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Command Line Symbol Entry

The command line is a line editor that appears whenever you press a key. You can use the command line to enter symbols in a quote window. The following figure shows the command line in the upper left corner:

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In the figure, the window contains the symbol for the U. S. Dollar/Deutsche Mark cross rate. The command line contains the stock symbol for IBM. The IBM symbol has been typed, but it has not been entered. Pressing b would replace the cross rate symbol with the IBM stock symbol. Naturally, all the values in the window would change to information on IBM.

While command line symbol entry is probably easier to use, it is the more difficult method to understand. The reason is that command line symbol entry depends on two things:

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The SuperQuote page example shows a straightforward process. You type a symbol, it appears in the command line, and you press b.

For a more complete discussion of command line symbol entry in quote windows, please see Macros.