1.5.2 Editing a command line

Before the sample session, we briefly present how to edit a command line. You can enter a command line by typing after the prompt or clicking with the mouse on a part on a window and copy it at the prompt in the Scilab window. The pointer may be moved using the directionnal arrows ( $\leftarrow^\uparrow_\downarrow \rightarrow$). For Emacs customers, the usual Emacs commands are at your disposal for modifying a command (Ctrl-$<$chr$>$ means hold the CONTROL key while typing the character $<$chr$>$), for example:

• Ctrl-p recall previous line
• Ctrl-n recall next line
• Ctrl-b move backward one character
• Ctrl-f move forward one character
• Delete delete previous character
• Ctrl-h delete previous character
• Ctrl-d delete one character (at cursor)
• Ctrl-a move to beginning of line
• Ctrl-e move to end of line
• Ctrl-k delete to the end of the line
• Ctrl-u cancel current line
• Ctrl-y yank the text previously deleted
• !prev recall the last command line which begins by prev
• Ctrl-c interrupt Scilab and pause after carriage return. Clicking on the Control/stop button enters a Ctrl-c.

As said before you can also cut and paste using the mouse. This way will be useful if you type your commands in an editor. Another way to ``load'' files containing Scilab statements is available with the File/File Operations button.