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USE

Minicom is window based. To pop-up a window with the function you want, press Control-A (from now on, we will use C-A to mean Control-A), and then the function key (a-z or A-Z). By pressing C-A first and then 'z', a help screen comes up with a short summary of all commands. This escape key can be altered when minicom is configured (-s option or C-A O), but we'll stick to Control-A for now.

For every menu the next keys can be used: UP arrow-up or 'k' DOWN arrow-down or 'j' LEFT arrow-left or 'h' RIGHT arrow-right or 'l' CHOOSE Enter CANCEL ESCape.

The screen is divided into two portions: the upper 24 lines are the terminal-emulator screen. In this window, ANSI or VT100 escape sequences are interpreted. If there is a line left at the bottom, a status line is placed there. If this is not possible the status line will be showed every time you press C-A. On terminals that have a special status line that will be used if the termcap information is complete and the -k flag has been given.

Possible commands are listed next, in alphabetical order. C-A Pressing C-A a second time will just send a C-A to the remote system. If you have changed your "escape character" to something other than C-A, this works analogously for that character. A Toggle 'Add Linefeed' on/off. If it is on, a linefeed is added before every carriage return displayed on the screen. B Gives you a scroll back buffer. You can scroll up with u, down with d, a page up with b, a page down with f, and if you have them the arrow and page up/page down keys can also be used. You can search for text in the buffer with s (case- sensitive) or S (case-insensitive). N will find the next occurrence of the string. c will enter citation mode. A text cursor appears and you specify the start line by hitting Enter key. Then scroll back mode will finish and the contents with prefix '>' will be sent. C Clears the screen. D Dial a number, or go to the dialing directory. E Toggle local echo on and off (if your version of minicom supports it). F A break signal is sent to the modem. G Run script (Go). Runs a login script. H Hangup. I Toggle the type of escape sequence that the cursor keys send between normal and applications mode. (See also the comment about the status line below). J Jump to a shell. On return, the whole screen will be redrawn. K Clears the screen, runs kermit and redraws the screen upon return. L Turn Capture file on off. If turned on, all output sent to the screen will be captured in the file too. M Sends the modem initialization string. If you are online and the DCD line setting is on, you are asked for confirmation before the modem is initialized. N Toggle between timestamp modes to be added to the output. Available are simple and extended time formats for each line, a delta to the previous line, a time display each second and no timestamps (the default). O Configure minicom. Puts you in the configuration menu. P Communication Parameters. Allows you to change the bps rate, parity and number of bits. Q Exit minicom without resetting the modem. If macros changed and were not saved, you will have a chance to do so. R Receive files. Choose from various protocols (external). If you have the filename selection window and the prompt for download directory enabled, you'll get a selection window for choosing the directory for downloading. Otherwise the download directory defined in the Filenames and paths menu will be used. S Send files. Choose the protocol like you do with the receive command. If you don't have the filename selection window enabled (in the File transfer protocols menu), you'll just have to write the filename(s) in a dialog window. If you have the selection window enabled, a window will pop up showing the filenames in your upload directory. You can tag and untag filenames by pressing spacebar, and move the cursor up and down with the cursor keys or j/k. The selected filenames are shown highlighted. Directory names are shown [within brackets] and you can move up or down in the directory tree by pressing the spacebar twice. Finally, send the files by pressing ENTER or quit by pressing ESC. T Choose Terminal emulation: Ansi(color) or vt100. You can also change the backspace key here, turn the status line on or off, and define delay (in milliseconds) after each newline if you need that. U Add carriage return to each received line. W Toggle line-wrap on/off. X Exit minicom, reset modem. If macros changed and were not saved, you will have a chance to do so. Y Paste a file. Reads a file and sends its contests just as if it would be typed in. Z Pop up the help screen.