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1.1     ! root        1: .TH PADS 9.5
        !             2: .CT 2 comm_term
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: pads \- user interface package
        !             5: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             6: .I Pads
        !             7: is a mouse-based interface for browsing a network
        !             8: of windows.
        !             9: .PP
        !            10: Button 1 points.
        !            11: Pointing at a window makes it current, with a heavy border;
        !            12: pointing at a line of text makes it current, inverts its video,
        !            13: and scrolls it to the middle of the window.
        !            14: A scroll bar at the left of each window shows how
        !            15: much of the text of a window is visible;
        !            16: pointing into the scroll region controls what text is displayed.
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: Button 2 has a menu of operations that apply to the current line.
        !            19: Operations above the 
        !            20: .B ~~~~~ 
        !            21: separator are specific to each line;
        !            22: operations below the separator are generic line operations:
        !            23: .TF truncate
        !            24: .TP
        !            25: .B cut
        !            26: Remove the line.
        !            27: .PD
        !            28: .TP
        !            29: .B sever
        !            30: Remove the line and all lines above it.
        !            31: .TP
        !            32: .B fold
        !            33: If lines pass the right margin, continue them on following lines.
        !            34: .TP
        !            35: .B truncate
        !            36: Truncate lines at the right margin.
        !            37: .LP
        !            38: Button 3 has a menu of window-level operations, and is in three parts.
        !            39: Below the lower separator is a list of windows;
        !            40: selecting one makes it current.
        !            41: They appear in front-to-back screen order, current at the top.
        !            42: Operations above the upper separator are specific to each window;
        !            43: operations between the separators are generic window operations:
        !            44: .TF truncate
        !            45: .TP
        !            46: .B reshape
        !            47: .TP
        !            48: .B move
        !            49: .TP
        !            50: .B close
        !            51: Like
        !            52: .BR reshape ,
        !            53: .BR move ,
        !            54: and
        !            55: .B delete
        !            56: in 
        !            57: .IR mux (9.1).
        !            58: .PD
        !            59: .TP
        !            60: .B fold 
        !            61: .br
        !            62: .ns
        !            63: .TP
        !            64: .B truncate
        !            65: apply to all lines in the window.
        !            66: .PP
        !            67: Keyboard characters accumulate at the bottom of the layer.
        !            68: If the current line accepts input, it flashes with each keystroke;
        !            69: otherwise, if the current window accepts input, its border flashes.
        !            70: Carriage return is ignored until a line or window
        !            71: accepts the text, whereupon
        !            72: the input line is sent to the line or window.
        !            73: The ESC key substitutes the
        !            74: .IR mux (9.1)
        !            75: global snarf buffer.
        !            76: .PP
        !            77: If the first character of a line from the keyboard is
        !            78: .B <
        !            79: or
        !            80: .B >
        !            81: the remainder of the line is interpreted as a shell command.
        !            82: For
        !            83: .BR < ,
        !            84: each line of the command's standard output is sent to the line or window,
        !            85: as though it had come from the keyboard.
        !            86: For
        !            87: .BR > ,
        !            88: the line or lines of the window become the command's standard input.
        !            89: Each line or window that accepts keyboard input produces
        !            90: some help in response to
        !            91: .BR ? .
        !            92: Special cursor icons occasionally appear:
        !            93: .TP
        !            94: arrow-dot-dot-dot
        !            95: The host is completing an operation; the terminal is ready
        !            96: asynchronously.
        !            97: .TP
        !            98: exclamation mark
        !            99: Confirm a dangerous menu selection by pressing that menu's button again.
        !           100: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           101: T. A. Cargill,
        !           102: .I Pads Programming Guide

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