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HELP -- MORE Commands.
Paging and text Commands:
Display Searching
T top g pat search for pattern (substring)
B bottom G continue search
^H,BS previous page
v verbose header Reply/FollowUp/Post/Cancel
^L redisplay page r,R Reply (R includes original)
SPACE next page f,F FollowUp (F incl. orig.)
ENTER next line M forward article via e-mail, special FUp
O options-menu E Post a new article into group
c Cancel article
rot-decrypt Moving
x rot(13) this page n,N Next selected article
D new rot number. p,P Previous sel. article
j mark as read and goto next
k junk thread
saving articles Exit
s save with header Q return to article selection or next group.
w save w/o header q quits this article. Stays in selection.
os,ow save selected articles X return to article selection.
more details...
Paging and text Commands in detail:
Display
T,v :
restart
the current article (v= verbose header). Turns rot13 mode off.
^H,
BACKSPC :
back
to previous page(s).
B : go to text
bottom
.
^L :
redisplay
this page.
O : turn Clear-Screen-Mode on/off, turn Header-Stop-Mode on/off.
x : display this page in
rot(13)
mode (toggles) and turn rot-mode on.
D number: enter new rot-number (default 13).
SPACE : display
next page
, like 'n' at the end of the article.
ENTER : display
next line
only.
^T : Show ScreenTitle. This key toggles (show/hide).
Searching
g pat :
search
in this article for given pattern (substring).
G : continue search for pattern.
Selection Commands in pager:
N,n : read
next selected article
.
p,P : read
previous selected article
.
number : goto article. (Then return to selection thread).
k : marks current subject as read and deselects it, then 'n'.
Searching in articles
/pat~mod: searches for pat in article(s) ("Subject:"-line).
mod: c-case dependent, a-search in whole article, h-search in header,
r-search in read articles, too. (REGEXP)
?pat~mod: to search in the other direction.
Reply/FollowUp/Post/Cancel
r,R :
reply
. Invokes editor and produces a reply ('R' for quoting text)
f,F : Invokes editor and produces a
follow-up
('F' for quoting orig. text)
M : Special menu for
forwarding
(via e-mail) and special
quoting
.
E : enter a new message (
post
new article).
c :
Cancel
this article, if yours.
Saving or printing articles
s name :
appends article(s) to a file
(name if given, else SAVENEWS:groupname)
To
print
an article use:
s prt:
S cmd : saves article(s) to standard-input of cmd and opens a SHELLWINDOW.
s |cmd : same as S cmd, but doesn't open a shell-window, uses NULL: instead.
w,W : like s,S but without header.
| : synonym for "S |cmd" or "S cmd".
ow,os : save selected articles in thread order.
Marking articles
u : don't mark this article as read.
j :
junk
this article (mark it as read) and do 'n'.
J : junk this article and stay at this article.
C :
Catch up
. Mark all articles as read! Goto next group.
X-file commands
K : Add subject or author to your local/global
X-file
or edit it.
This key calls a menu.
d : Add subject to your local X-file.
Miscellaneous
e : execute EXTERNALPRG if specified.
I : Show current newsgroup
status
.
h,H :
HELP
. Display this text.
range cmd: A range consists of one or more subranges:
range:== subrange{","subrange}
subrange:== number{":"flags} | number"-"number{":"flags}
flags:== [minflag]
minflag:== u | U | r | R | s | S | n | N
special numbers: ^ first article, $ last article, . current article
valid flags: U,u,R - unread ; r - read; s - selected, S - not selected,
n - new, N - not new.
cmd is one of =,r/j,u/U,m,M,w,s,w,W,s,S,|,os,ow,oS,oW
j,r - mark it read; u,U - mark it unread; m - select, M - unselect;
w,W,s,S,| - see above (save,write)
Exit
q :
Quit
reading
this article
(let it marked read or unread).
Doesn't return to article-selection if in selection-thread.
Q,X : Return to article selection. X aborts TAB-command!
^C : Exit and don't update the GROUPLIST-file (Emergency Exit).
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HELP -- Article Selection Commands.
Selection Reading
a..z article with tag Z read all selected immediately
d-.e range d-.e TAB like Z, then catchup group
* unread w. same subject SPACE if on last selection page
+ all new ENTER read article in cursor line
@ invert selection
# all articles
% unselect all articles Paging
SPACE next page
Moving Cursor >,C-RIGHT next page, if on last goto 1st
C-UP cursor-up <,C-LEFT previous page.
