:Info: F1: F1 and ESC ? Whenever the terminal cursor (the moving light that marks your place on the screen) is in the upper portion of the screen (the menu), you can get help by pressing function key F1 (or "ESC ?" if you are using escape sequences). You are then asked what specific help you need. If you want help with an option in the above menu, type the number or letter of that option but DO NOT press RETURN. If you want help with a function key, press that function key, (again do NOT press RETURN). If you are using escape sequences, type the two character sequence ("ESC" followed by another character) that is used in place of the particular function key you want. Finally, if you want to know about something other than a menu option or a function key you can respond to the request for the specific help desired by typing two question marks (??). This provides a menu containing general information items that you can choose from. Function keys 1 through 8 (F1-F8) operate in Executive Forum, but if your terminal does not have them, you should press the "ESC" key followed by either ?, f, p, q, r, l, h, or e to get the functions. You may also elect to use the escape keys if you wish. To do so, go to the Personalize Executive Forum menu and choose the "Always Use Escape Keys" option. In brief, the function keys and escape keys operate as follows: F1 (ESC ?) provides help with menu options and other function keys. F2 (ESC f) returns you to the first menu, the one called Executive Forum. F3 (ESC p) returns you to the previous menu. F4 (ESC q) gets you out of the Executive Forum facility. F5 (ESC r) causes the menu and anything else on the screen to be redisplayed. F6 (ESC l) enables you to look at the portion of a long menu that has scrolled off the top of your screen. F7 (ESC h) enables you to look at the portion of a long menu that is in the next screen, coming up from the bottom of your terminal. F8 (ESC e) enables you to execute a Multics command while working in Executive Forum. In order to use this key or sequence, you must set the personalize forum option "Multics Command Mode" to yes. :Info: F2: F2 and ESC f Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence returns you to the Executive Forum menu. :Info: F3: F3 and ESC p Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence returns you to the previous menu displayed at the top of the screen, the one you were in just before the current one. :Info: F4: F4 and ESC q Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence gets you out of the Executive Forum facility. :Info: F5: F5 and ESC r Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence causes the status and menu window (at the top of your screen) and the help line (at the bottom of your screen) to be redisplayed. If there is a "Choices" menu below the top menu, it also is redisplayed. Any text below the top menu (i.e., a meeting comment or Executive Forum message) is cleared from the screen. This is useful when your screen gets messed up unexpectedly. :Info: F6: F6 and ESC l Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence enables you to look at the portion of a long menu that has scrolled off the top of your screen. This key can only be used when you are reading a menu displayed by typing two question marks (??). :Info: F7: F7 and ESC h Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence enables you to look at the portion of a long menu that is in the next screen, coming up from the bottom of your terminal. This key can only be used when you are reading a menu displayed by typing two question marks (??) and you want to move ahead quickly to a later part of the list. :Info: F8: F8 and ESC e Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence enables you to execute a Multics command. You are prompted for the command to be executed. You must press the RETURN key after you finish typing the command. The menu and existing text displayed below the menu are scrolled off the screen as space is needed to display the output produced by the command. After the command completes, you are prompted for another command. To return to the menu press the RETURN key without entering a command. In order to use this function key or escape sequence, you must first activate it by using the "Multics Command Mode" option in the Personalize Executive Forum menu. Once you do that, you will be able to use this function key or escape sequence anytime you are in the Executive Forum facility. ----------------------------------------------------------- Historical Background This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided and donated to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group BULL including BULL HN Information Systems Inc. as a contribution to computer science knowledge. This donation is made also to give evidence of the common contributions of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell Laboratories, General Electric, Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Honeywell BULL Inc., Groupe BULL and BULL HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system. Multics development was initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC (1963-1970), renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the mid 1970s, under the leadership of Professor Fernando Jose Corbato. Users consider that Multics provided the best software architecture for managing computer hardware properly and for executing programs. Many subsequent operating systems incorporated Multics principles. 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