KnEd Commands

2.1.3 Commands

Table 1: Keyboard commands for text panes

Key Click

Action

<control> p

scroll line up

<control> n

scroll line down

<control> b

scroll screen up

<control> f

scroll screen down

<control> <

scroll to top of text pane

<control> >

scroll to bottom of text pane

Table 1: Keyboard commands for text panes
Key Click	Action
<control> p	scroll line up
<control> n	scroll line down
<control> b	scroll screen up
<control> f	scroll screen down
<control> <	scroll to top of text pane
<control> >	scroll to bottom of text pane

Text pane commands can be activated either by mouse clicks or by keyboard commands. Table 1 presents the keyboard commands for text panes. These keyboard commands were added to save the user from having to waste time relocating his/her hands between the keyboard and the mouse [Card:83].

Undisplayed Graphic

Figure 16: Four types of selectable objects in text panes

Table 2: Mouse commands for text objects inside text panes

Mouse Click

Text Objects

Frame Name

Slot

Value

Annotation

Left

update frame

display slot in
a random text pane

display value in
a random text pane

display annotation in
a random text pane

Middle

display slot's address
in a random text pane

display value's address
in a random text pane

display annotation's address
in a random text pane

Right

display frame's Menu

display slot's Menu

display value's Menu

display annotation's Menu

<Control>
Left

update frame

display slot in
current text pane

display value in
current text pane

display annotation in
current text pane

<Control>
Middle

display slot's address
in a random text pane

display value's address
in a random text pane

display annotation's address
in a random text pane

<Shift>
Left

stuff frame name
in yank buffer

stuff slot name
in yank buffer

stuff value
in yank buffer

stuff annotation
in yank buffer

<Shift>
Middle

stuff frame's address
in yank buffer

stuff slot's address
in yank buffer

stuff value's address
in yank buffer

stuff annotation's address
in yank buffer

<Shift>
Right

display slot's address
in a popup window

display value's address
in a popup window

display annotation's address
in a popup window

Table 2: Mouse commands for text objects inside text panes
Mouse Click	Text Objects
Frame Name	Slot	Value	Annotation
Left	update frame	display slot in a random text pane	display value in a random text pane	display annotation in a random text pane
Middle		display slot's address in a random text pane	display value's address in a random text pane	display annotation's address in a random text pane
Right	display frame's Menu	display slot's Menu	display value's Menu	display annotation's Menu
<Control> Left	update frame	display slot in current text pane	display value in current text pane	display annotation in current text pane
<Control> Middle		display slot's address in a random text pane	display value's address in a random text pane	display annotation's address in a random text pane
<Shift> Left	stuff frame name in yank buffer	stuff slot name in yank buffer	stuff value in yank buffer	stuff annotation in yank buffer
<Shift> Middle	stuff frame's address in yank buffer	stuff slot's address in yank buffer	stuff value's address in yank buffer	stuff annotation's address in yank buffer
<Shift> Right		display slot's address in a popup window	display value's address in a popup window	display annotation's address in a popup window

The mouse commands for text panes are divided into two types, clicks over text objects and white space clicks. As the mouse moves over text objects in a text pane, the text objects will highlight by drawing a box around the themselves. Figure 16 describes the four types of text objects: frame-names, slots, values, and annotations. A mouse click that occurs while the text object is highlighted results in a text object command. Table 2 presents these commands. The following are comments related to this figure:

• random display follows a least recently used strategy, such that the selected text object will be displayed in the least recently used text pane

• address refers to the KM address that corresponds to the highlighted text object.

• updating a frame causes the frame to recompute it's contents and then redisplay itself.

• the yank buffer will be discussed further in Section 2.2.1.

Table 3: Mouse commands for the white space inside text panes

White Space
Mouse Click

Action

Left

display frame's menu

Right

display text pane's menu

Table 3: Mouse commands for the white space inside text panes
White Space Mouse Click	Action
Left	display frame's menu
Right	display text pane's menu

The other type of command is the white space mouse click. White space is any area of the text pane that the mouse can be positioned in that doesn't cause any text objects to highlight. Table 3 presents the white space mouse commands.