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| ===Palm OS dot short-cuts=== | =====Palm OS dot short-cuts===== |
| Credit: Luis Fernandes, 2003 (elf@ee.ryerson.ca) | Credit: Luis Fernandes, 2003 (elf@ee.ryerson.ca) |
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| This text is adapted from a post to comp.sys.palm.pilot and includes updates. | //This text is adapted from a post to comp.sys.palm.pilot and includes updates.// |
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| There are several built-in undocumented short-cuts, accessed by issuing the shortcut command (in Graffiti, it looks like a script "S") and then a period, ".", followed by a number or letter. Issue these short-cuts in a newly created memo in the Memo Pad application. | There are several built-in undocumented short-cuts, accessed by issuing the shortcut command (in Graffiti, it looks like a script "S") and then a period, ".", followed by a number or letter. Issue these short-cuts in a newly created memo in the Memo Pad application. |
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| THESE SHORTCUTS SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION, AS SOME CAN HAVE A DETRIMENTAL AFFECT ON YOUR Palm/Visor. | THESE SHORTCUTS SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION, AS SOME CAN HAVE A DETRIMENTAL AFFECT ON YOUR Palm/Visor. |
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| Dot Short-cut Result | Dot Short-cut Result |
| .i Enable Beam-Receive for a brief time. You no longer have to toggle beam-receive in Prefs/General. | * .i Enable Beam-Receive for a brief time. You no longer have to toggle beam-receive in Prefs/General. |
| .s Toggle between serial and IR modes. In serial mode, data normally transmitted via the IR port is sent over the serial port. | * .s Toggle between serial and IR modes. In serial mode, data normally transmitted via the IR port is sent over the serial port. |
| .t Toggle loopback mode for the IR Exchange Manager. | * .t Toggle loopback mode for the IR Exchange Manager. |
| .1 Open the serial port (debug mode). Soft reset to close. CAUTION: Serious battery drain if left open! | * .1 Open the serial port (debug mode). Soft reset to close. CAUTION: Serious battery drain if left open! |
| .2 Open the serial port (console mode). Soft reset to close. | * .2 Open the serial port (console mode). Soft reset to close. |
| .3 Turn Auto-Off off. | * .3 Turn Auto-Off off. |
| .4 Flash username and ID; the ID number represents the Windows Registry Key for the desktop software that sets the install flag, denoting whether there are files to be installed (thanks to Erwin Schomburg). | * .4 Flash username and ID; the ID number represents the Windows Registry Key for the desktop software that sets the install flag, denoting whether there are files to be installed (thanks to Erwin Schomburg). |
| .5 Remove user configuration (username and 4 digit ID) and hotsync log. CAUTION: If you re-sync after doing this shortcut, duplicate entries will be created! Instead, perform a hard-reset and then sync with "PC Overwrites Palm". | * .5 Remove user configuration (username and 4 digit ID) and hotsync log. CAUTION: If you re-sync after doing this shortcut, duplicate entries will be created! Instead, perform a hard-reset and then sync with "PC Overwrites Palm". |
| .6 Display the ROM date. | * .6 Display the ROM date. |
| .7 Cycle through battery type settings. The battery-types are: Alkaline/NiCad/Rechargeable Alkaline/NiMH. Selecting the proper type of battery displays the corresponding "fuel" gauge. | * .7 Cycle through battery type settings. The battery-types are: Alkaline/NiCad/Rechargeable Alkaline/NiMH. Selecting the proper type of battery displays the corresponding "fuel" gauge. |
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| NOTE 1: NiMH setting only available in OS 3.3 and later. | NOTE 1: NiMH setting only available in OS 3.3 and later. |
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| Suggested Workaround: When you need to beam data, change the battery-type to Alkaline, perform the beaming and then change it back to the appropriate type. | Suggested Workaround: When you need to beam data, change the battery-type to Alkaline, perform the beaming and then change it back to the appropriate type. |
| .8 Toggle the "inverse" backlighting on the Palm V or Palm IIIx. NOTE: If you upgrade from an older Palm device, this will not work unless you delete the Graffiti_ShortCuts.PRC from your backup directory BEFORE you do your first HotSync. If you've already performed a HotSync, you'll have to back everything up, delete the file mentioned above, hard reset your device, and then HotSync. (CESD, of DateBk3 fame, is working on writing this capability into dbScan). | |
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| | * .8 Toggle the "inverse" backlighting on the Palm V or Palm IIIx. NOTE: If you upgrade from an older Palm device, this will not work unless you delete the Graffiti_ShortCuts.PRC from your backup directory BEFORE you do your first HotSync. If you've already performed a HotSync, you'll have to back everything up, delete the file mentioned above, hard reset your device, and then HotSync. (CESD, of DateBk3 fame, is working on writing this capability into dbScan). |
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| Last modified: Wed Jan 08 13:48:56 2003 | |