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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Bug Reports/Feature Requests ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Bug reports and/or feature requests may be made to one of two people, in one of
- several ways.
-
- Please contact Brady Flowers at Oberon Software or Kimberly Bobrow.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Oberon Software ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Oberon Software has been involved in the creation of OS/2 related products and
- services since 1988. Founded by Brady Flowers, Oberon Software (named for the
- wood sprite in Shakespeare's "A Mid-Summer Night's Dream") is committed to
- enhancing the software base for the ever growing community of OS/2 users and to
- helping foster the growth and acceptance of OS/2 as the next generation in
- operating systems for personal computers and workstations.
-
- Oberon products are generally marketed as shareware to keep marketing overhead
- to a minimum. The savings can then be devoted to further development and
- enhancements and customer service. Please, support the shareware concept by
- registering the shareware products which you use and by passing them along to
- others for their inspection.
-
- In addition to this program, Oberon Software offers the following products and
- services:
-
- o Oberon Terminal Emulator/2 (TE/2)
- o Oberon FSHL Command Line Executive
- o Oberon LstPM file viewer
- o Consulting Services and Custom Programming
-
- Several new products are planned for release in the near future. These will
- include a programmer's Async Communications library/toolkit, enhancements to
- all of our existing programs, and some new surprises.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Oberon Terminal Emulator/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The Oberon Terminal Emulator/2, or TE/2, is Oberon Software's full featured,
- easy to use, general purpose telecommunications program for OS/2. Developed
- originally for OS/2 1.1, it was one the very first such programs written
- specifically to take advantage of the power and capabilities of OS/2. As OS/2
- has grown, so has TE/2. It is now one of the most popular and widely
- recommended telecommunications programs for OS/2!
-
- TE/2's features include:
-
- o One of the most complete script languages to be found in any telecomm program
- anywhere
- o REXX/2 as a fully supported, optional script language
- o Extensive facility for running external programs and protocols
- o Multiple, 200 entry dialing directories
- o Call logging
- o Split screen chat mode
- o 48 Assignable function keys
- o Free technical support via the Oberon BBS!
-
- TE/2 includes these file transfer protocols:
-
- o XModem and XModem-1K
- o YModem and YModem-G
- o ZModem with automatic start-up and resume
- o CompuServe(tm) B-Plus protocol
- o Ascii file upload and capture
-
- Supported terminal emulations include:
-
- o Standard TTY (teletype) mode
- o ANSI-BBS and enhanced ANSI
- o VT100 (with VT102 and VT220 extensions)
- o IBM 3101
-
- Call, write, or FAX Oberon Software for more information on TE/2.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Oberon FSHL Command Line Executive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- FSHL, \ef' shel\ n. [Flowers' shell, named for Brady Flowers, software designer
- during the late 20th century]: a program which greatly enhances the power a
- user has when working at the OS/2 command prompt by adding aliases and macros,
- enhanced and extended command line recall and editing functions, extended
- command set, enhanced batch language, and provisions for user-created
- extensions.
-
- FSHL, Oberon Software's Alternative Command Line Executive for OS/2, layers
- itself over the default OS/2 command line interpreter, CMD.EXE, to provide the
- user with all of these extended services without sacrificing access to OS/2's
- base level functionality!
-
- These are just some of the features of FSHL:
-
- o FSHL aliases allow the user to replace often typed, hard to type, or hard to
- remember commands with any other command of their preference.
- o Full featured command line editor adds features to the OS/2 command prompt
- similar to those found in word processing programs.
- o Recall previously typed commands:
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- - One at a time
- - By matching a partially typed command
- - By selection from a list
-
- o Extends the OS/2 batch language to allow access to FSHL's aliases and
- history.
- o Dynamic pseudo environment variables to access system information such as the
- time and date, errorlevels, and window state.
- o New built-in commands like:
-
- - Sweep to execute a given command over an entire directory tree.
- - Window to control the OS/2 text mode window in which FSHL is running from
- the command line or a batch file.
- - Prty to adjust the OS/2 priority at which a program will run.
- - And lots more!
-
- o Extended options on existing OS/2 commands.
- o All 48 function keys programmable as text macros.
- o Two separate, powerful programming APIs allow third party developers to
- extend the basic FSHL command set and to allow applications to call back into
- FSHL to access its services.
- o Free technical support via the Oberon BBS!
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. LstPM File Viewer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- LstPM is a 32 bit application which can be used for viewing just about any text
- or data file on your system, either as text (ASCII or EBCDIC) or as a
- hexadecimal "dump" representation.
-
- You can invoke LstPM by installing a WPS program object for it on your desktop
- or in the folder of your choice and clicking on its icon, from the OS/2 command
- line with an optional file name as parameter, or by dragging and dropping a
- selected file or files onto its icon.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. Consulting Services and Custom Programming ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Any of Oberon Software's products may be customized to meet your company's
- specific needs. Or, if you need something totally new, Oberon Software
- specializes in the areas of:
-
- o Asynch/Telecommunications Software
- o Interprocess Communications
-
- - Network Environment
- - Standalone
-
- o Presentation Manager Based Software
- o OS/2 Programmer and User Training
- o Migrating D.O.S. applications to OS/2
-
- Please, contact Oberon Software for references and further information.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. PmQwk Offline Mail Reader ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Welcome to Oberon Software's Offline mailreader for OS/2 2.0 Presentation
- Manager!
-
- PmQwk is the first and only offline reader for OS/2's Presentation Manager
- which allows you to truly multitask your offline reading. You can read from
- any number of conferences, from any number of BBSs simultaneously.
-
- You can have multiple replies, from any conference, from any BBS in progress at
- any given time.
-
- There is support for netmail, taglines, regular expression searching, address
- book, and much more!
-
- At last, an offline mail reader that is as good as the operating system it runs
- on!
-
- For additional information, refer to the help for:
-
- o Installing PmQWk
- o Starting PmQwk
- o Help for BBS List
-
- You may also be interested in information regarding:
-
- o Registering PmQwk
- o Oberon Software Products
- o Copyright, License, and Warranty
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. Installing PmQwk ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- There are three files which need to be installed on your harddisk for proper
- operation of PmQwk:
-
- PMQWK.EXE
- PmQwk program executable file. For best results, a dedicated
- directory should be made for PmQwk. We suggest that you make a
- directory, on the disk of your choice, by the name PMQWK and
- copy PMQWK.EXE and TagLines.txt into that directory. You
- should ensure that this directory is your current working
- directory while you are running PmQwk as PmQwk will maintain
- subdirectories for each bulletin board underneath this
- directory. These files should be placed in a directory
- specified in your PATH if you wish to run PmQwk from the
- command line.