C-DOWN cursor-down ^ goto first page
$ goto last page
Post
E post a new article Display
A all articles
Marking V View-Menu. Determine article order.
J Mark as read
U Mark as unread X-file
M Menu for marking K X-file menu.
and unsubsciption O Options menu. Turn X-files on/off.
Exit
N,Q next selected group C catchup group -> N
P previous selected group X back to group-selection
...more
HELP -- Article Selection Commands in detail.
Selection
ENTER : displays article which is on your cursorline.
SPACE : show next page of articles (if on last page, read marked articles).
a-z : selects an article for later reading ('.a'-'.z' or '.A'-'.Z', too).
* : select all articles with
same subject
as the previous selected.
+ : select all
new
articles.
@ :
invert
the selection (selects whole page if none selected).
# : select all articles.
C-UP : cursor up.
C-DOWN : cursor down.
Display
SPACE : show next page of articles (if on last page, read selected articles).
>,C-RIGHT: same as space.
<,C-LEFT : one page back.
^ : go to first page.
$ : go to last page.
A : show all articles (not only unread and new).
V : View-Menu. Select between different article-orders.
^T : show/hide ScreenTitle.
Reading articles
Z : read all selected articles, now!
TAB : read all selected articles now and then catchup that group.
SPACE : if on last page, read selected articles.
Marking articles
J : mark as read
U : mark as unread
Searching in articles
/pat~mod: searches for pat in article(s) ("Subject:"-line).
mod: c-case dependent, a-search in whole article, h-search in header,
r-search in read articles, too. (REGEXP)
?pat~mod: to search in the other direction.
Other
N,P : go to
n
ext or
p
revious selected newsgroup.
C :
catch up
. Mark all articles in this group as read! Goto next group.
M :
unsubscribe
this group!
E :
Post
an article to this group.
O : Options menu. Turn Clear-Screen-Mode on/off, Header-Stop-Mode on/off,
local or global X-files on/off.
B : Version info.
X-files
K : Add subject or author to your local/global
X-file
or edit it.
An X-file menu is called (AUTOSELECTION here).
Exit
X : Go back to newsgroup-selector.
Q : Quit reading this group. Go to next selected group.
^Q : Leave Arn immediately (GROUPLIST is not saved!).
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HELP -- Newsgroup Selection Commands.
Selection Go into group
a..z group with tag Z goto all selected immediately
d-e range d-e SPACE goto all if on last selection page
+ all new groups ENTER enter group in cursor line
@ invert selection G name goto group
# all articles
% unselect all Paging
SPACE next page
Moving Cursor >,C-RIGHT next page, if on last goto 1st
C-UP cursor-up <,C-LEFT previous page.
C-DOWN cursor-down ^ goto first page
$ goto last page
Post
E post article to the net. Grouplist
L list all available groups
Display V move, sort
A all groups U unsubscribe/resubscribe group(s)
V View-menu
Exit
Q quit and update grouplist, resets new flags
X quit and update grouplist, leaves new flags as they are.
^C Don't update grouplist. Quick exit
more...
HELP -- Newsgroup Selection Commands in detail.
Selection
a-z : selects a group for later reading.
+ : select all groups with
new
articles.
@ :
invert
the selection (selects whole page if none selected).
# :
select all
groups (on all pages).
% :
unselect all
groups (on all pages).
C-UP : cursor up.
C-DOWN : cursor down.
Display
SPACE : show next page of newsgroups (if on last page, read selected groups).
C-RIGHT : same as space.
C-LEFT : one page back.
^ : go to first page.
$ : go to last page.
A :
show all
groups that are subscribed.
^T : show/hide ScreenTitle.
L :
list all available newsgroups
from GROUPLIST.
V : View Menu.
Move, Show unsubscribed groups, Sort
.
Miscellaneous
ENTER : enter this group and display unread/new articles.
C :
catchup
group in cursor line.
E : Post an article to the net.
G name :
go to
the named newsgroup.
Resubscribe
newsgroups this way, too.
/,? pat : search for the newsgroup with substring <pat> in its name.
/ searches forward, ? backwards. / and ? alone repeat the search.
U : Unsubscribe/resubscribe (selected) group(s).
O : Options menu. Turn Clear-Screen-Mode on/off, Header-Stop-Mode on/off,
local or global X-files on/off.
R : Reread active-file (notifying changes).
B : Version info.
h,H :
Help
. display this text.
Exit
q :
quit Arn
, update GROUPLIST (copy of the old one is GROUPLIST.bak).
^C : (Emergency) Exit. Quit without updating GROUPLIST.
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