ThinkTank User's Manual

Tutorial
* If a command is on the Main Command Menu, its com-
mand key will also work “outside” the menu —— from
the Top Level of ThinkTank. (Exceptions are DELETE
and EXTRA.) For commands on other menus, you must
display the .menu before you use their command keys.
However, you can use command keys to get to the
menu.
For example, from Top Level, the “fast path” to the
COPY command is “//C”. The first slash displays the
Main Command Menu, the second slash displays the
Secondary Command Menu (EXTRA command), and C is the
command key for COPY. You can press the keys as
quickly as you wish; you don’t have to wait for each
menu to appear before pressing the next command key.
* Command prefixes are helpful but never necessary.
If you don’t enter one, ThinkTank assumes its most
likely value (usually one). For example, if you
don’t precede a NEW option with a command prefix,
ThinkTank will create the new headline one position
away.
* The RETURN key works differently “inside” and “outside”
command menus. While a menu is displayed, the RETURN key
selects the highlighted option. From Top Level, you can use
it as a “reading” key (see READ in the reference guide).
At other times, you may be prompted to use the RETURN key
to tell ThinkTank that an entry is satisfactory.
* Executing EXPAND or COLLAPSE from Top Level bypasses
the command menu which is displayed when you select
either of these commands from the Main Command
Menu. The menu lets you choose whether to expand or
collapse headlines, paragraphs, or both. If you
don’t want both, which is what you get from Top
Level, you must go through the menu.
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