Novaterm 9.6 User's Guide
Manual: If you do
not have any of the above real-time clocks,
choose Manual.
This method asks you to enter the current time in 24-
hour format.
All of the above drivers read and set the real-time clock when you
start up Novaterm, except for the Manual
optioon. If you have
selected the Manual driver, you will not be prompted for the current
time when you start up Novaterm; instead, you must select the driver
again from Novaterm's Configuration menu. At that time, Novaterm
prompts you for the current time.
1.2 Novaterm basics
1.2.1 Using Menus
All menus in Novaterm work the same way: Use the up/down cursor
key to move a highlight bar up and down the options, and press
RETURN
to select a highlighted option.
You may also press a number that corresponds to an item, even
though menu items are not labeled with numbers. Pressing the 1
key
will instantly select the first item of a menu, pressing the 2
key will
select the second item, and so forth. Pressing the numeric key has the
effect of moving the bar to the corresponding item and pressing
RETURN.
If there are more than nine items on a list, then letters are
used for the tenth item and beyond; the A
key selects the tenth item,
the B
key selects the eleventh item, and so on.
For extra convenience, the F1
key always selects the last item of a
menu. Usually, the last item is Quit
or Main
menu, which leaves the
menu. Therefore, you may always use the F1
key to jump out of the
current menu. Even if a given menu does not have Quit
or some
variant as the last item, you may still use the F1
key to leave the menu.
1.2.2 Entering text
From time to time, Novaterm will ask you to enter text in response to
some command. (For instance, you will often be asked to enter a file
name.) When entering text, you may use the DEL
key to back up and
correct any mistakes. Pressing RETURN
finishes your entry.
Sometimes, you will see some text already in the area where you want
to type. This usually happens when you are asked to change a
parameter, and the previous value of that parameter is displayed for
you. In this situation, the right-arrow key will function just as you'd
expect; it will keep the character that appears under the cursor and