-
- REGEXPUT.DLL
- Regular Expression support library. This must be placed in a
- directory specified in your LIBPATH.
-
- PMQWK.HLP
- PmQwk help file. This must be placed in a directory specified
- by your HELP environment variable in order to have help active
- while running PmQwk.
-
- Once PmQwk is installed on your hard disk, open the OS/2 Templates Folder,
- select a Program Object Template with the left mouse button and then, using the
- right mouse button, drag it onto the desktop or into the folder of your choice.
- When the Settings Notebook appears, fill in the following:
-
- o Path and file name should be set to the full path/name to PMQWK.EXE (i.e.,
- where you place the file in the step above).
- o Parameters should be left blank - any parameters are ignored.
- o Working directory should be the directory you placed PMQWK.EXE in.
-
- Click on the notebook tab labeled General and, on that page, set the Title to
- PmQwk or a title of your preferance.
-
- See also First Time Startup
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1.1. First Time Startup. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You may start PmQwk from the OS/2 command line by first ensuring that the disk
- and directory containing PmQwk are current and typing "PMQWK" at the system
- prompt. If you have installed PmQwk into your desktop setup (following the
- rules for current directory) you may start it that way.
-
- Example batch file for starting PmQwk assuming that it is installed in to
- directory 'D:\PMQWK':
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- @echo off
- D:
- CD \PMQWK
- START /PM /N PMQWK
-
- Immediately upon entering PmQwk for the first time, select the menu item
- labeled Options and the submenu item labeled Paths
-
- Select Save Options from the Options menu to make the changes permanent.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Starting PmQwk ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you have created a program object, you may start PmQwk by simply clicking on
- its icon.
-
- From the OS/2 command line, you may simply type "PMQWK".
-
- See also: Installing PmQwk
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. Registering PmQwk ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You can register this wide beta version for $25.00 (US) and receive a free
- upgrade when the release version comes out. The release version will be $35.00
- (US)
-
- You may send your check or money order to Oberon Software or users who want to
- use their Visa/MasterCard to order on line may do so by calling GREATER CHICAGO
- Online!! at (708) 895-4042. We are participating in their Shareware Support
- Program for OS/2 Authors.
-
- Technical support is available through the Oberon Software bulletin board
- system or by phone at no charge.
-
- A license is required for use of PmQwk by corporations and institutions, and
- for its commercial distribution.
-
- You may obtain a license for the use of PmQwk by contacting Oberon Software.
- The license is for perpetual, non-exclusive use of one version.
-
- Purchase orders and invoicing are acceptable.
-
- The fee for a license depends on the estimated number of copies of the program
- that you will use. The fee applies to one site. For local area networks, one
- copy must be licensed for each computer that will be using the program on the
- network. A discount schedule will be made available when the general release
- is made.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4. Copyright, License, and Warranty ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This electronic document and the program files PMQWK.EXE, and PMQWK.HLP, ("the
- software") are copyrighted by Oberon Software and the author, Brady Flowers.
- The copyright owner hereby licenses you to use the software given these
- restrictions:
-
- o The program shall be supplied in its original, unmodified form, which
- includes this documentation;
-
- o For-profit use without a license is prohibited;
-
- o The program may not be included - or bundled - with other goods or services.
- Exceptions may be granted upon written request only.
-
- o No fee is charged; an exception is granted to not for profit user's groups,
- which are permitted to charge a small fee (not to exceed $5) for materials,
- handling, postage, and general overhead. No other organization is permitted
- to charge any amount for distribution of copies of the software or
- documentation, or to include copies of the software or documentation with
- sales of their own products.
-
- The Regular Expression Engine provided in the dynamic link library
- REGEXPUT.DLL, used by PmQwk, is derived from previously copyrighted software.
- This is the copyright notice from the source code to that section of the
- software:
-
- Copyright (c) 1986 by University of Toronto. Written by Henry Spencer. Not
- derived from licensed software.
-
- Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose on any
- computer system, and to redistribute it freely, subject to the following
- restrictions:
-
- 1. The author is not responsible for the consequences of use of this
- software, no matter how awful, even if they arise from defects in it.
-
- 2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented, either by explicit
- claim or by omission.
-
- 3. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
- misrepresented as being the original software.
-
- Slight alterations were made to Mr. Spencer's software in the process of
- porting it to the OS/2 environment. Mr. Spencer's original source code is
- available to the public for download from the Oberon Software User Support
- BBS.
-
- There is no warranty of any kind. By using the software, you agree to this.
-
- The software and documentation are:
-
- Copyright (C) 1990-1992 by Oberon Software and Brady Flowers
- Mankato, MN, USA
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Help for Keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The following information is available regarding PmQwk's keyboard interface:
-
- o Menus
- o Dialog Boxes
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Menu Item Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You can select any item from the action bar menu by typing Alt-letter where
- "letter" is the underlined letter in the menu item text. For example, the File
- menu item text has the letter "F" underlined so it may be accessed by typing
- Alt-F. Alternately, you may activate the action bar by pressing and releasing
- the Alt key or by pressing and releasing the the F10 key. Thereafter, you may
- select an item by pressing the key corresponding to the underlined letter in
- the menu item text or by moving the highlight to that item with the arrow keys
- and pressing Enter when it is highlighting the desired item.
-
- When a pulldown menu or a submenu is visible, you may select an item from these
- menus by pressing the underlined letter key (the Alt key is optional in this
- case) or by moving the highlight with the arrow keys and pressing Enter.
-
- The System Menu (the icon with the mini icon in the upper left corner of the
- window frame) may be activated from the keyboard by pressing Alt-SpaceBar.
-
- You may exit any menu without making a selection by pressing the ESC key.
-
- Some menu items have an associated accelerator key associated with them. For
- example, Alt-F4 is associated with the Close item on the System menu. These
- accelerator keys are always available whenever PmQwk's main window or its
- action bar has the focus.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. Dialog Boxes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Dialog boxes are usually divided into groups of controls (buttons, entry
- fields, list boxes, etc.). The TAB key will move the highlight from control to
- control regardless of group boundaries; Shift+TAB will do the same in the
- reverse direction. The Arrow Keys will move the highlight from control to
- control always staying within the current group of controls.
