D3PLOT 22.1
Dialogue Input in the Screen-Menu Interface
Dialogue input in the screen menu interface
The full command-line capability is preserved when D3PLOT is running in screen-menu mode, and you are free to mix command-line and mouse-driven input at will. There are some situations in which command-line input is more efficient: for example when entering lists of explicit entities.
Commands are entered in the dialogue box:
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As this example shows the dialogue box is also used for listing messages, warnings and errors to the screen. It can be scrolled back and forth (its buffer is 200 lines long) to review earlier messages. The following colours are used:
| Normal messages and prompts | Yellow |
| Text typed in by you | White |
| Warning messages | Magenta |
| Error messages | Red |
| There is a minor limitation when mixing command-line and screen-menu mode: you cannot perform the same function simultaneously in both modes. If you attempt to do so you will get the message: |
| WARNING: recursive access attempted |
| And you will not be permitted to continue. To clear this situation either close down the menu-based operation, or return to the main menu (" / " command) in the dialogue box. |