Monster Media 1994 #1/monster.zip/monster/BBS_UTIL/BM0406_A.ZIP/DOCS.ZIP/ANSIED.HLP

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                     {C8* ANSIED Full Screen Editor HELP *{C0

     ANSIED is a full-screen editor that lets you enter and edit
     messages on the BBS.  To use ANSIED, just type in your text.  The
     words will wrap automatically, just like in the normal RBBS line
     editor.  If you make a mistake, you can backspace over it, also
     just like in the normal line editor.

     When you are done entering the message, press ESCape twice.  This
     will bring up a menu of things you can do.  To save the message,
     select S)ave.  To quit the message without saving, select A)bort.

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     To move the cursor around on the screen, try the arrow keys on
     your keyboard. If they don't work, use the Wordstar (tm)
     "diamond" key combinations to replace the cursor keypad.  They
     look like this (^ = Ctrl):

                                      {C7^E
                                       ^
                                       |
                             ^A  ^S <-   -> ^D  ^F
                                       |
                                       v
                                      ^X{C0

     To get your keypad keys to work, you might need to change the
     terminal type setting on your comms package to "VT-100" or
     "ANSI-BBS."

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                               {C8-- Special Keys --{C0

         {C7-[ Cursor Movement ]-----------  -[ Editing ]--------------{C0

          {C5Ctrl-E{C0  Cursor Up One Line       {C5Ctrl-H{C0  Backspace
          {C5Ctrl-X{C0  Cursor Down One Line     {C5Ctrl-G{C0  Delete Character
          {C5Ctrl-S{C0  Cursor Left              {C5Ctrl-Y{C0  Delete Line
          {C5Ctrl-D{C0  Cursor Right             {C5Ctrl-T{C0  Delete Word Right
          {C5Ctrl-A{C0  Word Left
          {C5Ctrl-F{C0  Word Right              {C7-[ Scrolling ]-----{C0
          {C5Ctrl-W{C0  Start of Line (Home)
          {C5Ctrl-Z{C0  End of Line (End)        {C5Ctrl-R{C0  Page Up
                                           {C5Ctrl-C{C0  Page Down

          {C7-[ Main Menu Functions ]------------------------{C0

           {C6Ctrl-N{C0  Help               {C6Ctrl-O{C0  Reflow Text
           {C6Ctrl-P{C0  Repaint Screen     {C6Ctrl-K{C0  Main Menu
           {C6Ctrl-B{C0  Justify Text
           {C6Ctrl-V{C0  Toggle Ins/Ovw

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                                  {C8-- Tips --{C0

     o  If you've "quoted" lines of another person's message, and want
        to delete some of the extra quoted lines, use the main menu
        command D)elete, as explained below.

     o  If your screen is garbled due to line noise, use the main menu
        P)aint command, which will repaint your screen.

     o  You can't change the text on lines below the "[* End of
        Message *]" marker, or on certain RBBS system lines at the
        beginning of your message.  To enter text, just move off of
        those lines.

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     o  If you make a lot of changes to the message, and it looks
        "choppy," use the main menu command R)eflow, which will clean
        up the messages' appearance.

     o  If you start something that you want to get out of (like
        D)elete), press ESCape to quit.

     o  You can't enter extended ASCII characters into a message.

     {C7o  You shouldn't "upload" messages into ANSIED.{C0

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                            {C8-- Main Menu Commands --{C0

     From the main ANSIED menu, you have quite a few choices:

     {C5H)elp{C0 ...... What you are reading now.  CTRL-X or CTRL-K quits.

     {C5S)ave{C0 ...... Saves your message.

     {C5A)bort{C0 ..... Quits the message, but does NOT save it.  This
                  function will prompt you to make sure this is really
                  what you want to do.

     {C5D)elete{C0 .... Deletes a block of lines.  Where the cursor was when
                  you selected D)elete is the beginning of the block.
                  Press ENTER on the last line of the block to delete.
                  The block end can be before the block begin, if you
                  like.  The lines will be deleted, including the
                  first and last lines of the block.

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     {C5J)ustify{C0 ... Right justifies the entire message to the left and
                  right margins. Justification will add "soft spaces"
                  on the screen (which look like '·').  These will
                  become "real" spaces in the message when you save
                  it.

     {C5R)eflow{C0 .... Reflows the text in the message to remove the
                  choppiness of lines. Reflow won't bother paragraph
                  starts or quoted text.

     {C5I)ns/Ovw{C0 ... Toggles INSert/OVerWrite mode on the editor.  In
                  INSert mode, text inserted  in the middle of a line
                  will move the rest of the line to the right.  In
                  OVerWrite mode, text entered replaces that at the
                  current cursor position. Words will wrap either way.

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     {C5P)aint{C0 ..... Repaints  the current  screen.   This shows you
                  exactly what is in your message.  Use this when line
                  noise garbles your display.

     {C5sU)bject{C0 ... Modifies the message subject.

     {C5impO)rt{C0 .... (SysOps only) Imports a file from disk.  Enter the
                  full pathname to the file when prompted.

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