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******************************************************************************** The last version of this text written on october 22th 1992 10.00a Copyright MicroArt d.o.o. ******************************************************************************** $12A1 MEMORY RELEASING Decide whether you want CHIPS to release the memory at a temporary exit to a DOS shell. If you choose to, the CHIPS' kernel will take a maximum of 8K of memory, all the rest will remain available. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. SPACE : Toggle swapping on/off. Alt-combinations Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12A2 SWAP DIRECTORY Enter a directory where CHIPS should create the temporary swap file. If you leave this field empty, CHIPS will create the swap file in the current directory. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12A3 SIZE OF THE MEMORY RELEASED Enter the size of memory (in kBytes) to be released at a temporary exit to DOS shell. If you set this value to 0 (zero), CHIPS will release as much memory as possible. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12A4 XMS USAGE Specify whether CHIPS should use the XMS to save the swap information or not. If both XMS and EMS are available, XMS is used first. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. SPACE : Toggle XMS usage on/off. Alt-combinations Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12A5 RESERVE XMS Specify the amount of XMS (in kBytes) that should be saved for use of the child process or for any other reason. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12A6 EMS USAGE Specify whether CHIPS should use the EMS to save the swap information or not. If both XMS and EMS are available, XMS is used first. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. SPACE : Toggle EMS usage on/off. Alt-combinations Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12A7 RESERVE EMS Specify the amount of EMS (in kBytes) that should be saved for use of the child process or for any other reason. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12A8 LOADING KERNEL HIGH (TO UMB) When CHIPS loads its kernel high, releases nearly all of the low memory, keeping less than a kByte of it reserved! ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. SPACE : Toggle UMB usage on/off. Alt-combinations Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $1122 NEW FILES LIST VIEW A list of files, including descriptions, recently uploaded on the BBS which the mail packet is from. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ ESC : ENTER : Quit files view. Arrows right, : Move sight to the right left, up, down: left, up or down. PgUp : PgDn : Select pages. Alt- combinations Not available. CTRL- combinations CTRL-PgUp : Select the very first page. CTRL-PgDn : Select the utmost file. $111217 INTRODUCTORY TEXT CHIPS can add an introductory text to every reply message. The text is user configurable and can contain information on the sender, receiver, time, conference of the replied message, and BBS, the original message was from. This information is transferred to the reply using the following 'variables': #FROM# : sender #TO# : receiver #SUBJ# : subject #FORUM# : conference #DATE# : date of entering the net #TIME# : hour of entering the net #BBS# : BBS, which the original message was downloaded from ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. SPACE : Toggle hello text on/off. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Edit the introductory text. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F10 : Save the header only. (Available only when modifying replies and editing the header before the text) $111214 MESSAGE PRIVACY The message can be flagged as private, which means that only the receiver will be able to read it. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. SPACE : Toggle private on/off. Alt-combinations Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F10 : Save the header only. (Available only when modifying replies and editing the header before the text) $111215 CARBON COPIES We can send the same message to different people (which usually makes sense if the message is private) or to different conferences with this single operation. If you want it to send the copies, you MUST enter the receivers into the copy receivers list. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. SPACE : Toggle carbon copies on/off. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Enter the copy receivers list. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F10 : Save the header only. (Available only when modifying replies and editing the header before the text) $1112151 COPY MESSAGE RECEIVERS Enter all the names which we want our message to be sent to. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down : Select the receiver to edit. ENTER : Confirm this and move back to the previous window. ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. SPACE : Toggle carbon copies on/off. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Edit the receiver's name. Alt-F3 : Add a receiver to the list. Alt-F8 : Delete a receiver from the list. Alt-F9 : Pick a name from the receivers database. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $11121511 RECEIVERS LIST Enter the correct receiver's name. CHIPS cannot detect whether the name has been misspelled or corrupted due to any other error. To prevent errors, you should use the receivers database to hold the most frequent receivers names. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down : Select the receiver to edit. ENTER : Confirm the receiver's name and move back to the previous window. ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. other ASCII keys: Find name by simply type in the first few characters. The string is displayed on the top of the window. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F3 : Save the current receiver to the list. