Following is information that may be heplful in using a CNet AMIGA system most efficiently, possibly saving you time and money.
--> CONTROL KEYS <--
There are several Control keys active whenever you are entering commands or other text. To use one of these, simply hold down the CONTROL key on your keyboard, and press the appropriate command letter. These are as follows:
CTRL X Cancel the current line, and start over.
CTRL V Reprint what you've typed so far. If there is noise on the
line, this might be useful to verify what you've typed.
CTRL D Delete the character under the cursor.
CTRL K Delete all characters after the cursor.
CTRL T Move one character to the left.
CTRL U Move one character to the right.
CTRL W Move one word to the left.
CTRL R Move one word to the right.
CTRL B Move to the beginning of the line.
CTRL N Move to the end of the line.
In addition, ANSI users may use the left and right cursor movement keys to move the cursor through the current input line.
Other Control keystrokes are useful whenever text is being printed to you. Most important are those that pause or stop text.
CTRL S Temporarily Pause the text output, maybe to catch up reading
before information scrolls from the screen. To re-start
text output, press any key (except control S!).
SPACE Terminates (aborts) the current message or file that you are
reading. Reading will continue at the next message (if you
are reading a series of messages, such as an item and its
responses).
CTRL C Even more powerful is control C. Using control C will attempt
to abort all messages, and also clear the input buffer, meaning
that if you've, for instance, pressed several commands at once,
even those unprocessed commands will be skipped. Another
example is you've pressed RETURN a hundred times, and the system
if endlessly reading messages, and you'd like to stop.
--> COMMAND STACKING <--
C-Net AMIGA allows you to enter several commands all at once on one command line by separating then with semicolons (;). For example, the following command will enter the Base, and read all new messages on all subboards:
B;RA
This next one will print your Status, your Activity Summary, then log you off of the system, answering 'Yes' to Logoff, and 'No' to leave feedback first:
ST;AS;O;Y;N
--> QUICK COMMANDS <--
Many features of the system stop to ask "verification" usually in the form of "Is ..... correct? " or possibly "Are you sure? ." By appending an exclamation point (!) to your command, you are able to tell C-Net to skip this verification. Some common use
s are as follows:
MS1! automatically selects to MailSend to account 1 (the sysop),
skipping prompts which ask you for an the Account# or Handle,
and whether your selection of an account number was
actually correct.
OFF! logoff without read logoff file or asking to leave feedback
--> COMMAND BUFFER <--
If you are using an ANSI terminal, you may use the cursor up and down movement keys to review the last 10 commands that you've entered.