-
- Buttons are selected by moving the highlight to the desired button and pressing
- the SpaceBar or, if the button's text contains an underlined letter, by
- pressing Alt+letter (see also the discussion on accelerator keys in the help
- for menus
-
- Usually a dialog box will have one button with a special highlight. This is the
- default button which is invoked by pressing Enter. If the dialog has a button
- labeled Cancel, this button may be invoked by pressing the ESC key.
-
- Some controls have special rules for keystrokes:
-
- o Entry fields are not exited via the TAB key. To exit an entry field, press
- Enter (the default button will not be invoked).
-
- o When a List Box has the highlight, the arrow keys will move the highlight
- within the list box up and down (or scroll the list box left and right if it
- has a horizontal scroll bar). Exit a List Box using the TAB key.
-
- o Spin Buttons and Combo Boxes behave analogously to List Boxes.
-
- o Select or deselect a Check Box by pressing the SpaceBar while the Check Box
- has the highlight.
-
- o Move the selection within a group of Radio Buttons using the Arrow Keys.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for File Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Pack, unpack and address book choices available here.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Unpack QWK Packet ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This selection will bring you to the Unpack QWK Packet
-
- Related Information:
-
- Unpacking packets
- Setting Paths
- Packing Replies
- Setting Unpacking Software
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Pack Replies ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This selection will bring you to the Pack Replies dialog which will allow you
- to pack replies for one or more BBSs.
-
- Related Information:
-
- Packing Replies
- Setting Paths
- Unpacking packets
- Setting Packing Software
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Address Book ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Opens up the PmQwk Address Book.
-
- Related Information: Address Book
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Exit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Exit PmQwk
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Fonts, Colors, Paths, Preferences, and Editors can be selected from here.
-
- Related Information:
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- Setting Fonts
- Setting Colors
- Setting Paths
- Setting Preferences
- Selelcting an Editor
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Fonts ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Choose fonts for listboxes and text areas.
-
- Related Information: Setting Fonts
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Colors ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Choose colors for listboxes and text areas.
-
- Related Information: Setting Colors
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Paths ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Select paths for packers and unpackers.
-
- Related information:
-
- Setting Paths
- Unpacking QWK Packets
- Packing Replies
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Editors ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Select an editor for replies.
-
- Related information: Setting the editor
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Set various preferences:
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- Beep on personal messages
- Show only active conferences
- Quote attribution text
- Wrap column
- Prepend/Strip "Re:" from subject lines
- No Slider Bar in Reading Window
- Use Taglines
- Use Cutline
-
- Related information: Selecting preferences
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Save Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Save PmQwk options and preferences.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Help Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Various help for PmQwk Offline Reader.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Using Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Help for the help system.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for General Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- General help for PmQwk.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Key Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Help for keyboard keys in PmQwk.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Help Index ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Help index.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Product Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Information about the current version of PmQwk.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. BBS List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The BBS List displays all currently unpacked QWK packets. To read from the
- conferences in a particular BBS, select the BBS in the list box, and press the
- Open button, or simply double-click on the BBS name in the list box.
-
- Related information:
-
- Selecting a Conference to read from
- Deleting messages from an Open BBS Packet
- Deleting Open BBS Packets
- Packing Replies
- Unpacking QWK Packets
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.1. Delete BBS Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Choose Delete Msgs from the BBS List to remove the unpacked messages from your
- hard drive. Deleting messages in this way will allow you to save space used up
- by already read messages, but will allow you to still enter messages for that
- BBS. PmQwk keeps the small files from the QWK packet which describe the
- conferences for that BBS.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.2. BBS Delete ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Choose Delete from the BBS List to delete the files from an open BBS
- conference. You will also have the option to delete the corresponding QWK
- packet from your disk as well. If there are unpacked replies, you will be
- prompted to confirm their deletion.
-
- Related information: Deleting QWK packets .*
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Selecting a Conference ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- To begin the process of reading messages, first select a BBS from the BBS List
- window (if this list is empty, you must first unpack at least one QWK packet!
- See Unpacking QWK packets).
-
- After selecting a BBS, another dialog will appear which will list the available
- conferences for that BBS. Conferences which contain messages will show the
- number of messages in them in the Total column, empty conferences will have 0
- in the Total column. Each conference has values in the columns indicating the
- number read, the total number of messages, and the percentage of messages you
- have read.
-
- Please note that, by default, areas which contain no messages are not shown at
- all. To enable their visibility, use the Preferences dialog and toggle the
- checkbox labeled Show only active conferences to OFF.
-
- There are two extra, pseudo-conferences which appears at the beginning of each
- BBS's conference list. One is named "Bookmarks". Messages are entered into
- this conference by pressing the Bookmark button while viewing the message in
- the reading areas, or by bookmarking it from the "List" dialog of a conference.
- This conference behaves just as any other conference would, except it will
- contain messages from several other conferences, and the bookmark button is
- replaced with a Remove Bookmark button. This is a good conference to put
- messages into when you want to save them for replying at a later time.
-
- The other is named "Replies". This is where all of your entered messages and
- replies will be kept until they are packed for retransmission to the BBS. It
- behaves in most ways exactly like a "normal" message window. However, the
- "Reply" and "Enter" functions are replaced with "Edit" and "Delete". "Edit"
- will allow you to reedit the message, possibly just the "envelope" information
- or the entire message text, while "Delete" will erase the currently viewed
- reply.
-
- If this is a netmail message, the Receiver's net address will appear in
- parentheses after his/her name.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Reading Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When you select a conference to view, you will be presented with a window which
- contains a "message header" at the top of the window, a scrollable region in
- the central area containing the message text, and a set of buttons at the
- bottom of the window for initiating various activities.
-
- The "message header" contains the following information: the message number,
- the number of the message it refers to (if any), the position in the list of
- messages (e.g."#5 of 15"), the sender's name, the addressee's name, the subject
- of the message, its time and date stamp, whether it is a private or public
- message, and whether the bulletin board has marked this message as "Seen by
- you" or not. If this is a net mail message, the sender's net address will be
- given after his/her name in parentheses.
-
- In an effort to provide more functionality using a minimum of screen real
- estate icon buttons are used for all reading activities. Because icons are
- often not as inuitive as text, a small staus area in the bottom right corner of
- the reading screen will show the text for any button as the mouse cursor passes
- over it. The letter which is capitalized is the 'hotkey' you can press to
- simulate clicking on that button.
-
- Most of the activities are self-explanatory:
-
- o Next and Prev will view the next and previous message in the conference
- respectively.
