Using the History Region

Commands that you issue on the command line are echoed in the history region, above the command line. Prism's response appears beneath the echoed command. Prism also displays other messages in this area, as well as command output that you specify to go to the command window. Use the scroll bar at the right of this box to move through the display.

You can select text in the history region, using one of these methods:

• Double-click to select the word to which the mouse pointer is pointing.

• Triple-click to select the line on which the mouse pointer is located.

• Press the left mouse button and drag the mouse over the text to select it.

You can then paste the selected text into other text areas within Prism by clicking the middle mouse button.

To re-execute a command, triple-click on a line in the history region to select it, then click the middle mouse button with the mouse pointer still in the history region. If you middle-click with the mouse pointer on the command line, the selected text appears on the command line but is not executed. This gives you a way to edit the text before executing it.