The Command Window
The command window show you a history of what's been sent to the server, and what response has been sent back. You can scroll back and forward through the history list box, which covers everything done in the current session. To manually enter commands, click on text box on the bottom of the screen, type the empire command, and press enter. Note that commands entered this way do not automatically trigger the local database to be updated.
Tip: Pressing F9 when the text box has the focus will bring up the last command executed. Repeatedly press F9 to scroll through all the previous commands.
Tip: The history list box supports copying its contents to the clipboard. To copy, highlight your selection and press CTRL-C.
Tip: Dump (and sdump/ldump/pdump) is one of the few commands not fully echoed to the history window. Because so many dumps are done to keep the local database in sync, the history window only shows the dump command, the header to the server response, and the number of sector's dumped.