Jinx is menu driven. Commands in menus are single characters (key strokes). If the menu shows the entry ex)it, it means you will have to type `x' when you want to exit. If the menu shows the entry RET=foo, you will have to type RETURN when you want to foo. If the menu shows the entry TAB=p)arty, typing TAB or `p' will make Jinx party.
Jinx always presents you with a default command.
By typing RETURN you choose the default.
Instead of the commands 
, 
, 
, 
,
you can use the hjkl-commands.
If arrow-keys don't work on your system, you should be able to
use the control-characters ^B (Back), ^N (Next),
^P (Previous), ^F (Forward). In short:
Typing `?' to a command prompt, places you in help-mode. In help-mode, you can get one line of text explaining some command by typing in the command. You exit help-mode by typing RETURN or space. In general, by typing TAB you leave the current menu with the least damage done. Use it to back out of situations where you don't want to be.
When you need to enter or modify a string, Jinx places you in edit-mode.
The cursor can be moved by and .
Typing in the `kill' character (as defined by stty),
will delete the `character under the cursor'.
Typing in the `erase' character will delete the `character before the cursor'.
Other characters will be inserted except that
RETURN, TAB, and will make you leave edit-mode.
When you type `erase' in the first position of the string,
the string is swapped with an (initially empty) backup string.
Sometimes when you are requested to enter some string,
a default is presented.
You can discard the default by typing `erase' and then type in your own stuff.
Finish by typing RETURN.
Any string you edit can be as long as you want.
When the length of the string exceeds the space reserved on the screen
for editing the string, the string will scroll in a peculiar manner.
Try it by opening a database with a loooong name.