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==Starting Recital== | ==Starting Recital== | ||
| + | <code lang="bash"> | ||
| + | $ db | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | or | ||
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| + | <code lang="bash"> | ||
| + | $ recital | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | The first time you start Recital, you will be prompted to choose your system-wide [[SET COMPATIBLE|language]] and [[SET FILETYPE|filetype]] settings to ensure optimum compatibilty if you are migrating from an XBase system. | ||
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| + | [[Image:compat_dialog.png]] | ||
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| + | These settings will be written to the system [[Configuration Files|compat.db]] file. The ''Compatibility'' dialog will be redisplayed at the start of an interactive session any time the ''compat.db'' file is not found. The settings can also be altered by entering '''set compatible''' at the prompt. | ||
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| + | <code lang="recital"> | ||
| + | > set compatible | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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==Exiting Recital== | ==Exiting Recital== | ||
To exit Recital, type '''quit''' at the prompt: | To exit Recital, type '''quit''' at the prompt: | ||
Revision as of 11:53, 19 February 2010
Starting Recital
$ db
or
$ recital
The first time you start Recital, you will be prompted to choose your system-wide language and filetype settings to ensure optimum compatibilty if you are migrating from an XBase system.
These settings will be written to the system compat.db file. The Compatibility dialog will be redisplayed at the start of an interactive session any time the compat.db file is not found. The settings can also be altered by entering set compatible at the prompt.
> set compatible
Exiting Recital
To exit Recital, type quit at the prompt:
> quit