was invoked. Note that the cursor could be in a different window. Only the active window display is changed. The cursor itself is not moved. ALT-U is the same as the menu command SETUP/WINDOW/POSITION <[12.2.14]>.

This command controls the view mode of the active graphics window. It is equivalent to SETUP/WINDOW/VIEW. For more information see <[12.2.12]>.

Use this command to reset all window parameters to their default values, with the exception of GRID, RULERS, and BARS. If grids, rulers, or scroll bars are displayed in the window, they will continue to be displayed. All other window properties are reset. This command is equivalent to pressing the [W]-button. For more information see SETUP/WINDOW/INITIALIZE <[12.2.17]>.

If you are creating a configuration file, use this command to terminate the file, and save it under the name that you designated when invoking the QUIT/MAKEFIG command. If you are not creating a configuration file, this command is invalid. See <[9.3]> for a description of the QUIT/MAKEFIG command.

The NumPad arrow keys move the cursor in the direction of the arrow. The corner keys (Home, PgUp, PgDn, and End) move the cursor diagonally (up-left, up-right, down-right, and down-left respectively). The distance the cursor moves is determined by the step mode and the step size. To change the step mode, use the SETUP/SYSTEM/STEP command <[12.3.1]> (or grey minus key <[14.4.4]>). To change the step size, use the SETUP/NUMBERS/STEP-SIZE command <[12.4.1]>. <[FIG08]>.

Holding down a shift key while pressing an arrow key moves the active window view by one half of the window size in the direction of the arrow. Thus pressing shift-rightarrow moves the window view to the right (picture elements appear to move to the left). The window motion is limited by the size of the editing area (see the OBJECT/LIMIT command <[7.4]>). <[FIG30]>.

Holding down a shift key while pressing the Home key causes the active window to be re-positioned at the extreme upper left corner of the editing area. Similarly, shift-PgUp moves the active window to the upper right corner of the editing area. Shift-PgDn and Shift-End move to the lower right and lower left corners respectively. <[FIG31]>.

This command cycles between three modes controlling how far the cursor moves each time a cursor motion key is struck. If step mode is OFF, pressing a cursor motion key moves the cursor one pixel on the screen in the given direction. If the mode is HALF, each cursor motion keystroke moves the cursor by one-half of a step. If the mode is FULL, each keystroke moves the cursor by one full step. The number of pixels in one step is set by the SETUP/NUMBERS/STEP-SIZE command <[12.4.1]>. The size of the step can be different in the X and the Y directions. The grey minus key is equivalent to SETUP/SYSTEM/STEP <[12.3.1]>.

This key enables and disables automatic cursor motion. Press the Grey-plus key followed by a cursor motion key to start the cursor moving in the direction indicated at a constant rate. Press the same cursor motion key again to accelerate the motion. Press a different cursor motion key to change the direction. Press the Grey-plus key again to stop the motion.

When the cursor is a stretchable box, only one of the four corners of the box is mobile at any given time. You can see which corner is mobile by the small solid box which is displayed in that corner. The grey star key changes the mobile corner of the box to the next corner counterclockwise. This key is invalid unless a stretchable box cursor is displayed. Note: you can also use SPACE to change the mobile corner. <[FIG13]>.