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~F8CRE TELETYPE COMMANDS
NODE FOLLOWING COMMANDS______________________________________________
+ Fetch film node.
! Flush node display.
, . CW,,CCW ...fetch Ring links.
< > DAD,,SON ...fetch Tree links.
TYPE,,RELLOC
∪ ∩ ENDO,,EXO ...fetch nested polygon tree links.
≤ ≥ ALT,,NCNT ...fetch alternate shape or arc link.
⊂ ⊃ NGON,,PGON ...fetch nested polygon tree links.
∨ ∧ NTIME,,PTIME ...fetch time line links.
These 14 commands allow detailed inspection of the CRE data
structure by showing the contents of a node. Data halfwords of a
node are displayed in octal; link halfwords are displayed prefixed
with a letter indicating the type of node being pointed at; a zero
link is displayed as "NIL".
The FILM node, which is the root of the whole data
structure is fetched and displayed by the "+" command. From the
Film, the ">" command can be used to get SON(FILM) which is always
the first image, and ">" command of an image will get a level and
">" of a level will get a polygon. Vectors and polygons are
intensified when their contents are being displayed. The exit
command is "!", which leaves the screen less cluttered.
WINDOW SCROLLING COMMANDS_____________________________________________
; Move camera left.
: Move camera right.
( Move camera down.
) Move camera up.
- Zoom out, shrink displayed image.
* Zoom in, expand displayed image.
αZ Reset scrolling window to it initial position and size.
/ Halve strength of scrolling delta.
\ Double strength of scrolling delta.
↔ Single step displayed image forwards.
α↔ Single step displayed image backwards.
β↔ Run film display forwards.
ε↔ Run film display backwards.
The first several commands allow minute examination of the
image by magnification and window positioning. The command character
"↔" allows single stepping thru the film of images or continous
display of the film forwards or backwards.
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