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : Receivers picklist Ctrl-F10 : Save the header only. (Available only when modifying replies and editing the header before the text) $111216 AUTOMATIC SIGNATURE The signature is a certain text which comes appended to the end of the message. This message is usually a kind of a signature, but can be quite anything else, if you want it to. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. SPACE : Toggle auto signature on/off. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Edit text. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F10 : Save the header only. (Available only when modifying replies and editing the header before the text) $11121A FIDO FORMAT In the FidoNet the users can send messages NetMail, which are usually faster than EchoMail, and much more secure. NetMail is devoted to private mail, and as such cannot be used for public messages. NetMail technology is somewhat different than EchoMail message diffusion and, from the user's point of view, needs not only the name of the receiver, but the address of his or her home BBS, provided that it is a member of FidoNet. The address' format follows: <zone>:<region>/<node>.<point> zone : is the largest unit of FidoNet's organisation and is usually representing a continent, for example: 1 - northern America 2 - Europe... region : this unit usually represents a single country or state, but is divided in two parts, for instance: 38x - our (of which MicroArt is the co-ordinator site) region's prefix. xx0 - depending region 380 - the region of Slovenia 381 - the region of Croatia... node : A single BBS, member of a certain region. For instance: 2:380/100 - MicroArt BBS /101 /102 - depending BBSes... point : the point is the address of a single user depending on a node. If we use the address with the point number, the mail will be rooted directly to the receiver's home (or so) computer without stopping even on his host BBS. This is possible provided that the receiver HAS the point status, which for the majority of the users isn't the case. If You are answering a message, CHIPS has probably found the correct address by itself, no matter if the original message is Echo or NetMail. But if You want to forward the message, send the answer to a third person or if You are entering a new message, you will have to type the address by hand or, if previously saved, pick them from the picklist. While assembling the message, CHIPS will add the address to the very beginning as, for example, the following: (2:380/100) Such address will be recognised by the program FidoPCB, as well as the flag, if following the address. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. SPACE : Toggle NetMail message on/off. Alt-combinations Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F10 : Save the header only. (Available only when modifying replies and editing the header before the text) $11121D FIDONET ADDRESS Enter the FidoNet address. If You are answering a message, CHIPS has probably found the correct address by itself, no matter if the original message is Echo or NetMail. But if You want to forward the message, send the answer to a third person or if You are entering a new message, you will have to type the address by hand or, if previously saved, pick them from the picklist. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F3 : Save the current address with the receiver's name to the list. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : FidoNet address picklist. Ctrl-F10 : Save the header only. (Available only when modifying replies and editing the header before the text) $11121B NETMAIL TRANSMISSION METHOD ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. SPACE : Toggle NetMail message on/off. Alt-combinations Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F10 : Save the header only. (Available only when modifying replies and editing the header before the text) $11121D1 FIDONET ADDRESS PICKLIST The list holds the most frequent or important addresses, which have been previously saved. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Transfer the address to the parent window. ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Backspace, space & other keys : To find a name type its start. Use backspace to correct errors. The search string is displayed on the top of the window. Pressing the arrow keys resets the string. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Edit the name & address. Alt-F3 : Add and address with the receiver's name to the list. Alt-F8 : Delete the name & address. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $11121C TAG - JUST A LITTLE OF THAT HUMAN TOUCH... Tag is a sentence (but not necessarily), which is usually added to the very end of the message. It can be whatever pleases you, a witty thought, a saying, a joke, or even a kind of a picture drawn with the common ASCII chars. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F3 : Save the current tagline to the list. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : Tagline picklist. Ctrl-F10 : Save the header only. (Available only when modifying replies and editing the header before the text) $11121C1 TAGLINE PICKLIST Select a tagline from a list of previously saved ones. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Transfer the tag to the parent window. ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Backspace, space & other keys : To find a name type its start. Use backspace to correct errors. The search string is displayed on the top of the window. Pressing the arrow keys resets the string. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Edit the tagline. Alt-F3 : Add a new tagline to the list. Alt-F8 : Delete the tagline. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $111213 CONFERENCE Enter the conference number. Invalid conference numbers will be ignored and replaced with 0, which is usually the main local conference. