Section 6: Entering Commands: Batch Mode

Another ("cooked") alternative to Immediate Mode is "Batch Mode". To enable this, tap the Settings button (rightmost on the toolbar) and set both Auto-Return Mode and Immediate Mode to "OFF". Batch Mode is similar to Auto-Return Mode: you type characters into the command box, and when you are finished you tap "return" to send those characters to the server. However, in Batch Mode, a newline character is NOT automatically added: just the characters that you typed are sent.

This is most often useful when interacting with programs that do not expect a return key, or for using tab completion and other shell features. For example: to use tab completion in Batch Mode, you would enter a partial command into the command box, tap "return", and then tap the Tab button.

In Batch Mode, if you need to enter a single newline character, you can do so by tapping "return" when the command box is empty.

Note that because partial commands will often be entered, the command history is not updated in Batch Mode.