Command pane

The command pane accepts debugger commands for the process being debugged and displays the output of those commands. It is directly below the status bar. When the debugger window is the active window on your desktop, all key strokes go into the command pane, unless the focus is on one of the menus or one of the drop-down list boxes on the status bar. For a detailed description of the debugger commands, see Chapter 13, "Debugger commands".

The default prompt in the command pane is: MULTI >

To change the prompt, do one of the following:

The debugger keeps a history of all the debugger commands entered.

To execute a command from the history, do one of the following:

The following is a list of often used keys in the command pane:
To do this Press
Bring the previous command in history into the command buffer.
UpArrow
Bring the next command in history into the command buffer.
DownArrow
Scroll up the command pane.
Ctrl+UpArrow
Scroll down the command pane.
Ctrl+DownArrow
Clear the command buffer if the command pane has the focus.
Ctrl+u

The following is a list of often used mouse clicks in the command pane:
To do this Do this
Copy a string onto the clipboard.
left-click and drag
Paste the string in clipboard to the command buffer.
middle-click
Paste the string in clipboard to the command buffer.
right-click

Functions for both keys and mouse clicks are configurable. See also the Configuration chapters in the Building and Editing with MULTI 2000 manual.

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