-
- o Page Up and Page Down will scroll the message area a page full, in the same
- manner as if you had used the scroll bars. This allows you to keep your
- mouse in the same general area and still be able to navigate completely.
-
- o Next Screen will bring you to the next screen of text - whether that is a
- the equivalent of a Page Down, or a Next operation. If you have Next
- Message->Next Conference selected from More Preferences then on the last
- message Next Screen will bring you to the current message in the next
- conference when you have reached the end of a conference.
-
- o Quit closes the window
-
- o Help invokes the help display.
-
- o Reply and Enter will invoke the reply editor, the difference being that
- Reply will preset much of the reply header information with data from the
- current message while Enter will begin the creation of a new, unrelated (as
- least as far as the QWK format is concerned) message.
-
- Related Information:
-
- o Listing messages
- o Copying messages
- o Swiping taglines
- o Bookmarks
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.1. Replying to Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- To reply to a message, simply invoke the "reply" button while you are viewing
- the message in question. The message will be placed into a file in "quoted"
- form and your editor will be invoked on that file. You may edit any part of
- this file and/or append to the file. While your editor is in the process of
- editing the reply, a new icon will appear in the main client window: the Active
- Edit Sessions
-
- When you finish editing your reply, you will be returned to PmQwk and given the
- opportunity to edit the "Envelope" information. This will already have your
- name, the receivers name, net address (if applicable), the conference for the
- message, and the subject filled in. You may edit any of these items except
- your own name. If TagLines are enabled (see Options) you may select a tagline
- to use from this dialog.
-
- If you press "OK" and all of the required fields are filled in, the reply will
- be saved. If you press "Cancel" the message will be discarded after you
- confirm that this is your desire.
-
- Should you need to reedit a reply message or delete a reply message, invoke the
- "Replies" pseudo-confernce and perform the desired action from there (see
- Selecting Conferences)
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.2. Help for Entering a New Message ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Sometimes you may wish to enter a message which is not a reply to any existing
- message. There are two ways to do this: via the "Enter" button while viewing a
- conference, and via the "Message" button from the Conference List dialog. In
- both cases, the procedure that follows is almost exactly that of creating a
- reply message with the following exceptions:
-
- o The "Envelope" dialog will appear both before AND after you edit the
- message.
- o No default information is filled in in the "Envelope" dialog the first time;
- you must specify all fields.
-
- Otherwise, for all intents and purposes, a message of this sort is treated
- exactly like any other reply.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.2.1. Active Edit Sessions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This is a list of all current invocations of the editor and a button which will
- allow you to immediately switch to any of the listed editor sessions.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3. Copying Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You may mark areas within the message text using the mouse pointer and copy
- them to the system clipboard using CONTROL+INSERT or you may use the "Copy"
- dialog.
-
- This dialog allows you to refine how you export the data to a greater degree.
- You may chose to copy the entire message or just the marked area (if any), you
- may optionally include header information about the message in the export, and
- you may copy it directly to a file or to the system clipboard.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Copying to file
- o Swiping Taglines
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3.1. Copying to File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Selecting the Copy to file option from the Copy dialog will open up a standard
- file dialog.
-
- Select a drive, directory, and either choose an existing file name from the
- list box (to append or replace) or type the file name in the entry field.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.4. Swiping Taglines ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- PmQwk gives you the ability to swipe taglines directly from messages by using
- the Copy button while reading a message.
-
- To swipe a portion of a message as a tagline, simply mark it with your mouse
- (click and drag) and press the Copy button. If the text is within the maximum
- size for a tagline (2 less than the wrap column value from Preferences) the
- Swipe Marked Text as Tagline button will be enabled. Pressing this button adds
- the marked text to the end of TAGLINES.TXT .
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5. Listing Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This invokes a dialog window which, initially contains a list of all messages
- in the area, their message number, subject, sender, receiver, and time/date.
- Messages which you have read are marked with a bullet in the leftmost column.
- You may select a message from this list and press the Go to... button to go
- immediately to that message.
-
- Select the Leave open check box to leave the dialog open while you continue to
- read messages or perform other tasks.
-
- You can size the window, and move the vertical split bar to accomodate your
- personal preference. PmQwk will save the last size and position of the dialog,
- and also the location of the split bar.
-
- The Filter button in this dialog allows you to view a subset of the messages in
- the list. You may search for text in "envelope" fields (Sender, Receiver, and
- Subject) or in the message body itself.
-
- The filtering is for purposes of the "List" dialog only, it does not affect the
- behavior of the message window at all at this time (except as regards jumping
- to a message). The ability to read only messages which passed through the
- filter is planned for a future release.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5.1. Filtering Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The message filter allows you to search through a conference for messages that
- have specific characteristics. You can search in one of four fields for text:
-
- o Sender
- o Receiver
- o Subject
- o Message
-
- There are two search styles:
-
- o Case sensitive - which will ignore upper and lower case when selected.
- o Regular expression (double-click for more information.)
-
- Press Search to obtain a list of messages which satisfy the search
- requirements. You may then read any message just as you would from the
- regular List dialog.
-
- The filtering is for purposes of the "List" dialog only, it does not affect
- the behavior of the message window at all at this time (except as regards
- jumping to a message). The ability to read only messages which passed through
- the filter is planned for a future release.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5.2. Regular Expression ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- REGULAR EXPRESSION SYNTAX
-
- A regular expression is zero or more branches, separated by '|'. It matches
- anything that matches one of the branches.
-
- A branch is zero or more pieces, concatenated. It matches a match for the
- first, followed by a match for the second, etc.
-
- An atom is a regular expression in parentheses (matching a match for the
- regular expression), a range (see below), '.' (matching any single character),
- '^' (matching the null string at the beginning of the input string), '$'
- (matching the null string at the end of the input string), a '\' followed by a
- single character (matching that character), or a single character with no other
- significance (matching that character).
-
- A piece is an atom possibly followed by '*', '+', or '?'.
-
- o An atom followed by '*' matches a sequence of 0 or more matches of the atom.
- o An atom followed by '+' matches a sequence of 1 or more matches of the atom.
- o An atom followed by '?' matches a match of the atom, or the null string.
-
- A range is a sequence of characters enclosed between square brackets '[' and
- ']'. It normally matches any single character from the sequence. If the
- sequence begins with '^', it matches any single character not found in the
- rest of the sequence. If two characters in the sequence are separated by '-',
- this is shorthand for the full list of ASCII characters between them (e.g.
