3.3
Table Of Contents
- Avid iNEWS Administration Guide
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- 1 - Introduction
- 2 - Connect Services
- 3 - Database Security
- 4 - Database Management
- 5 - Backing Up the iNEWS System
- 6 - Disconnects
- 7 - Troubleshooting
- A - Command References
- Programs Invoked by iNEWS
- Commands Used by Avid Personnel Only
- Linux Commands Used in iNEWS
- Console Control Commands
- Console Server Commands
- broadcast
- configure
- connect
- ctraits
- dbclean
- dbclose
- dbdev
- dbdump
- dbfree
- dblines
- dboriginal
- dbpurge (Superuser conditional)
- dbrestore
- dbserver
- dbsort
- dbtraits
- dbvisit
- dictionary
- diskclear (Superuser only)
- diskcopy
- doc
- ed
- enter
- force (Superuser only)
- grpcheck
- gtraits (Superuser only)
- help
- hogs
- idiff
- list
- list B
- list C
- list c
- list d
- list g
- list p
- list q
- list s
- list sq
- list u
- logout
- makemontab
- makeshift (Super user only)
- maketab (Superuser only)
- msgclean
- offline
- online
- otod
- reconnect
- remove
- rename (Superuser only)
- reorder
- restart
- searchtape
- send
- shutdown
- sitedump (Superuser only)
- siterestore (Superuser only)
- startup
- status
- stop
- su
- unbusy
- utraits (Super user only)
- version
- wholockedit
- Job List Commands
- Dialog Commands
- B - System Files
- C - Standard Dictionaries
- Using Dictionaries to Define Messages and Commands
- Customizing Dictionaries
- Utility Messages Dictionary (/site/dict/messages)
- DBServer Program Messages
- Disconnect Program Messages
- Category and Keyword Check Program Messages
- Keyboard Check Program Messages
- Keyboard Check Program Messages for Macros
- Grpcheck Messages
- Wire Program Messages
- Mail Server Messages
- Validation (Action) Server
- Seek Server Messages
- Last Login Messages
- Print Server Messages
- dbtraits Messages
- Save Error (Workstation) Messages
- Queues Dictionary (/site/dict/queues)
- Words Dictionary (/site/dict/words)
- Keyboard Macros Dictionary (/site/dict/keymacros)
- Case-shifting Dictionary (/site/dict/shift)
- MCS Dictionary (/site/dict/mcs)
- Job List Command Dictionary (/site/dict/joblist)
- D Messages Dictionary (/site/dict/dmessages)
- S Messages Dictionary (/site/dict/smessages)
- D - Environment Variables
- E - Managing Traits at the Console
- F - The Line Editor, ed
- Index
MCS Dictionary (/site/dict/mcs)
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If character mappings specified in these standard character-conversion tables are not
appropriate for the language you are using, edit the /site/dict/shift file to remap character
conversions. You can map ranges of values (as shown in the default dictionary file) or you
can map values one by one, if necessary.
When editing the dictionary file, follow these guidelines:
• Ensure all keywords (tolower, toupper, end) in the dictionary file remain in lowercase.
• Specify all character-conversions in terms of the characters’ decimal values in the
conversion table.
• Do not specify a value higher than 255.
• Any characters not mapped in the dictionary file remain the same when shifted.
• The system ignores blank lines in the dictionary file and any characters following a
semicolon (;).
After you edit the dictionary file, run the makeshift console command in maintenance mode
during installation to prepare the Case-shifting dictionary for use by the iNEWS newsroom
computer system. For more information, call Avid.
If you map a character to more than one value, the system displays a warning when you type
the makeshift command, but uses the last character mapping in the file.
MCS Dictionary (/site/dict/mcs)
The MCS dictionary contains the following:
• Device Types Used by Monitor Servers and Drivers
• Special Strings Recognized by the Monitor Server
• Error Messages for the Monitor Server
• Status Reported in Device Status Field
The standard name is in uppercase and must not be changed. The translation can be in
lowercase, uppercase, or mixed case.
Device Types Used by Monitor Servers and Drivers
Standard Name Translation
A_VIDEO /VIDEO
A_CASVR /CASVR