HP 68000 Series, User Manual

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2 If necessary, reposition the keyboard cursor to the location where you want to
paste the text.
3 If necessary, choose the insert or replace mode for the command entry area.
4 Click the middle mouse button to paste the text into the command line entry
area at the current cursor position.
Note You should paste to the command line only when the command line is
expecting an address or a string. The characters from the entry buffer will be
treated as if they were typed from the keyboard. If the command line is
expecting keyword tokens, pasting can have unexpected results. For example,
pasting "delta" into an empty command line will generate a "Debugger
Execution Load_State ta" command!
Although a paste from the display area to the entry buffer affects all displayed
entry buffers in all open windows, a paste from the entry buffer to the
command line only affects the command line of the window in which you are
currently working.
See “To copy-and-paste to the entry buffer” for information about pasting
information from the display into the entry buffer.
To use the action keys
1 If the action key uses the contents of the entry buffer, place the desired
information in the entry buffer.
2 Position the mouse pointer over the action key and click the action key.
Action keys are user-definable pushbuttons that perform interface or system
functions. Action keys can use information from the entry buffer — this
makes it possible to create action keys that are more general and flexible.
Several action keys are predefined when you first start the debugger’s
graphical interface. You can use the predefined action keys to make, load,
Chapter 2: Entering Debugger Commands
Using Menus, the Entry Buffer, and Action Keys
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