- '[0-9]' matches any decimal digit). To include a literal ']' in the sequence,
- make it the first character (following a possible '^'). To include a literal
- '-', make it the first or last character.
-
- EXAMPLES
-
- The regular expression: "go*d"
- Would match any of: "gd", "god", "good", "gooooooood".
-
- The regular expression: "^[Dd]ear [A-Z]"
- Would match the first six characters of "Dear John" or "dear Me"
- if the string is found as the first thing on the line in which it occurs.
-
- The regular expression: "[^Dd]ear [A-Z]"
- Would NOT match either "Dear John" or "dear Me" regardless of
- where they occurred on the line. It would match the first six
- characters of either "Bear Country" or "Fear And Loathing" anywhere
- on the line however.
-
- The regular expression:
- "^[_a-zA-Z].*\(.*\)[ \t]*(/\*.*\*/[ \t]*)*$"
-
- Would match any "C" language function definition! If you understand
- this last example, however, please refer to the note regarding
- C-style backslash notation
-
- AMBIGUITY
-
- If a regular expression could match two different parts of the input string,
- it will match the one which begins earliest. If both begin in the same place
- but match different lengths, or match the same length in different ways, life
- gets messier, as follows.
-
- In general, the possibilities in a list of branches are considered in
- left-to-right order, the possibilities for '*', '+', and '?' are considered
- longest-first, nested constructs are considered from the outermost in, and
- concatenated constructs are considered leftmost-first. The match that will be
- chosen is the one that uses the earliest possibility in the first choice that
- has to be made. If there is more than one choice, the next will be made in
- the same manner (earliest possibility) subject to the decision on the first
- choice. And so forth.
-
- For example, '(ab|a)b*c' could match 'abc' in one of two ways. The first
- choice is between 'ab' and 'a'; since 'ab' is earlier, and does lead to a
- successful overall match, it is chosen. Since the 'b' is already spoken for,
- the 'b*' must match its last possibility (the empty string) since it must
- respect the earlier choice.
-
- In the particular case where no '|'s are present and there is only one '*',
- '+', or '?', the net effect is that the longest possible match will be chosen.
- So 'ab*', presented with 'xabbbby', will match 'abbbb'. Note that if 'ab*' is
- tried against 'xabyabbbz', it will match 'ab' just after 'x', due to the
- begins-earliest rule. (In effect, the decision on where to start the match is
- the first choice to be made, hence subsequent choices must respect it even if
- this leads them to less-preferred alternatives.)
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.6. Bookmarks ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- While reading messages in a conference, you may want to mark some for later
- reading. PmQwk supports this with a pseudo-conference called Bookmarks
-
- You can place a message from any conference into the bookmark conference by
- pressing the bookmark button .
-
- You can remove a message from the bookmark conference by pressing the removal
- button while in the Bookmark conference.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Unpacking QWK Packets ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- QWK packets from any number of BBSs may be unpacked simultaneously, although
- only one packet from any one specific BBS may be opened at a time. Future
- releases of PmQwk will have the ability to combine packets from the same BBS.
-
- Make sure that any and all QWK packets in which you are interested are located
- in the directory which you specified as your InBound path. Select "Unpack QWK
- Packet" from the menu or press the "Unpack" button in the BBS List dialog
- window. You will be presented with a list of valid QWK packets which PmQwk was
- able to locate in your "InBound" directory. Select one to unpack either by
- double clicking on the file name and info or by selecting it and pressing the
- "OK" button. The packet will now be unpacked (if you are about to overwrite
- another packet, you will be given to opportunity to abort the action). Repeat
- this procedure for every QWK packet you wish to unpack.
-
- If you have never unpacked a packet from this source before, a new item will
- appear in the BBS List window at this point.
-
- Note: The first time you start PmQwk with a valid InBound path, or the first
- time you select "Unpack QWK Packet" with a valid InBound path, there may be
- some delay as PmQwk scans the inbound directory for the first time. This delay
- will only be significant if there are many files matching the pattern "*.q*" in
- that directory. Only "new files" are scanned so the delay should not be
- significant on subsequent invocations.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.1. Deleting Qwk Packets ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You may delete QWK packets which are in your current Inbound directory.
-
- Select "Unpack QWK Packet" from the menu or press the "Unpack" button in the
- BBS List dialog window. You will be presented with a list of valid QWK packets
- which PmQwk was able to locate in your InBound directory. Select one to delete
- by clicking on the QWK packet and then pressing the Delete button. You will be
- prompted for confirmation before the packet is deleted.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Packing Replies ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Select Pack Replies from the menu or press the Pack button is the BBS List
- dialog window.
-
- You will be presented with a list of all BBSs which have unpacked reply
- messages defined. Select one or more from this list and press "OK".
-
- For each selection from the previous list, you will be given a dialog wherein
- you may select the archiver to use for packaging this reply packet and, if a
- file by the target name already exists in your OutBound directory, the option
- of overwriting that file or appending the new messages to it.
-
- There are possibly two buttons in this dialog labeled List Replies; one which
- always appears and another which will only be present if there already exists a
- reply packet in your OutBound path. This second button appears inside of a
- group box labeled Existing Replies in this case. The first of these buttons
- will provide a list of Reply Headers (the conference number, receiver, and
- subject) for each message in the group of new messages the second will do the
- same for the existing replies. Note, if the existing reply packet was not
- created using PmQwk, PmQwk will not attempt to list its contents.
-
- The button labeled Change Path will invoke a dialog wherein you may override
- the currently set OutBound path (or reset it to the default value if you have
- changed it).
-
- Press the OK button to begin the packing process, press Cancel to abort the
- process.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.1. Changing Reply Paths ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Select the Change Path button from the Save Packet dialog to change the path
- for a single reply packet.
-
- Select Options and then Paths for a permanent outbound path change.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Address Book ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The address book feature of PmQwk is activated by choosing Address Book from
- the Files menu in the main client window of PmQwk.
-
- This is a small database wherein you may keep an organized list of names,
- netmail addresses, and notes for future reference.
-
- Each data record in the Address Book consists of four fields: a Search key, and
- Name, and a Net Address, each of which may be up to 25 characters long plus a
- Notes field which can hold up to 949 characters of information.
-
- The reason for having the Key field separate from the Name field is so that you
- may enter the name as it is to appear in your reply envelopes (i.e., Name:
- Barney Rubble or UUCP) and still have your list sorted by something other than
- first name (i.e., Search Key: Rubble, Barney).
