Specifications

Page 3-2 RM2151 - USING THE RADIOTELEX SYSTEM
The Editor Window
The boot window is followed by the start-up window which is the text editor window:
Editor 9:10
File Edit Search Options Applications Quit
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -------- --------
ASCII: 1 Chars Line 1 Col 1 Inserting
The window is divided into 3 main areas, which from top to bottom are:
Main Menu Line
File Edit Search Options Applications Quit
On the Main Menu Line you will find the Main Commands.
You get access to the Main Commands by hitting the ALT key in the lower left corner of your keyboard until the first
command is high-lighted, use the direction keys to select the proper Main Command.
You may leave the Main Menu Line by hitting the ALT key, a blinking cursor appears in the area below the main
command line. A command can also be activated by holding the lower left ALT key down and hit the high-lighted letter
in the command wanted.
The Text Editor
17 lines of scratch pad
The Text Editor is a scratch-pad for entering any text you like.
Text entered in this field may be edited and corrected before stored on disk or transmitted via the radio telex modem.
The text editor is explained later in this operator’s guide.
The Status Line
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -------- --------
Telex: 25 Chars Line 2 Col 1 Inserting
The Status Line gives you information about the text you are currently editing.
You are informed whether you are currently working with a Telex Message (TELEX) or a Data Message (ASCII).
The number of characters in the text is displayed, as well as the line number and column number at which location
the cursor is located.
The Status Line may be removed to give you 2 more lines of Text editor.
Shortly we shall continue with a detailed description of how to create, store, retrieve, and transmit messages, but
in the first place we want you to get accustomed to use the window interface.