| Attach |
Create a new record, attached to the record on the screen |
| Box |
Make a box on the current screen for entering text |
| Cut |
Cut out information from the current screen (to Paste
elsewhere) |
| Delete |
Delete records, marks, or links |
| Edit |
Change the information on the current screen (see Editing Commands below) |
| Find |
Search for records which contain the specified words |
| Get |
Get a particular record onto the screen (see Get Commands below) |
| Help |
Enter the help system |
| Import |
Read a text file from disk into the Softfile database |
| List |
Load from disk, or save to disk, a list of selected records |
| Mark |
Mark the record on the screen for quick retrieval with View |
| New |
Create a new record, not attached to the current screen |
| Output |
Print records or write them to disk |
| Paste |
Put previously Cut information on the screen |
| Quit |
Leave the Softfile program |
| Set |
Set a reminder date, or define special-purpose records (see Set Commands below) |
| Unmark |
Remove the mark from the record on the screen |
| View |
Display the attached, marked, or selected records |
| Words |
Show words beginning with specified letters or similar to a
word |
| = |
Show information about the current screen (including
record number) |
| ! |
Run another program without leaving Softfile |
| + |
Add this record to the list of selected records |
| - |
Remove this record from the list of selected records |
| 0 |
Display the initial screen (defined by "Set, Initial screen") |
| 1-9 |
Display the record specified by the numbered link |
| SPACE BAR |
Show more commands on the screen |
| RETURN |
Go to left margin on next line (or end editing if last line) |
| TAB |
Go to next tab stop or next field, i.e., column after [ |
| ESC ESC |
End edit |
| HOME |
Move to upper-left corner |
| DELETE |
Delete character |
| BACKSPACE |
Cursor left |
| ESC RETURN |
Split line |
| CTRL-D |
Abort entry (for single-line input only) |
| CTRL-X D |
Delete current line (move text up) |
CTRL-X E
or END |
Erase from cursor to end of line |
CTRL-X I
or INSERT |
Insert mode on/off |
| CTRL-X O |
Open line (move text down) |
| CTRL-X R |
Reformat paragraph (from cursor down) |
| CTRL-X T |
Time and date (paste at cursor location) |
| CTRL-X U |
Undo last "delete line" or "erase line" (paste at cursor
location) |
| Get, Back |
Show record which was on screen before this one |
| Get, Next |
Show next attached/selected/marked record |
| Get, Previous |
Show previous attached/selected/marked record |
| Get, 1st |
Show first selected/marked record |
| Get, Last |
Show last selected/marked record |
| Get, Form list |
Show form list (record linked to forms) |
| Get, Output options, Printer |
Show printer output options record |
| Get, Output options, Disk |
Show disk output options record |
| Get, Record number |
Show specified record |
| Set, Form, List |
Current record will be the form list |
| Set, Form, Number, (1-9999) |
Set form number of current record |
| Set, Global, Initial screen, Yes |
Current record will be the initial screen |
| Set, Global, Output options, Disk |
Current record contains disk output options |
| Set, Global, Output options, Printer |
Current record contains printer output options |
| Set, Link, (1-9) |
Create link between this screen and target record |
| Set, Next |
Attach target record to current record |
| Set, Protect, Yes |
Protect the current record |
| Set, Reminder date, mm/dd/yy |
Set reminder date for current record ("mm"=month,
"dd"=day, "yy"=year) |
| Set, Reminder date, RETURN |
Remove reminder date for this record |
| Set, Target |
Current record will be target record for "Set, Link" or "Set,
Next" command |
| Set, Unprotect, Yes |
Unprotect the current record |