-
- There are five buttons in the Address Book window, each of which will initiate
- an action. Close will close the address book window, New will insert a new,
- empty record and place the Address Book in edit mode for that record, Edit will
- place the address book into edit mode for the currently viewed record, Delete
- will delete the currently displayed record
-
- Note: In the BETA release of the program, the user is NOT queried at this
- point whether or not to really delete the record!
-
- By default, the Address Book comes up in 'lookup mode'. You may view the
- details for any entry by either selecting its key from the listbox at the left
- of the window or by typing the first character or characters of the key into
- the entry field labeled Search Key in the upper left of the window. The latter
- performs an 'incremental search' through the list of keys, that is, if you type
- 'F', the listbox highlight moves to the first entry which begins with an 'F'
- (this is not case sensitive), if you then proceed to type an 'L', the highlight
- moves to the first entry in the listbox which begins with 'FL'.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Adding Address Book Entries
- o Editing Address Book Entries
- o Copying information to the Envelope window
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.1. Adding/Editing Address Book Entries ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You enter 'edit mode' by pressing either the New button or the Edit button.
- The New button inserts a new, blank record and allows you to edit that record;
- the 'Edit' button is only available if a valid record is currently displayed
- and it allows you to edit the currently viewed record.
-
- In 'edit mode', the listbox is replaced with a short, informational message and
- all four of the entry fields (Search key, Name, Net Addr, and Notes) will now
- accept input. You may type anything into these fields you wish; you may use
- all of the standard OS/2 editing keys and clipboard functions (i.e.,
- Shift+Delete, Ctrl+Insert, and Shift+Insert for Cut, Copy, and Paste). To save
- the record as edited, press the Save button, to cancel changes press the Cancel
- button
-
- If you have edited the 'Search Key', the listbox in the 'view mode' window will
- be rearranged as needed.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.2. Addressing envelopes from the Address Book ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The OS/2 editing keys which allow you to access the system clipboard are
- active, that is, you may 'Mark' the name in the Address Book with the mouse or
- the keyboard, copy it to the clipboard (Ctrl+Insert) and paste it into any OS/2
- application which will accept clipboard data. This, of course, includes the
- the fields in PMQWK's Envelope windows. For direct communication with the
- Envelope window, however, you may elect to use the built-in "Drag and Drop"
- interface.
-
- If you press and hold Mouse Button Two (usually the right mouse button) while
- the mouse pointer is over the 'Name" field or field label in the Address Book
- window, the mouse pointer will change into a small rectangle with the word NAME
- in it. Still holding mouse button two, move the mouse pointer to the Envelope
- window in which you wish this name to appear until the superimposed circle with
- a slash disappears and release the mouse button. The name will replace
- whatever text is currently in the To: field in the envelope window. If you
- begin this operation from the Net Addr field or field label in the Address Book
- window, the mouse pointer will instead read NET and the data will be placed
- into the Net: field in the envelope window. If you begin from anywhere else in
- in the Address Book window other than directly over the above mentioned fields
- or their labels, the mouse pointer will appear as two rectangles, NAME and NET,
- and the data will go to both fields in the Envelope window. To cancel the drag
- and drop operation, simply release the mouse button anywhere where it DOES have
- the circle-slash visible.
-
- There is no corresponding drag and drop mechanism for copying data from the
- Envelope into the Address Book in this release of PmQwk. You may, of course,
- use the system clipboard to accomplish this as outlined above.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Setting Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Select Options from the menu bar to do any of the following:
-
- 1. Sorting
- 2. Fonts
- 3. Colors
- 4. Paths
- 5. Editor
- 6. Preferences
- 7. More Preferences
- 8. Save Options
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.1. Sorting Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This dialog allows you to sort your messages by message number, date, time,
- sender, receiver or subject. You may also define secondary and tertiary sorts
- to determine the order of messages which have identical values in the field you
- choose for the primary sort.
-
- To sort from high to low, select the Descending check box in any of the sorts,
- as applicable.
-
- If you select the Sort button from the message reading window, you will set the
- sort order for messages for that conference only. PmQwk will remember your
- sort order for that conference in the future, and will maintain your messages
- in that order until you select an alternate sorting method.
-
- If you select Default Sorting from the Options pulldown menu, you will be able
- to set default sorting options for PmQwk. Any conferences for which you have
- not set up a sort will use the PmQwk default you designate.
-
- The OK button will save the sort for the system or conference (as applicable)
- the Apply button, available only on the Default Sorting dialog will apply the
- sort to all open conferences, modifying each individual conference's default
- sorting in the process.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.2. Changing Fonts ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This dialog allows you to set the fonts which PmQwk will use for message
- displays and list boxes.
-
- Select Options from the menu bar, then Fonts, then either Messages... or List
- Boxes... to open a standard font dialog.
-
- Press Apply to immediately see the result of your font choice in your PmQwk
- windows without leaving the font dialog. Press Ok to apply the font to your
- PmQwk windows and dismiss the font dialog.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.3. Changing Colors ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Select Options from the menu bar, then Colors, to open a dialog which will
- allow you to change the colors withing PmQwk for message displays and list
- boxes.
-
- Note: In this BETA release of PMQWK, entries appear for "Message HiLited Text"
- and "Message HiLited Text Background". These setting are NOT functional in
- this release, the highlighted colors in message displays are a function of the
- normal, non-hilighted colors.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.4. Selecting Paths ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Set various paths for PmQwk:
-
- o Inbound QWK Packets
- o Outbound Reply Packets
- o Packers and Unpackers
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.4.1. Inbound QWK Packets ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Set this item to the name of the directory in which new QWK packets will appear
- after they have been downloaded from the BBS or on-line services. In general,
- this will be the download directory which your telecommunications program uses
- although you may wish to create a new directory specifically for this purpose
- and move QWK packets into this directory by other means after they have been
- downloaded.
-
- Note: In this version of PmQwk the validity of this path is NOT checked at
- this point.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.4.2. Outbound Reply Packets ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Set this item to the name of the directory where you wish PmQwk to deposit
- packaged reply packets to be uploaded back to the BBS or on-line service. In
- general, this will be a directory in which your telecommunications program
- expects to find files for upload.
-
- Note: In this version of PmQwk the validity of this path is NOT checked at
- this point.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.4.3. Packers and Unpackers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Fill in as many of these as are applicable with the drive, path, and name of
- the appropriate archiving program or programs. If they exist in a directory
- referred to in your PATH environment variable, you may omit the drive and path
- specification and give only the name of the program file.
