snapshot and capture phenomena

[Dan Revel]

In article <17663 at adm.BRL.MIL> gyounger at ardec.arpa (AED-EWD) writes:
>Here are a couple things that have puzzled me. Hope you have an
>explanation.
...
>This week I had just completed a unix command and was viewing the file
>sent to the screen. Without realising it , I must have touched a key board
>key to get a command or statement just below the screen;I noticed the
>words "taking a snapshot". What is this? And what really happened? On another
>occasion,I experienced the following while working with my unix file:again
>by accidently hitting a key,which one I don't know,the area just below the
>screen in the black and white area turned green and I found myself in the
>capture mode.What key did I hit accidently to do this? 

Off hand, I'd say that you were using CrossTalk on your IBM-PC.  Crosstalk
allows you to take a snapshot of the current screen and save it in a file
on your PC, it also allows you to capture data as it appears on your screen
and to save that data on your PC.  These functions are assigned to a couple
of your PC's function keys.  Check your manual for more information, or try
typing 'help fkeys', 'help snapshot', and 'help save' on your Crosstalk
command line for more details.

Summary: snapshot and capture have nothing to do with Unix, they are
functions provided by your terminal emulation software on your PC, check
your manual.

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