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- [moreoff][lightgreen]HELP: [lightmagenta]CHANGE MENU
- [yellow]H[gray])elp-level [yellow]D[gray])efault Protocol [yellow]N[gray])ulls [yellow]W[gray])idth [yellow]L[gray])ength
- [yellow]E[gray])xpTabs [yellow]M[gray])ore [yellow]V[gray])ideo Mode [yellow]S[gray])creen clear [yellow]F[gray])ull-scrn edit
- [yellow]R[gray])eturn to menu [yellow]K[gray])eys(Hot) [yellow]P[gray])GraPhreset [yellow]A[gray])SCII menus [yellow]I[gray])BM Graphics
- [yellow]T[gray])alklink [yellow]+[gray])Time Prompt [yellow]![gray])History menu [yellow]Q[gray])uit to main
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- [cyan]Which command do you need help with? ([white]<Enter> to end help[cyan])
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- [choice]A ASCII MENUS[gray]
- [choice]A Enables display of ASCII (or ANSI) menus if sysop has them available
- [choice]A
- [choice]D DEFAULT PROTOCOL[gray]
- [choice]D Allows you to set a default file transfer protocol (Opus will not
- [choice]D present choices at the files menu [yellow]D[gray])ownload prompt).
- [choice]D
- [choice]+ TIME PROMPT[gray]
- [choice]+ Toggles bracketed display of time remaining at prompts.
- [choice]+
- [choice]! HISTORY MENU[gray]
- [choice]! Takes you to the HISTORY menu
- [choice]!
- [choice]K KEYS(HOT)[gray]
- [choice]K You can enable hotkeys at any help level (not just Hotflash) by
- [choice]K toggling this to YES.
- [choice]K
- [choice]P PGRAPHRESET[gray]
- [choice]P Each time you log on, you can choose the type of graphics (TTY, ANSI
- [choice]P or AVATAR) if this is toggled YES.
- [choice]P
- [choice]R RETURN TO MENU[gray]
- [choice]R Opus will remember your position on the board from your last logoff,
- [choice]R and will return you there after logon if you have toggled this to YES.
- [choice]R
- [choice]H HELP LEVEL[gray]
- [choice]H You can tell Opus how much menu information you need.
- [choice]H There are four help levels:
- [choice]H
- [choice]H NOVICE - A lot of help with full menus
- [choice]H REGULAR - A little help and brief menus
- [choice]H EXPERT - No help, no menus
- [choice]H HIGHTECH - Hotkey with Menu at Top of Screen
- [choice]H
- [choice]M MORE[gray]
- [choice]M Turns the "More [[Y,n,=]?" prompt on or off.
- [choice]M
- [choice]M MORE ON: Opus asks "More [[Y,n]?" after displaying the number of
- [choice]M lines equal to your L)ength of screen setting.
- [choice]M
- [choice]M MORE OFF: Most information is displayed non-stop. You can still
- [choice]M pause the display using CONTROL-S to pause and any other
- [choice]M key to resume the display.
- [choice]M
- [choice]W WIDTH[gray]
- [choice]W Tells Opus how many characters across your monitor can display.
- [choice]W This is taken into consideration for message displays ONLY.
- [choice]W Bulletins, file listings, etc. are always displayed assuming
- [choice]W you have 80 columns. Sorry folks, it's called PROGRESS.
- [choice]W
- [choice]L LENGTH OF SCREEN[gray]
- [choice]L Opus will test to see how many lines your screen can hold before
- [choice]L asking you "More [[Y,n,=]?". 24 or 25 lines is normal. Of course,
- [choice]L if you have the MORE option set to OFF, this setting really
- [choice]L doesn't matter.
- [choice]L
- [choice]E EXPTABS[gray]
- [choice]E Turns TAB expansion on or off.
