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Re: vm370 ce - "MORE..." and some questions - Where are getting started manuals?!


 

Usually "MORE.." just indicates that there is more information to be displayed, so you can either press
ENTER: to put the terminal into a "HOLD" state
Or press
CLEAR to clear the screen and go to the next page.

On most terminals PA1 would bring you to the underlying CP.

Most terminal emulators are very flexible in assigning keys.

The CMS Terminal Users Guide describes that nicely.
"The CLEAR key performs the same function as the PA2 key."
Current version:

Best regards
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Fish Fish
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2023 21:08
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Subject: Re: [h390-vm] vm370 ce - "MORE..." and some questions - Where are getting started manuals?!

Dave Wade wrote:
Timothy Stark wrote:
[...]
How do I get to continue at "MORE." displayed? What key do I have
to press to continue on my Vista TN3270 terminal app?
You press whatever it mapped to "PA2". Often "Page Down"
but can be Alt+F2 or others
I'm not sure what the default is, but I use Vista TN3270 too, and for me, it's mapped to the Page Up key. Page Down is PA1.

Vista's user interface is very nice regarding keyboard mapping (Options --> Keyboard edit). To discover (query) which keyboard key is mapped to a particular action, simply select the Action (left side of dialog, where the "Action", "Edit", "Char", "Oper" and "Macro" tabs are), and click the "Find" button. Vista will then highlight the keyboard key that that action is currently assigned to (and show you the mapping in the center part of the dialog). If Vista doesn't highlight and key, then it's not assigned.

To assign a specific keyboard key to an action, you basically do the opposite: you click the keyboard key you want to assign, and Vista shows you (again, in the center part of the dialog) what that particular keyboard key is mapped to. To change it to something else, select the new action on the left side ("Action" tab), and then click the appropriate button in the middle part of the dialog: "Normal", "Shift", "Ctl" or "Alt".

Vista comes with a comprehensive Help file that explains how to use the product.

I'm guessing however that you already know how to use Vista, but simply didn't know what keystroke that VM370/CE was expecting the user to press on their terminal. Right? As Dave said, it's usually the PA2 key (which, as I said, on my Vista is the Page Up key), although the Clear Screen key also works (which on my Vista is mapped to the Pause/Break key).

Clear as mud, right?

Welcome to VM! :)

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