DISPLAY

This command sets options for controlling the screen display.

Syntax of command line: DISPLAY option value

DISPLAY CHARACTERORDER BEST
DISPLAY CHARACTERORDER NATURAL
DISPLAY CHARACTERORDER SEPARATE t

where t is a taxon number, or a keyword representing a single taxon.

Causes the list of characters to be displayed in "Best" order, natural order, or the most appropriate order to "Separate" the specified taxon, respectively.

In "Best" and "Separate" orders, the merit of a character is calculated partly from its separating power, and partly from its "reliability" or ease of use. Characters are displayed in order of merit, and their separating powers are shown at the left of the display. A separating power of 1 corresponds to a division of the group of remaining taxa into halves, and a value of 0 indicates very poor separation. See Section 5.4 of the DELTA User"s Guide for more details.

See also SET RELIABILITIES, SET RBASE.

DISPLAY COMMENTS ON|OFF

Determines whether comments in taxon names are displayed in list boxes and in the output of the TAXA command. The default is OFF.

DISPLAY CONTINUOUS ON|OFF

When CONTINUOUS is ON, the main text display does not pause between "pages", images are displayed in a continuous loop, and the "Multiple Images" option in taxon-image windows is unavailable. The default is OFF.

DISPLAY ENDIDENTIFY ON|OFF

When ENDIDENTIFY is ON, the commands specified by DEFINE ENDIDENTIFY are executed at the end of an identification. The default is ON for Normal mode, and OFF for Advanced mode.

DISPLAY IMAGES

options

DISPLAY INAPPLICABLES ON|OFF

Determines whether inapplicable characters are displayed in the output of the DESCRIBE command. The default is ON.

DISPLAY INPUT ON|OFF

Determines whether the contents of an input file are displayed (and included in the LOG and JOURNAL files) as it is executed (see FILE INPUT). The default is OFF.

DISPLAY KEYWORDS ON|OFF

If KEYWORDS is OFF, the display does not pause at keyword menus, but immediately displays the default character or taxon menu. The default is OFF in Normal mode, and ON in Advanced mode.

DISPLAY LOG ON|OFF

Determines whether the log window is displayed. The default is OFF.

DISPLAY NUMBERING ON|OFF

Determines whether taxon and character numbers are displayed in some contexts. The default is OFF.

DISPLAY SCALED ON|OFF

DISPLAY SCALED ON causes taxon images to be automatically scaled to fit within the image window. DISPLAY SCALED OFF turns this option off. The default is ON.

DISPLAY UNKNOWNS ON|OFF

Determines whether unknown characters are displayed in the output of the DESCRIBE command. The default is ON.

DISPLAY WINDOWING ON|OFF

Determines whether output is displayed in separate windows. The default is ON.