Very simple Question!

I had to install a new patch to an old 270Mhz 513MB RAM Sun Microsystems computer yesterday.

It was fairly straightforward, I just had to type out exactly what was written in the set of instructions I was given by the company issuing out the upgrade.

My question is, what function do the arrow keys have when typing in code. The screen was all white and the screen appeared to flash black and white several times, towards the top of the screen every time I pressed the arrow keys (I was trying to bring the last line of code back up because I had made a mistake and didn't want to have to re-write the whole thing again but I guess that's only in MS-DOS which I'm more familiar with)?

So anybody know what the flashing black and white screen signifies and also what purpose (if any), the curser keys have when typing in code in that "MS-DOS looky-like" screen?

[888 byte] By [jabker435256a] at [2007-11-27 3:45:23]
# 1
You may be in the wrong forum. That doesn't sound like a Java question.
DrLaszloJamfa at 2007-7-12 8:49:06 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 2
That doesn't have anything to do with java. There are some Solaris forums on this site, try posting the question there. Good luck.
hunter9000a at 2007-7-12 8:49:06 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 3
I'll do that, thanks.In the meantime, does anybody have much experience with Solaris to be able to answer my question?
jabker435256a at 2007-7-12 8:49:06 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 4
What text editor were you using?
jsalonena at 2007-7-12 8:49:06 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 5
CMS, running off Sun
jabker435256a at 2007-7-12 8:49:06 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 6
CMS?Content Management System?Are you looking at some application, a shell or are you at the open boot prompt?
tsitha at 2007-7-12 8:49:06 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 7
I don't much about it, but I think CMS is the application.
jabker435256a at 2007-7-12 8:49:06 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 8

Could you be more specific? CMS doesn't sound like a text editor. Text editors include VI, Emacs, Pico, Joe, Nedit, Xedit, .... What was the program you exectued to write code?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_editor

http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3ACMS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cms#Software

By the way there are forums specifically for Solaris, this question has nothing to do with Java.

jsalonena at 2007-7-12 8:49:06 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...