PHONE — MicroVMS 4.5B
Additional information available:
ANSWERDIALDIRECTORYEXITFACSIMILEHANGUP
HELPHOLDMAILREJECTUNHOLD
Characters
The following table describes all of the special characters accepted by PHONE, and shows the differences between command input and conversation input. CHARACTER AS PART OF COMMAND AS PART OF CONVERSATION delete delete previous character same line feed ignored delete previous word return end of command start new line in viewport tab ignored tab to next tab stop CTRL/G ignored ring the bell CTRL/L ignored clear the viewport CTRL/Q negate a CTRL/S same CTRL/S freeze the screen same CTRL/U clear current command clear current viewport line CTRL/W refresh the entire screen same CTRL/Z equivalent to EXIT equivalent to HANGUP
Switch hook
The switch hook character is used to signal that you are about to enter a command. Normally, all text typed is considered part of the conversation. However, when you type a switch hook, all characters up to the next carriage return (or switch hook) are treated as a command. The switch hook is optional if you are not carrying on a conversation when you enter the command. The switch hook character is always displayed in column 1 of line 2. The default character is the percent sign (%).