
                       USER TIPS FOR USING TOPS-20

This document provides a few tips relating to TOPS-20. For a more detailed 
introduction, including command examples, see <DOCUMENTATION>INTRO1.TXT


SPECIAL KEYS

? Key     The ? key may be pressed almost anywhere. It will often give you
          hints about what the program expects int he way of input. This is
          a substitute for -h or /h type functionality in many cases. You can
          use it most any time you're expected to provide input, and it will
          return you to the input without the need to backspace.

ESC Key   ESC is used for command and filename completion. As an example, if
          you start typing "dir" and press ESC, you will get "dirECTORY (OF 
          FILES)" if you press ESC again, it will fill in "*.*.*" As another
          example, if you type "dir <doc" and press ESC, it will fill in the
          line as "dir <docUMENTATION>*.*.*"

^C        Control-C is used to break out of almost anything, returning to EXEC

^F        Control-F works the way ESC does for filename and command completion

^W/^U     Erase word, erase line, at the command line.

^T        Use almost any time to get "session status" including system load
          and your running program. Does not interrupt your running program.



ESSENTIAL EMACS (EDIT) KEYS

These are for emergency use, in case you're a novice emacs user like me. You can 
find much more detail on using and/or worshipping emacs elsewhere.

^P/^N     Previous Line / Next Line
^F/^B     Forward / Backward 1 Character
^A/^E     Start / End of Line
^X ^S     Save
^X ^C     Exit Emacs


PERMISSIONS/PROTECTION

For SET DIRECTORY PROTECTION and SET FILE PROTECTION commands:

     77      full access to the file
     40      read the file
     20      write and delete the file
     10      execute the program contained in the file
     04      append to the file
     02      access the file using wildcarded file specifications
     00      no access to the file

     Default code - 777700


