Using the textual interface of Oberon

• Tutorial objective
• The viewer
  • Viewer layout
  • Placement of the viewer
• Mouse commands
  • Cursor in main text area
  • Cursor in scroll bar
  • Cursor in title bar
  • Large selection
• Taking control of Oberon
  • Command definition and syntax
  • Parameter
  • No parameter
  • Single name as parameter
  • List of names as parameter - {nameList} ~
  • List of name pairs as parameter - {namePair} ~
  • Selection as parameter - ^
  • Marked viewer as parameter - *
• Using the standard editor
  • Opening a text viewer - Edit.Open
  • Showing a string in a module - Edit.Show
  • Storing a text - Edit.Store
  • Undo last delete - Edit.Recall
  • Changing the color - Edit.ChangeColor
  • Changing the font - Edit.ChangeFont
  • Copying the font - Edit.CopyFont
  • Searching a pattern - Edit.Search
  • Locating a position - Edit.Locate
  • Printing a text - Edit.Print
  • Clearing a viewer - Edit.Clear
  • Replacing text - Edit.Replace
  • Replacing all text occurrences - Edit.ReplaceAll
• Using the file system
  • Directory management commands
  • File management commands
• Using a diskette - Native Oberon
  • Selecting a diskette drive - Backup.SetDriveA
  • Formatting a diskette - Backup.Format
  • Initializing in DOS format - Backup.InitDOS
  • Initializing in Oberon format - Backup.InitOberon
  • Viewing the contents of a diskette - Backup.Directory
  • Reading all files from a diskette - Backup.ReadAll
  • Reading files from diskette - Backup.ReadFiles
  • Writing files to diskette - Backup.WriteFiles
  • Deleting files from diskette - Backup.DeleteFiles
  • Using a DOS formatted diskette
    • Importing from DOS - System.CopyFromDOS
    • Exporting to DOS - System.CopyToDOS
• Using a diskette - Oberon for Windows
  • Initializing a diskette - DOSBackup.Init
  • Viewing the contents of a diskette - DOSBackup.Directory
  • File management commands
• System commands
  • Controlling the viewers in the tracks
  • Controlling the Oberon log
  • Reopening the viewer closed last - System.Recall
  • Closing a track - System.CloseTrack
  • Displaying / setting time and date - System.Time
  • Displaying free memory space - System.Watch
  • Initiating a garbage collection - System.Collect
  • Unloading modules - System.Free
  • Freeing libraries - System.FreeLibraries
  • Show commands exported by a module - System.ShowCommands
  • Show loaded libraries - System.ShowLibraries
  • Displaying loaded modules - System.ShowModules
  • Displaying the active tasks - System.ShowTasks
  • Displaying a module's state - System.State
  • Controlling the global text attributes
• The Registry
• What's next?