-
- Note: In this version of PmQwk, these programs names and paths are NOT checked
- for validity at this point. FURTHER NOTE: in this version of PmQwk, only the
- first three archivers are supported: PK(UN)ZIP, ARC, and LH. Entries exist for
- ARJ and ZOO for future use only, they are not used by this version of PmQwk.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.5. Setting Editor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You may select your editor of choice for purposes of editing reply messages by
- selecting the menuitem Editors under the menu bar item Options
-
- Type the name of the editor in the indicated field, if the program file is not
- in a directory referred to in your PATH environment variable, you must include
- the entire drive and path specification for the program. Once you have
- specified a valid program name here you will be given the opportunity to select
- how the program will be executed, i.e., as a Presentation Manager program, in a
- full screen session, or in a windowed session. Both OS/2 and D.O.S. based
- editors are supported.
-
- The default editor for PmQwk is E.EXE, the OS/2 system editor.
-
- Note: Certain editors will cause problems with PmQwk. The OS/2 Enhanced
- Editor (EPM.EXE) will work correctly with PmQwk if and only if there are no
- other copies of EPM running on your machine at the time you begin an edit
- session via PmQwk (this includes other PmQwk edit sessions). The IBM IUO
- editor, LXPM, does not function correctly for use with PmQwk.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6. Setting Preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Preferences is a catchall for a number of semi-related settings. Select any of
- the following for more information:
-
- o Beep on personal messages
- o Show only active conferences
- o Attribute Quotes
- o Wrap Column for Quotes
- o Prepend "Re:" to response subject lines
- o Strip existing "Re:" from subject lines
- o No Slider Bar in Reading Window
- o Use Taglines
- o Use PmQwk Cutline
-
- See also More Preferences
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.1. Beep on personal messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- If this setting is checked, PmQwk will alert you with a tone whenever you view
- a message addressed to you.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.2. Show only active conferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- If this option is set ON (the default), PmQwk will only display those
- conference names belonging to conferences containing more than zero messages in
- the "Conference List" dialog. Use this setting if you have a large number of
- empty conferences listed by a BBS and you do not wish to navigate past them to
- find the active areas.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.3. Attribute quotes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- If this setting is checked, you specify that you want PmQwk to provide an
- "Attribution" to the quotes in your reply messages and you may further specify
- how you wish this Attribution to appear.
-
- Type any text you wish into the associated entry field and it will be echoed
- into your reply messages. There are several special character sequences which
- you may embed into this text which will cause PmQwk to insert relevant
- information from the message header:
-
- o %s inserts the SENDER's name from the original message
-
- o %r inserts the RECEIVER's name from the original message
-
- o %j inserts the SUBJECT of the original message
-
- o %d inserts the DATE of the original message
-
- o %t inserts the TIME of the original message
-
- o %_ inserts a line break in the attribution string
-
- o %% is used to insert a '%' character in the string.
-
- Please note, these codes ARE case sensitive! "%S" will NOT work like "%s",
- instead it will simply insert the characters "%S" into the attribution string.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.4. Wrap Column for Quotes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The column at which lines will be broken for purposes of quoting original
- messages. PmQwk attempts to be intelligent about word boundaries and will try
- to wrap lines at word breaks.
-
- Because messages are reformatted based on your setting for "Wrap Column" both
- when quoting a message before a reply and when importing your message from the
- editor back into PmQwk, you should be aware of the algorithm used for message
- formatting so that you can achieve a pleasing result.
-
- The message formatter is paragraph based. It assumes that a new paragraph has
- started when it encounters either a blank line or an indented line. It will
- pull the entire paragraph together to make a "best fit" within your defined
- wrap column. For example, assuming you have the (unlikely) wrap setting of 30,
- the following text:
-
- |---|----|----|----|----|----|
- Now is the time for all good men to
- come to the aid
- of their country.
-
- would be reformatted as:
-
- |---|----|----|----|----|----|
- Now is the time for all good
- men to come to the aid of
- their country.
-
- While the following:
-
- |---|----|----|----|----|----|
- Table data:
- Column 1 Column 2
- -------- --------
- Apples Oranges
-
- would not be reformatted at all because of the indentation. If you are not
- aware of the way this behaves, you may end up with undesirable results. For
- instance, if you entered the following:
-
- |---|----|----|----|----|----|
- Hello Joe!
- Whatcha know?
- I just got back from Kokomo!
- Yours truly,
- Ira
-
- it would end up looking like:
-
- |---|----|----|----|----|----|
- Hello Joe! Whatcha know? I
- just got back from Kokomo!
- Yours truly, Ira
-
- Use blank lines and indentation to avoid having lines pulled back for you when
- you don't want this to happen.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.5. Prepend "Re:" to response subject lines ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Automatically place the characters "Re:" at the beginning of subjects lines in
- replies. "Re:" will NOT be prepended if those characters are already present
- at the beginning of the subject.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.6. Strip existing "Re:" from subject lines ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Remove the characters "Re:" and any white space following from subject lines in
- replies. Note that this option and the Prepend option are NOT mutually
- exclusive! If they are both checked, subject lines in replies will always
- contain one and only one "Re:" if neither is checked, no subject line is ever
- altered by PmQwk.
-
- Note further that you have the ability to add or remove any characters you wish
- from a subject line via the "Envelope" dialog; these setting are provided as a
- convenience.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.7. Slider Bar in Reading Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You may wish to remove the slider bar from the reading window for one of two
- reasons.
-
- 1. You don't use it and would like the screen 'real estate' back for the
- message itself.
-
- 2. You have a version of the OS/2 2.1 beta which has a bug with slider bars
- which PmQwk demonstrates beautifully.
-
- If you are disabling it because of the bug - be sure to do so before opening a
- single conference. The change only takes effect for conferences opened or
- reopened since you selected this preference.
-
- Note: You may also remove the slider bar with a startup parameter of /2 or
- -2.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.8. Use Taglines ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- If this option is checked, PmQwk will look in the same directory that contains
- the PMQWK.EXE file for a file named "TagLines.txt". If it is found it will use
- this for its source of tag lines (humorous or provocative short quotes which
- will be appended to your outgoing messages) and the "TagLine" drop-down list
- will be enabled in the various "Envelope" dialogs. From there you may select a
- line from the list, type in a fresh one "on the fly", or erase it entirely.