- [choice]E
- [choice]E TABS ON: Tabs are sent as tabs. Your terminal software must be able
- [choice]E to handle tabs correctly, or the spacing on your screen will
- [choice]E not look right. Screen output is faster with Tabs ON.
- [choice]E
- [choice]E TABS OFF: Tabs are sent as a sequence of 8 spaces. Slower, but
- [choice]E more reliable. Try it both ways and see which works best.
- [choice]E
- [choice]N NULLS[gray]
- [choice]N Nulls are ASCII 0's that some slower terminals need to keep
- [choice]N up with Opus. If you're using a personal computer, chances
- [choice]N are you don't need to worry about nulls.
- [choice]N
- [choice]V VIDEO MODE[gray]
- [choice]V Chooses the video mode Opus uses
- [choice]V
- [choice]V The choices are:
- [choice]V
- [choice]V [yellow]P[gray])lain - Normal TTY Output
- [choice]V [yellow]A[gray])nsi Graphics (VT100 Emulation)
- [choice]V [yellow]O[gray])pus Mode (AVATAR Video)
- [choice]V
- [choice]V If the word [31;1mRED[gray on black] on this line is highlighted or
- [choice]V in color, then your computer understands ANSI graphics commands.
- [choice]V Keep GRAPHICS ON. If, however, you see something like [[31;1mRED above,
- [choice]V then your computer is ignoring the ANSI commands. Keep Plain Video Mode.
- [choice]V
- [choice]V AVATAR Video requires the use of either George Stanislav's
- [choice]V TinyTerm program, Colin Sampaleanu's Telix, John Friel's
- [choice]V Qmodem, Ralf Brown's RBCOMM, or FrontDoor's Terminal Mode.
- [choice]V
- [choice]V[enter]
- [choice]T TALKLINK[gray]
- [choice]T Sets Opus to work more efficiently with Talker apparatus for the blind.
- [choice]T
- [choice]S SCREEN CLEAR[gray]
- [choice]S Tells Opus to clear the screen when appropriate.
- [choice]S
- [choice]S YES: Opus will clear your screen from time to time.
- [choice]S NO: Material "scrolls" with no screen clear.
- [choice]S
- [choice]F FULL-SCREEN EDITOR[gray]
- [choice]F Opus is now pioneering the concept of the first BBS full-screen
- [choice]F editor. It allows you to enter messages using arrow keys, etc.,
- [choice]F just like a word processor. If you turn OFF the F)ull-scrn editor,
- [choice]F you will use the LORE (line-oriented editor), the more orthodox
- [choice]F method. You must have S)creen clear and ANSI or AVATAR emulation ON
- [choice]F to use the Opus Full-screen editor.
- [choice]F
- [choice]I IBM GRAPHICS[gray]
- [choice]I IBM Personal Computers<tm> and compatibles have a set of graphic
- [choice]I symbols used for line drawing, foreign languages, and scientific
- [choice]I notation. Other computers or terminals cannot usually display them.
- [choice]I
- [choice]I ╔═══════════╗ ┌───┬───┬───┬───┐ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
- [choice]I ║ Montréal ║ │░░░│▒▒▒│▓▓▓│███│ ▌ αßΓπΣσµ ▐
- [choice]I ╚═══════════╝ └───┴───┴───┴───┘ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
- [choice]I Double Line Box Single Line Boxes Solid Line Box
- [choice]I Accented 'e' Dark,Lo,Med,Hi Bars Greek Letters
- [choice]I
- [choice]I The above diagrams should appear as three types of continous line
- [choice]I boxes, each containing additional examples of the special
- [choice]I IBM graphic symbols.
- [choice]I
- [choice]I If Not: Toggle NO and Opus will simulate graphics with normal text.
- [choice]I If Yes: Toggle YES and Opus will send graphics, unaltered.
- [choice]I
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- [choice]Q QUIT[gray]
- [choice]Q Leave CHANGE SETUP Section and return to MAIN MENU.
- [choice]Q
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