     Only people designated by the Sysop as "AIDES" may perform the following
 functions:

   => Visit the hidden Aide> room.
   => Delete messages
   => Delete empty rooms
   => Edit a room
   => Kill a room
   => Move/insert messages
   => Make messages into net messages
   => Journal messages (aide at sysConsole only)
   => Copying files (sysops)

    Most changes are accounted for by the Citadel-86 system and are recorded
 under
 the aide's name in the Aide> room for scrutiny by other aides and Sysops.  If
 a person is found to be abusing their aide privileges, such privilege may be
 removed at the discretion of the Sysop.

  Procedures are as follows:

  TO MAKE AN UNNETTED MESSAGE INTO A NETTED MESSAGE:
    (1) Hit <P>ause during type-out of the message
    (2) Hit <D> to continue.
    (3) The message will print out again for confirmation.
    (4) The system will then print out
                 "<M>ove <C>opy <D>elete <A>bort <N>et? (D/M/C/A/N) "
    (5) Press <N> to make the message into a net message.  There will be a
 short delay.

  TO DELETE/MOVE MESSAGES:
    (1) Hit <P>ause during type-out of the message to be deleted.
    (2) Hit <D>elete to continue.
    (3) The message will print out again for confirmation.
    (4) The system will then print out
                 "<M>ove <C>opy <D>elete <A>bort? (D/M/C/A) "

 If that is indeed the message to be deleted OR moved, then type <D> to delete
 that message, or <M> to move that message. Type <A> if you decide that you
 don't want to do anything with that message.
      (4.a) If you select <M> above, then the system will ask you where:
 "To where (C/R = '<some room>'): " where <some room> is the room where the
 message will be inserted if you simply type a C/R. <some room> is always the
 last room to where a message was moved, or it is the Aide room if the command
 hasn't been used since the system was last brought up. Also, the message moved
 becomes the message that will be used for the <.AI> command (<.AI> is detailed
 later in this file).
       Your name and a copy of the of the deleted/moved message will be
 automatically
 logged in Aide>.

  TO JOURNAL A MESSAGE:
    (1) Hit <P>ause during type-out of the message to be deleted.
    (2) Hit <J>ournal to continue.
    (3) The system will ask for a filename to save or append the given message
 to.
    An empty return at this point will abort the operation.  Anything else will
 cause the system to attempt to either A) append to the given file or B) create
 the given file if it does not yet exist.  A failure (caused by who knows what)
 will cause the system to quit trying. If successful, the message will have
 been saved in a text file.
    NOTE: At present, this capability is restricted to Sysops.

  TO DELETE EMPTY ROOMS:
       The ".<A>ide <D>elete" command will eliminate all empty rooms in the system,
 except for permanent and directory rooms.  This will be logged under your
 name in Aide>.

  TO EDIT A ROOM:
       The ".<A>ide <E>dit" command will allow you to edit the room you are in.
 Type a '?' to find out what you can do with the 'room edit' prompt that you
 should get.  All important changes are recorded in the Aide> room.

  TO INSERT A MESSAGE:
       The ".<A>ide <I>nsert" command will insert the last message you deleted into
 the room you are currently in.  This will be logged under your name in Aide>.

  TO KILL A ROOM:
       The ".<A>ide <K>ill" command will delete the room you are in, regardless of
 contents.  This will be logged under your name in Aide>.

  COPYING FILES:
       Files may be copied into directory rooms by going to the target directory
 room and typing ".<A>ide <A>dd-File".  The aide is prompted for a file (can include
 full path), and if the copy is successful, for a file description.

  NOTE: For obvious reasons, these commands cannot be used to modify Aide>
 itself.   "Deleting" a message in Aide> will >not< remove it from Aide>, but
 >will< make it "most recently deleted" for purposes of inserting the message
 elsewhere.

  %AIDEFLR Aide commands for floors.
  %COMMANDS Back to basic commands.
  %MAINHELP Back to the top.