-
- The TagLines.txt file is a flat ASCII file containing one tagline per line of
- file; you may edit this file with any text editor. Taglines should not be
- longer than about 60 or 70 characters.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.9. Use PmQwk Cutline ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- If this option is set OFF then PmQwk will not append it's own "signature line"
- to your outgoing messages.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.7. Setting More Preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Last Message in Conference Options
- o Tagline Options
- o Message Options
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.7.1. Last Message in Conference Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Several options are available to you when you reach the last message of a
- conference..
-
- Select Beep on last message to cause a unique beep whenever you reach the last
- message of any conference. The beep is distinct from the beep you will get on
- a personal message (if you have selected that option.)
-
- Select Focus Moves to Previous Button to cause the 'focus' to move to the
- Previous button when you reach the last message. This has the effect of
- displaying messages in reverse order when you are simply pressing the Enter
- key. This was the way earlier versions of PmQwk operated.
-
- Select Focus Moves to Quit Button to cause the 'focus' to move to the Quit
- button when you reach the last message. If you are pressing the Enter key to
- navigate through the messages, this has the effect of quitting the conference
- you are reading when you have reached the end. Focus will move to the Select
- Conferences dialog if it is open.
-
- Select 'Next Message'->'Next Conference' to cause PmQwk to go to the current
- message in the next conference when you have reached the end of a conference.
- Focus will stay on the Next button, but on the last message of a conference
- pressing the Next button will cause the current conference to close, and the
- next conference to open, if it wasn't already, and to display the current
- message (this will be the first message if it hasn't been opened before.)
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.7.2. Tagline Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Select Start with First Tagline to have PmQwk start using Taglines from the
- beginning of your tagline file each time you start PmQwk.
-
- Select Start with Last Used Tagline to have PmQwk start up with the tagline you
- last used.
-
- Note: Neither one of these settings is particularly applicable if you have
- selected random taglines.
-
- Select Select Taglines Sequentially to have PmQwk select taglines in the order
- they appear in the tagline file.
-
- Select Select Taglines Randomly to have PmQwk randomly select taglines from
- your tagline file.
-
- Note: Because 'random' means random, sometimes you will get a duplicate
- tagline before you see every tagline used.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.7.3. Message Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- No formatting on reply text allows you to tell PmQwk to leave your replies as
- is. If your editor is configured to put hard returns and margins
- appropriately, you may want to select this.
-
- Note: Absolutely no formatting is done to your replies. Please verify that
- your editor is doing all the appropriate formatting for you by checking your
- replies both on PmQwk, as well as on the BBS you upload to. Some BBSes will
- truncate if you have not formatted with hard returns, etc.
-
- Convert Subject/To/From to uppercase is meant to be used for BBSes which don't
- handle lower or mixed case in these fields, well or at all. This must be
- selected prior to starting a reply, or re-editing a reply.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.8. Conference Window Size Default ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Select this option from the Options pull down menu to set a default size for
- the read message window. All conferences save their last size and position,
- but this allows you to decide what the initial sizing of this window will be.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.9. Saving Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- All options discussed in the Preferences section may be saved semi-permanently
- in an initialization file by selecting this option. You may always change an
- option again and resave it.
-
- If you change options and do not select "Save options" before you attempt to
- exit PmQwk, you will be alerted to this fact and given the opportunity to do so
- at that point.
-
- Options are saved in a file named PMQWK.INI in the same directory as PMQWK.EXE.
- If you've really made a mess of your settings and wish to "start from scratch"
- just delete this file while PmQwk is not running and restart the program.
-
- Warning: If you have used an earlier (16-bit) beta version of PmQwk, you MUST
- delete your PMQWK.INI file before running this version and then use the current
- version to reset your options.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Message Envelope ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When you finish editing your reply, you will be returned to PmQwk and given the
- opportunity to edit the "Envelope" information. This will already have your
- name, the receivers name, net address (if applicable), the conference for the
- message, and the subject filled in. You may edit any of these items except
- your own name. If TagLines are enabled you may select a tagline to use from
- this dialog.
-
- If you press "OK" and all of the required fields are filled in, the reply will
- be saved. If you press "Cancel" the message will be discarded after you
- confirm that this is your desire.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Setting Icons for Confs and BBSs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Though not on any menu within this version of PmQwk, you may specify your own
- custom icons and attach them to any "BBS Conference List" dialog or to any
- "Conference" dialog. You must use OS/2 version 1.3 compatible color or black
- and white icon files (.ICO). To do this, create a directory underneath the
- directory containing PMQWK.EXE named "PMQIcons" and place all of your custom
- icon files in this directory. PmQwk will determine how to use these icons by
- the names you give the files:
-
- o To attach an icon to a BBS (Conference List Dialog) give the icon file the
- same "first name" as the BBS id and an extension of .ICO. (Example: A BBS
- id might be "FERNWOOD", name the icon file "FERNWOOD.ICO").
-
- o To attach an icon to a specific conference for a specific BBS, use the same
- first name as above but give the file an extension which is the conference
- number, left padded to three characters with zeros (Example: to attach an
- icon to conference #5 for the "FERNWOOD" BBS, name the icon file
- "FERNWOOD.005").
-
- o To attach an icon to the "Personal Messages" conference, do as above but
- give the icon file the extension ".PER". To attach it to the "Replies"
- pseudo-conference, give it the extension ".ANS".
-
- Note: This procedure will be built into the program and made more easy for
- the average user in the future. Do not attempt this procedure if the above
- discussion made little or no sense to you!
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Oberon Software
- 518 Blue Earth Street
- Mankato, MN 56001-2142 USA
- Phone: 507-388-7001
- FAX: 507-388-7568
- BBS: 507-388-1154
- CompuServe: 72510,3500
- GEnie: B.FLOWERS
- MCI Mail: oberon/413-5847
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Fidonet netmail: Kimberly Bobrow @ 1:109/347
- Internet address: Kimberly.Bobrow@kimberly.bobrow@f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org
- OS/2 Shareware BBS ID: Kimberly Bobrow
- Oberon Software BBS ID: Kimberly Bobrow
- Voice message: (212) 465-3367 [USA]
-
-
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-
- Please note that the '\t' used in the example to imply a TAB character is there
- for illustration only because an actual TAB character is difficult to display
- within the context of the IPF. The C-style backslash notation for tabs,
- newlines, etc. is NOT supported by this regular exression engine. Because of
- the '^' and '$' metacharacters and the fact that matches cannot occur across
- line boundaries, the loss of '\n' and '\r' should be no hardship. If you need
- to specify a TAB, you may simply enter an actual TAB character.