ARPUS/ce, Version 2.6.2 (03/10/05) (SCCS 1.2) _______________________________________________________________________________ pd <pdname> "Pull Down" DESCRIPTION: 'pd' is used to cause the named pulldown menu to be displayed. It can be executed from another pulldown, a key definition, an alias, a command file, or by typing the command at the 'Command:' prompt. When a pulldown appears input to the Ce session is blocked until the pulldown is closed. A pulldown is closed when a menu item in the pulldown is selected or a selection is made outside the pulldown area to make no selection. Dragging the mouse cursor through menu items while holding the left mouse button down causes cascading pulldowns to be activated. Releasing the mouse button in a menu item causes the commands under the menu item to be activated. ARGUMENTS: <pdname> This is the name of the pulldown to be activated. It is 1 to 8 alphameric characters. It was previously created via the execution of 'mi' commands. The names of the pulldowns found in the default menu bar are from left to right: File Edit Modes Macro Help Their names are the same as their title in root pulldown whose name is Menubar. Note that in the processing of the root pulldown Menubar, item 'Help' is treated as a special case for purposes of display. The menu bar can be toggled on and off with the 'pdm' command. EXAMPLES: 1. USING PULLDOWNS WITHOUT THE MENUBAR: Suppose a user feels that pulldowns are nice, but doesn't want to give up the screen real estate occupied by the menu bar. They would rather have an extra line of data visible. They would put the line: Ce.pdm : no in their .Xdefaults file. This would cause the menu bar to not be displayed unless they executed the 'pdm' command or started the ce session with the '-pdm y' argument. This user might want to add the line: kd F11 pd Menubar;tmb ke to their .Cekeys file. This will cause the menu bar (minus the Help item) to appear as a normal pulldown when the F11 key is pressed. The mouse cursor will be moved to this window. Note: Make sure you know where the F11 key is before you try this out. On Sun type 5 keyboards, F11 is the key marked Stop and not the key marked F11. RELATED HELP FILES: mi (Menu Item) lmi (Local Menu Item) pdm (Pull Down Menus) tmb (To Menu Bar) pd (Pull Down) kd (Key Definition) cmdf (Command File) commands (List of Commands) menubarCon Menu Bar Concepts support (customer support) _______________________________________________________________________________ Copyright (c) 2005, Robert Styma Consulting. All rights reserved.