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- CURSOR ^P EDITING COMMANDS MESSAGE COMMANDS
- MOVEMENT |
- ^B--+--^F ^K kill line ^Z save and exit
- | ^D delete char ESC ESC abort message
- ^N ESC D delete word forward ESC Q quote message
- ESC ^H delete word backward ^Q quote message
- ^A beginning of line ^X Q quote all
- ^E end of line ESC S search forward
- ESC F forward word ^S search forward ESC J change subject
- ESC B backward word ^R search reverse ESC T change recipient
- ^V forward page ESC R query replace
- ESC V backward page ESC Z change colors etc
- ESC < top of file ESC A format paragraph
- ESC > bottom of file ESC C check spelling ^X ( begin macro
- ESC G goto line number ^X ) end macro
- ESC P top of paragraph ESC . mark ^X E execute macro
- ESC N bottom of paragraph ESC W copy MODES
- ^W cut ^X MI insert FILE I/O
- ^U repeat 4 times ^Y paste ^X MW wrap ^X ^I insert file
- ^L redraw screen w/auto-uuencode
- ^G abort any prompt ESC ! send broadcast message
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- --- WELCOME TO EMACSDLG ---
- EmacsDLG uses the same command set as the popular MicroEmacs text editor.
- If you use any flavor of Emacs editor on other computers, you'll be at
- home with EmacsDLG. Most of your favorite command sequences will work.
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- --- WHAT IS THIS [@[@[@? ---
- If you see [@[@[@ when you type, your BBS settings are incorrect for your
- terminal program. Go to the options menu in the BBS and turn OFF the ANSI
- Cursor Positioning option. Or, switch to a terminal program that supports
- a larger set of ANSI sequences.
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- --- CUT AND PASTE ---
- Press ESC . (period) to set the "mark". Everything between the mark and
- the cursor is called the "region". Press ESC W to copy the region into
- the "kill" buffer. Press ^W to cut the region into the kill buffer.
- Press ^Y to paste the kill buffer into the message at the cursor. The
- ^K command kills the current line, placing it into the kill buffer.
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- --- REPEAT COUNTS ---
- Any command can be repeated multiple times. Press ^U, then enter the
- repeat count, then enter the command. ^U 50 ^D will delete 50 characters.
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- --- MESSAGE QUOTING ---
- Press ESC Q or ^Q to bring up the quote window. Move the cursor to the
- line you want to quote, and press RETURN to copy it to the message window.
- You can also press ^X Q to copy the entire quote into the message window.
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- --- SPELLING CHECKER ---
- Press ESC C to run the spelling checker. Possible misspellings are shown
- and you may enter replacements.
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- --- FORTUNE COOKIES ---
- You can have a random "fortune cookie" quote appended to the end of each
- of your messages. Use the ESC Z command to turn on this option.
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- --- BROADCAST MESSAGES ---
- Another on-line user may send you a broadcast message. You can reply
- without leaving the editor by using the ESC ! command.
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- --- KEYBOARD MACRO ---
- Press ^X ( to begin recording your keystrokes, and ^X ) to stop recording.
- Press ^X E to execute your recorded keystrokes. Very handy!
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- --- MESSAGE HEADER ---
- ESC J will let you enter a new SUBJECT for the message, while ESC T will
- let you redirect the message to a different person.
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- --- WORD WRAPPING ---
- Confused about the word wrapping? Press ESC A to cause the current
- paragraph to be reformatted.
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- --- CUSTOMIZE!!! ---
- Use the ESC Z command to change your COLORS, QUOTE GREETING, FORTUNE
- COOKIES, and other options to your liking.
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- --- SYSOP-ONLY ---
- ^X^W will write the message to a file, ^X^P will print the message.
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- --- SAVE AND EXIT ---
- Press ^Z to save your message and return to the BBS. Press ESC twice to
- abort the message and return to the BBS without saving it.
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