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- HELP - get online help
-
- Usage: HELP [command or topic]
- or: HELP SET [variable]
- or: HELP [READ-MODE or SEND-MODE] [command or topic]
-
- Typing HELP will show you help about a command, topic or variable.
-
- The help screens for commands look like this one. The first line has the
- name of the command and a short definition of what it does. Under that, a
- line starting "Usage" shows what else may be specified with the command;
- anything in square brackets [] is optional.
-
- Examples:
- MM>help #general help
- MM>help headers #help about the command HEADERS
- MM>help addressing #help about the topic of addressing
- MM>help set append-signature #help about the variable APPEND-SIGNATURE
- MM>help send-mode erase #help about the Send Mode command ERASE
- MM>help ? #what help is available
-
-
- Note that HELP at the MM> prompt is for commands you could use at the MM>
- prompt. HELP in Read Mode (Read> prompt) and Send Mode (Send> prompt)
- is different.
-
- Another form of help is provided by the question mark:
-
- Examples:
- MM>? #what commands are available
- MM>re? #what commands are available starting "re"
- MM>read ? #what further can be typed after "read"
-
- Note that "help ?" is a version of the last use of "?". It shows what you
- can type after the command HELP--that is, what help can you get.
-