


                          Celerity General Help System



                                 Topic List



1.   General information (important keys, etc.)

2.   The main menu commands

3.   The message editor

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                             General Information



When the bbs is sending you characters, the following keys perform special

functions:



     ^S        Pauses output; use ^Q to restart.

     <space>   Cancel output.  For example, pressing space now will stop

               displaying this help.

     X         More powerful cancel key.  This key cancels long-range

               functions, in particular, the newscan (scan for new items)

               commands.



When you are typing commands to the bbs, the following keys perform special

functions:



     ^X/Esc    Erase line

     ^W        Erase last word

     ^R        Repeat previous command

     ,         Chaining.  Commands separated by commas are "chained" together.

               this means that the following construction:



                    [Main Menu][?/Help]: h,4



               would get help on the fourth topic.



Note that from every command menu, you may enter "?" to get a list of choices.

From most menus, you may also enter "H" for more help.

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                           The Main Menu Commands



Key  Function            Description



A    About this BBS      Displays information about this bulletin board.

M    Message Sections    Enters the messages section, where you may read

                         public messages and post those of your own.

C    Chat with sysop     Calls the sysop (system operator) to chat.

D    Databases           Enters the database section, where you may list other

                         people's entries and add those of your own.

E    Electronic mail     Enters the electronic mail section, where you may

                         send private messages to other users and read those

                         addressed to you.


F    Feedback            Sends private mail to the sysop

G    Goodbye             Terminates this call

H    Help                Enters the help section.  This command is available

                         from several menus other than the main menu.

I    Info-forms          Lets you fill out an info-form.  This form is

                         prepared by the sysop.

S    System statistics   Displays system statistics: number of callers, days

                         this bulletin board has been up, etc.

K    Configuration       Enters the configuration section, where you may set

                         such options as your colors, and configure your

                         newscan.  See the bulletin section for more

                         information about the newscan.

L    List users          Displays a list of the users of this system and their

                         security levels

B    BBS List Function   A BBS List function where you may add and view info

                         about other Bulletin Boards.

N    News                Redisplays the sysop news you saw when you logged on

O    Log off             Functionally the same as /o, goodbye; it termiantes

                         the connection.

P    Open Doors          Enters the door section, where you may use other

                         programs through doors which the sysop has set up.

T    File Transfer       Enters the file transfer section, where you may

                         upload (send) files to this system, and download

                         (receive) files sent by other users.

V    Voting booths       Enters the voting section, where you may vote on

                         topics set up by the sysop.

W    Who's called        Displays a list of the last twenty callers.

Y    Your status         Displays your status, including your level, how much

                         time you've spent on the system, how much time is

                         left, etc.

+    Password change     Allows you to change your password.

!    Level raise         Applies for a level raise.  You will be shown some

                         text, created specially for your level.  Then you

                         will be allowed to enter a message to the sysop.  The

                         sysop may raise your level depending on the content

                         of your message.

&    Advertisements      The sysop may create advertisements; if there are

                         any, this command will display them.

$    Donation info       If you are interested in donating to this system, use

                         this command for more information.



{f you are a new user, give the guided tour ("U") a try.---disabled}

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                         The Celerity Message Editor



When you want to enter a message, whether it is personal mail, feedback, or a

message, you use the message editor.  You will see:



Enter text, 100 lines at most *Note If you have selected ANSI COLOR system,

Enter /? for help on / commands *A Full-Screen Wordstar-like Editor will be

                                 *used,CTRL-K enters the menu instead of "/"

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Now you may type your message.  Words too long to fit on the current line will

wrap automatically.  When you are done with your message, enter /S.  Other /

commands are:



/S        Save message        Writes your message to disk.

/A        Abort message       Aborts your message; it will not be saved.

/E        Enter edit mode     Goes into edit mode.  See below for information

                              about edit mode.

/C        Continue            Continues adding to your message; each new line

                              will be appended onto the end.

/F        Fix line            Lets you change a line.

/L        List message        Displays your message, with optional line

                              numbers.

/N        New (clear)         Erases your message without exiting the editor. 

                              After using "N", you can start your message

                              over.

/D        Delete line(s)      Deletes lines from your message.

/I        Insert              After you enter the line number to insert

                              before, all text you enter will be inserted at

                              that point in your message.

/B        Backup (fix)        Lets you replace the previous line.

/T        Change title        Changes the title of your message.

/R        Search and replace  You enter what to search for and what to replace

                              it with.  If a changed line extends beyond 80

                              columns, it will be truncated.

/M<text>  Center text         Centers the given text on the current line.



When you are in edit mode, you will see this prompt:



               Edit command [?=help]:



You may then enter the above commands without the "/".



Another feature of the editor is the ease of correcting a mistake at the end

of the previous line.  Suppose you have entered:



     I'm interested in buying a sailboar.

     Does_



Now backspace:




     I'm interested in buying a sailboar.

     _



And press backspace again:



     --Back--

     I'm interested in buying a sailboar._



and then you can easily correct the mistake.

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