VT100 Terminal

The VT100 Terminal pane provides the user with basic interaction with NEs. The user may simply view output from the NE queried by a script, or manually type into the pane while connected to an NE. In addition to basic VT100 Terminal functionality, the VT100 Terminal pane allows Copy and Paste functionality, as well as Hexadecimal viewing/copying via a right click menu.

Figure 3.11 - VT100 Terminal pane

Item	Description
VT100 Terminal	The VT100 Terminal pane can be used for viewing and interacting with a remote NE. In addition, the mouse may be used to select text displayed by the pane. By right clicking on this window, Copy/Paste and Hex features may be accessed.

Right-Click for Menu	Right clicking in the VT100 Terminal pane will pop-up a Windows menu. This menu allows Select/Copying of text in the window, as well as Hexadecimal View/Copy features.
Move View to last output line	Clicking on this button results in the focus being returned to the last changed line of the VT100 Terminal pane.

VT100 Terminal pane Right Click Menu

Right clicking in the VT100 Terminal pane displays a pop-up menu that will (where applicable) act on text selected when the menu was invoked. Note that text selection is accomplished by left click dragging. Using the Shift key while clicking in the VT100 Terminal pane will extend an existing selection, while using the Control key will keep the existing selections and add another. Note that a maximum of 10 concurrent (Control) selections may be made at one time. Overlapping selections will toggle the selection of the overlapping area.

Figure 3.12 - VT100 Terminal pane Right-Click Menu	Copy	Standard Windows™ Copy functionality. Text to be copied must be selected with the mouse prior to bringing up the menu.
	Copy as Hex	Selected characters are copied as their ASCII Hex equivalents.
	Paste	Standard Windows™ Paste functionality.
	Block Select Mode	This option toggles Block / Line Select Mode. This mode selects a block of text – from top left corner to bottom right corner.
	Select All	Selects all text in the VT100 Terminal pane.
	Hex Mode	Displays the Hexadecimal equivalent to text in the VT100 Terminal pane immediately to the right of the standard ASCII display.
	Find	Prompts the user to enter a string of text to find in the VT100 window. Highlights the string if it is found.
	Find Again	Continues searching for the same text, as entered in the Find window previously.
	Clear All	Clears all text in the VT100 Terminal pane.

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