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\chapter{Getting Started with Macaulay}

To use \Macaulay\ on a Macintosh, see \appref{ap-mpw}.	The following
describes how to start \Macaulay\ from a Unix system, such as the SUN.

\section{Using Macaulay on Unix Systems}
\subsection {Starting up Macaulay}	
	
To start up \Macaulay type:\\ 	
	{\tt \#Macaulay}\\
\Macaulay will respond with a header which includes the system version 
number.

\subsection {Command line editing}
	A backspace will delete the last character typed.  To delete the whole 
command line type:

	{\tt (control)"x"}\\ (i.e. hold down the cntrl key and type x at
the same time.)

\subsection {Controlling scrolling of the screen}

Some \Macaulay commands such as \icmd {pres} (print resolution) may
print more than one screenful of information.  Therefore,
we need to be able to stop and restart screen scroll.

\begin {itemize}
  \item To stop the system from printing on the screen type:
	{\tt (control)"s"}
  \item To resume printing on the screen type:
	{\tt (control)"q"}
\end{itemize}

\subsection {Using Emacs, Suntools, or Xwindows}

Please see a local expert for using \Macaulay\ under Suntools, or Xwindows.

