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1.6.1 Pop-Up Windows

Some commands print out information that is of little permanent value, and these commands use a pop-up window to display the information. It is known as a pop-up window because it temporarily appears on the screen overlaying text already displayed. Most commands of this nature can generate their output quickly, but in case there is a lot of output, or the user wants to repeatedly refer to the same output while editing, Hemlock saves the output in a buffer. Different commands may use different buffers to save their output, and we refer to these as random typeout buffers.

If the amount of output exceeds the size of the pop-up window, Hemlock displays the message “–More–” after each window full. The following are valid responses to this prompt:

Space, y

Display the next window full of text.

Delete, Backspace, n

Abort any further output.

Escape, !

Remove the window and continue saving any further output in the buffer.

k

This is the same as ! or escape, but Hemlock makes a normal window over the pop-up window. This only works on bitmap devices.

Any other input causes the system to abort using the key-event to determine the next command to execute.

When the output is complete, Hemlock displays the string “–Flush–” in the pop-up window’s modeline, indicating that the user may flush the temporary display. Typing any of the key-events described above removes the pop-up window, but typing k still produces a window suitable for normal editing. Any other input also flushes the display, but Hemlock uses the key-event to determine the next command to invoke.

Command: Select Random Typeout Buffer (bound to H-t) ¶

This command makes the most recently used random typeout buffer the current buffer in the current window.

Random typeout buffers are always in Fundamental mode.