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@@ -68,11 +68,13 @@ Because the B5500 had a character set consisting of only 64 printable characters
The emulated terminal supports two user-interface features that the DTTU Teletype adapter did not:
# You can press the Enter key on your keyboard instead of the "`~`" to end a message. The terminal will print a "`~`".
# You can press the *Enter* key on your keyboard instead of the "`~`" to end a message. The terminal will print a "`~`".
# You can press the Backspace key to correct errors. The terminal will print a "`<`".
See pages 3-15 and 3-16 in the [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/burroughs/1031986_B5500_Handbook_Aug70.pdf B5500 Handbook] for information on the character substitutions used by the B249/B487.
You may move and resize the terminal window, and minimize it, but _do not close the window_. The system will warn you if you attempt to do this. Closing the window will render the terminal inoperable until the emulator is reinitialized with the *POWER ON* button.
The frame representing the "paper" for the terminal has a 1500-line scrollback. It is implemented as an HTML `<iframe>` element, so most browsers will allow you to save or print the contents of the window. You can also select text within the window and copy/paste it into another application on your workstation.
When you resize the terminal window, the "paper" area will change size accordingly. If the window becomes too narrow for the current output, the output lines will be clipped on the right, although the output itself is unaffected and will reappear if the window is made larger. Below a certain minimum (and essentially usable) window size, the window contents will no longer resize and will be clipped.
The area representing the "paper" for the terminal has a 1500-line scrollback. You can copy portions of this text using ordinary click-and-drag functions of your pointing device. If you double-click anywhere in the text, however, the emulator will open a temporary window and copy the entire contents of the "paper" into it. From there, you can save the text in a file or copy/paste it into another application. When you have finished with the temporary window, simply close it.