[comp.sys.handhelds] Programming for the VAR key in the HP48

rouben@math13.math.umbc.edu (Rouben Rostamian) (03/15/91)

I have just come to a stumbling block in using my HP48 -- I do not know
how to program the equivalent of pressing the [VAR] key on the keyboard.

The effect of the [VAR] key is to clear whatever menu is being displayed
and show the list of the variables in the current directory.  What I want
to do is to assign a menu item in a CST custom menu to do the same thing.

Am I missing something obvious?

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Rouben Rostamian                          Telephone: (301) 455-2458
Department of Mathematics and Statistics  e-mail:
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sburke@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Scott Burke) (03/16/91)

To display the VAR menu, execute << 2 MENU >>.

Scott
sburke@jarthur.claremont.edu

akcs.nathan@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Nathan Bush) (03/16/91)

Every menu on the 48 has a number assigned to it.  The list is on page
697 of volume II.  The number for the VAR menu is 2.  The command MENU 
will recall a menu to the bottom of the screen.  So, the code you will
want to use is \<< 2 MENU />>.
 
You might also want to assign this piece of code to the key 31.2 in USER
mode.  Every time you press HOME on the keyboard, the VAR menu will
appear.  The code: \<< HOME 2 MENU \>> 31.2 ASN
Naturally, this will only work if you leave the 48 in USER mode at all
times.

rrd@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ray Depew) (03/18/91)

> I have just come to a stumbling block in using my HP48 -- I do not know
> how to program the equivalent of pressing the [VAR] key on the keyboard.
> 
> The effect of the [VAR] key is to clear whatever menu is being displayed
> and show the list of the variables in the current directory.  What I want
> to do is to assign a menu item in a CST custom menu to do the same thing.
> 
> Am I missing something obvious?
> 
> --
> Rouben Rostamian                          Telephone: (301) 455-2458
> Department of Mathematics and Statistics  e-mail:
> University of Maryland Baltimore County   bitnet: rostamian@umbc.bitnet
> Baltimore, MD 21228,  U.S.A.              internet: rouben@math9.math.umbc.edu
> ----------

Will  << VARS MENU >> do what you want?  If not, then stay tuned.  Someone's
sure to post the appropriate SYSEVAL.

-- Ray

akcs.joehorn@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Joseph K. Horn) (03/22/91)

Try 2 MENU.  That should be what you desire.   -Joe Horn-