Basic aixterm Tasks

A procedure is presented for each of the following tasks:

• Displaying and Changing the aixterm Menus
• Copying Text between aixterm Windows

Displaying and Changing the aixterm Menus

Each aixterm menu pops up when you press the correct combination of keys and buttons. Most menus are divided into two sections that are separated by a horizontal line. The top portion contains various modes that can be altered. A check mark is displayed next to a mode that is currently active. Selecting one of these modes reverses its state. The bottom portion of the menu provides the command entries; selecting one of these performs the indicated function.

You can change the options on the aixterm Options Menu, Modes Menu, and Scrollbar Menu.

To set or reset one of the options, you need to:

1. With the mouse pointer anywhere inside the window (or scrollbar), hold down the Ctrl key and then hold down the left mouse button. When the aixterm options menu appears, release the Ctrl key.
2. While still holding down the left mouse button, drag the mouse pointer to the option you want to set or reset, and then release the mouse button.

Copying Text between aixterm Windows

When you create a terminal window, the aixterm command allows you to select text and copy it within the same window or other windows by using copy-and-paste button functions. The selected text is highlighted while the button is pressed.

Note: Applications that run in AIXwindows do not always support this copy feature in their windows.

Using the mouse, you can copy text from one window into another window.

1. Have both windows--the window you want to copy from and the window you plan to copy into--open on your desktop.
2. Move the mouse pointer to the beginning of the text you want to copy. Click and hold the left mouse button.
3. Drag the mouse across the text you want to copy and release the mouse button at the end of the text you want to copy. While the mouse button is held down, the text to be copied is highlighted.
4. Move the mouse pointer to the other window where you want the copied text to be inserted. Press the middle mouse button. (Or, on a two-button mouse, press both mouse buttons.) The copied text is inserted at the cursor's position.