tips and tricks
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*tab - by hitting tab, davinci will try to auto-complete the rest of the path in your filename. This has the same functionality as the shell command line. | *tab - by hitting tab, davinci will try to auto-complete the rest of the path in your filename. This has the same functionality as the shell command line. | ||
− | *control - this operator has the exact same use as the command line. Several operators will be listed below in the format of "Ctrl-a" where Ctrl is the control key and a is the given letter. The control key must be hit first and held while the second key is entered. | + | *control - this operator has the exact same use as the command line. Several operators will be listed below in the format of "Ctrl-a" where "Ctrl" is the control key and "a" is the given letter. The control key must be hit first and held while the second key is entered. |
**Ctrl-a - used to go to the beginning of the line | **Ctrl-a - used to go to the beginning of the line | ||
**Ctrl-e - used to go to the end of the line | **Ctrl-e - used to go to the end of the line | ||
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**Ctrl-c - stops the current process and returns the dv> command prompt. NOTE: You get only one of these so make it count! | **Ctrl-c - stops the current process and returns the dv> command prompt. NOTE: You get only one of these so make it count! | ||
− | *escape - the escape key is very useful in davinci, mainly when used in conjunction with the p key. By typing the | + | *escape - the escape key is very useful in davinci, mainly when used in conjunction with the p key. By typing the "esc" key and then hitting the "p" key while escape is not depressed, the last command you entered will appear. If you start to type a command like "a&61;read(" and then enter escape-p, the rest of the line containing the characters you entered will be found. You can continue to move throught the commands by entering "esc-p" again. NOTE: a file called ".inputrc" must exist in your home directory and contain the following line: "\M-p": history-search-backward |
*arrow keys - by using the up and down arrows, the last and next functions you have called in history can be browsed. This is similar to escape-p but without the prefferential searching of the first letters of the desired command. | *arrow keys - by using the up and down arrows, the last and next functions you have called in history can be browsed. This is similar to escape-p but without the prefferential searching of the first letters of the desired command. |
Revision as of 13:34, 24 April 2006
Description Davinci has many features that are not apparent and many advanced users may not even know. The intention of this page is to help document some of these features. Most of the features are the same or have very close analogues to shell command line usages.
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