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ChessMAGIC! -- Notepad/Message Editor Help
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[ NotePad ]
Each player has their own NotePad for keeping game notes within
each and every game. These notes are completely private and
unviewable by their opponents or other observers.
[ Messages ]
Public notes can be entered by each game player to their opponents.
Viewable by everyone, only the players of that game are able to
access the editing features. Users are notified of waiting mail.
When selected to read/enter a message, additional message entry
options are displayed in the "status" window:
┌─[ Status ]────────────────────────┐
│ [L]ong [S]hort [V]iew [A]bort MSG │
└───────────────────────────────────┘
L - used to enter a long message, described below
S - used to enter a single line message
V - used to view messages
A - used to abort message mode, returning to play mode
Long Message Entry/Edit -
The game board will clear and in its place will be a message entry
area for up to 23 lines of text. Simply begin typing, hitting
<ENTER> at end of each line. Don't worry about typos, those can be
corrected by using the special edit features. However, the
backspace is destructive for immediate corrections, if you wish.
The <ESC> key can be pressed anytime to bring up the following
command options:
Commands: [A]bort, [E]dit, [H]elp, [S]ave or [C]ontinue
These commands are explained as follows:
A - Used to abort the current message entry session without
saving anything.
E - Used to enter cursor placement mode for editing typos and
such. <NumLock> MUST be ON in order for cursor positioning
to work. Special editing commands are available in this
mode and are explained below.
Cursor movement corresponds to your numeric keypad as
follows:
Cursor LEFT = 4 or Left Arrow
Cursor RIGHT = 6 or Right Arrow
Cursor DOWN = 2 or Down Arrow
Cursor UP = 8 or Up Arrow
Other editing functions are performed with additional keys
on your numeric keypad:
Insert space = 0 or <Ins>
Delete to end-of-line = 1 or <End>
Delete character = . or <Del>
Cursor to "home" position = 7 or <Home>
Delete entire screen = 9 or <PgUp>
The Q command is special in that it exits from the
cursor/edit mode and returns to the command line options.
H - Used to display helpful information about editor use.
S - Used to save message and return to the game screen. The
opponent is automatically notified of the awaiting note.
C - Used to pick up where the cursor was left for continuing
with the message entry process.