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tutorials:unxnode7 [2012/05/08 16:35] – created memnontutorials:unxnode7 [2012/05/08 17:18] (current) – Fix footnote correctly memnon
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 Table 6.2: The proper & detailed sequence of events for executing a command in com [table missing] Table 6.2: The proper & detailed sequence of events for executing a command in com [table missing]
  
-Step number 4 in Table 6.2 is critically important & deserves further discussion. In step number 4, you touch (or <nowiki>"</nowiki>type<nowiki>"</nowiki>) the command key. You do not touch (or type) any other keys on your keyboard or on any other keyboard. You don't need to <nowiki>"</nowiki>enter<nowiki>"</nowiki> the command by typing the Return or Enter key on your keyboard; com will acknowledge your command key immediately.6.1+Step number 4 in Table 6.2 is critically important & deserves further discussion. In step number 4, you touch (or <nowiki>"</nowiki>type<nowiki>"</nowiki>) the command key. You do not touch (or type) any other keys on your keyboard or on any other keyboard. You don't need to <nowiki>"</nowiki>enter<nowiki>"</nowiki> the command by typing the Return or Enter key on your keyboard; com will acknowledge your command key immediately.((//Immediately// is a relative termLag might prevent com from reacting instantly, but it will react without you pressing any other keys.))
  
 A common error for new users is to type the Return (or Enter) key after they type the command key. Com executes the command key fine, then it notices the Return key. Return is a command, so com executes it. The Return command gets you a prompt so that you may enter text that you <nowiki>"</nowiki>say<nowiki>"</nowiki> for other people to <nowiki>"</nowiki>hear<nowiki>"</nowiki> in the room. Because of the Return key, com is not interpreting the new user's keystrokes as commands. A common error for new users is to type the Return (or Enter) key after they type the command key. Com executes the command key fine, then it notices the Return key. Return is a command, so com executes it. The Return command gets you a prompt so that you may enter text that you <nowiki>"</nowiki>say<nowiki>"</nowiki> for other people to <nowiki>"</nowiki>hear<nowiki>"</nowiki> in the room. Because of the Return key, com is not interpreting the new user's keystrokes as commands.
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 Then the new user tries to type another command, such as the ''q'' (quit) command, but com interprets it as text to say into the room. The new user is under the impression that he needs to end commands with Return, so he does that, which causes com to print ''q'' into the room for everyone to see. The new user is confused about why his command doesn't execute, so he types ''h'' & Return again. The ''h'' is interpreted as a command & gets him a menu, but the Return is also interpreted as a command & puts him into enter-a-line-of-text mode. He sees the ''q'' command in the menu, types it & Return, & the cycle repeats. Then the new user tries to type another command, such as the ''q'' (quit) command, but com interprets it as text to say into the room. The new user is under the impression that he needs to end commands with Return, so he does that, which causes com to print ''q'' into the room for everyone to see. The new user is confused about why his command doesn't execute, so he types ''h'' & Return again. The ''h'' is interpreted as a command & gets him a menu, but the Return is also interpreted as a command & puts him into enter-a-line-of-text mode. He sees the ''q'' command in the menu, types it & Return, & the cycle repeats.
  
-All of this discussion may seem silly to most people, but a lot of new users have amazingly huge amounts of trouble when they learn to enter a command into com.6.+All of this discussion may seem silly to most people, but a lot of new users have amazingly huge amounts of trouble when they learn to enter a command into com.((Some people keep track of the longest time a new user has required to exit from comI have heard that the record is over 23 minutes.))
 ==== 6.2.2 COM Session Example ====  ==== 6.2.2 COM Session Example ==== 
  
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 Quits the bulletin board.  Quits the bulletin board. 
  
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