PROFS: Limits on Cut and Paste


The message editor on PROFS accepts only two lines of text. Any additional
text is automatically looped back to the top line of the screen. PROFS' Note
editor allows up to 16 lines of text before looping to the top of the screen
after the 16th carriage return.

The PROFS help message states that to type into further screens, an F10 (next
page) or F4 (add line) key is required. This seems to mean that the user can
paste only 16 lines of text at a time, followed by a next-page or add-line
function key before continuing. There is a possible fix that includes
modifying a font to show the character represented by a command-[. That
character followed by a 0, if pasted every 16 lines, would do a next-page
PF10.


Published Date: Feb 19, 2012