The cursor is the underline or block that moves around the screen when characters are typed. Cursors have various forms depending on the terminal:
Highlighted
Blinking
Reverse video
In all cases, the cursor indicates where the next character typed displays on the screen.
Cursor movement commands are used to position the cursor anywhere in the item without altering the text. The cursor actually moves on the screen, but since the screen is only a window into the item, the cursor may be moved off the screen forcing a screen redisplay (scrolling).
CTRL+B |
Move the cursor up one line maintaining the same column position. |
CTRL+D |
Move the cursor back to the beginning of the sentence. |
CTRL+F |
Move the cursor forward to the beginning of the next sentence. |
CTRL+G |
Move the cursor to the end of the current paragraph. |
CTRL+I |
Move the cursor forward to the next tab stop in the line. If the cursor is past the last tab, the command has no affect. Tabs may be set at TCL or by using the Update Processor set tab command CTRL+ZT. |
CTRL+J |
Move the cursor back (left) one character. If the cursor is at the beginning of the line, it moves to the last data position on the previous line. |
CTRL+K |
Move the cursor forward (right) one character. If the cursor is at the end of the screen or at the end of an attribute then CTRL+K moves it to the first position on the next line. |
CTRL+M |
(Also pressing ENTER) Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph if in overtype mode. If in insert mode, it creates a new attribute (paragraph). If the cursor is on the last line of the item, it creates a new attribute (paragraph) whether in insert or overtype mode. |
CTRL+N |
Move the cursor down one line maintaining the same column position. |
CTRL+T |
Move the cursor to the top of the current item. |
CTRL+U |
Move the cursor forward (right) one word. If the cursor is at the end of a line or paragraph, it moves to the first word of the next line or paragraph. |
CTRL+Y |
Move the cursor back (left) one word. If the cursor is at the beginning of a line, it moves to the beginning of the last word in the previous line or paragraph. |
CTRL+ZA |
Redisplay the screen with the current line at the top of the screen. |
CTRL+ZB |
Redisplay the screen with the current line at the bottom of the screen. |
CTRL+ZE |
Move the cursor to the end of the current item. |
CTRL+ZH |
Move the cursor to the first line of the next screen, then move the display up twelve lines, approximately half of a screen. |
CTRL+ZN |
Move the cursor to the top of the next screen. |
CTRL+ZP |
Redisplay (repaint) the screen. |
CTRL+ZQ |
Move the cursor to the first line of the next screen, then move display up one quarter of a screen. |
CTRL+ZY |
Move the cursor to the top of the previous screen. |
CTRL+Znumber |
Go to the specified line number and redisplay the screen. The line number may be before or after the current line number. After pressing CTRL+Z and the first character of the line number, the prompt go to line #: displays, along with the number typed. Finish entering the line number and press ENTER. The cursor moves to the specified line. |
See Also
Update Processor as Text Editor