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : Conference numbers picklist. Ctrl-F10 : Save the header only. (Available only when modifying replies and editing the header before the text) $1112131 CONFERENCE PICKLIST Select the conference by name. The picklist will return the conference number. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Transfer the tag to the parent window. ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Backspace, space & other keys : To find a name type its start. Use backspace to correct errors. The search string is displayed on the top of the window. Pressing the arrow keys resets the string. Alt-combinations Not available. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $111212 MESSAGE SUBJECT Enter the message subject. It should have some relation with the message text, in order to make the message selecting much easier to the end user. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F3 : Save the current subject to the list. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : Subject picklist. Ctrl-F10 : Save the header only. (Available only when modifying replies and editing the header before the text) $1112121 MESSAGE SUBJECT PICKLIST Select a previously saved subject from the picklist. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Transfer the subject to the parent window. ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Backspace, space & other keys : To find a name type its start. Use backspace to correct errors. The search string is displayed on the top of the window. Pressing the arrow keys resets the string. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Edit the subject. Alt-F3 : Add a new subject to the list. Alt-F8 : Delete the subject. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $111211 RECEIVER Enter the correct receiver's name. CHIPS cannot detect whether the name has been misspelled or corrupted due to any other error. To prevent errors, you should use the receivers database to hold the most frequent receivers names. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F3 : Save the current receiver's name to the list. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : Receiver's name picklist. Ctrl-F10 : Save the header only. (Available only when modifying replies and editing the header before the text) $1112111 RECEIVERS' NAMES PICKLIST Select a previously saved name from the picklist. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Transfer the receiver's name to the parent window. ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Backspace, space & other keys : To find a name type its start. Use backspace to correct errors. The search string is displayed on the top of the window. Pressing the arrow keys resets the string. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Edit the name. Alt-F3 : Add a name to the list. Alt-F8 : Delete the current name. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $1283 COMMENT Comment is the sentence which will be displayed on the bottom of the display, if we drive the mouse pointer on the area of the user definable function just being defined (on the top of the display). It should reflect the action, triggered by selecting this function. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F8 : If the currently edited function is the last function in the status line, we are allowed to delete it. Otherwise the Ctrl combinations are not available. $1282 COMMAND The command is an optional DOS command, batch file or a program, with an optional parameters number and path. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F8 : If the currently edited function is the last function in the status line, we are allowed to delete it. Otherwise the Ctrl combinations are not available. $1281 STATUS LINE Type in the status line. It has two meanings: -the word immediately following the character '#' (hash) is this way marked to be highlighted. It also has to follow a certain format. The first character must be an uppercase 'F', which means a function key. It must be followed by a number from including 2 to 12 (1 is reserved for the help function). Example: #F<key number> Depending on some DOS versions the keys F11 and F12 don't work, so check the situation on your computer. Note 1: with the hash character we can highlight an optional word, but if it doesn't follow the above format, CHIPS won't be able to associate it with a triggering key. Note 2: the highlighted word can be collocated almost anywhere in the status line, but it is strongly advised you collocate it as the first word in the line. This is because the mouse will detect the function area depending on the beginning of the highlighted word. We are allowed to highlight a single word only. - The entire line will be displayed on the top of the display and will serve as a first reference to what the function is doing if triggered. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F8 : If the currently edited function is the last function in the status line, we are allowed to delete it. Otherwise the Ctrl combinations are not available. $128 DEFINITION OF THE USER FUNCTIONS The user can define four functions, which will be available through the function keys (without Alt or Ctrl). The functions can be a variety of external programs, communication programs, for instance, which are used to operate mail packets, send currently available replies or receive new mail. The changes in the reply file during the function execution, whether it has been deleted or modified in any way, the change will be detected and appropriate actions to notify it will be taken. $1112 MESSAGE VIEW The display is divided in two parts: the top, status display, and the bottom, message display. The status display itself is divided in three columns: The first column: From: the message sender To: the message receiver Subj: the message subject - usually a short summary Conf: ─┐ ( ) │ └──┴─ Conference number └────────── Conference name The second column: Date: 00-00-00 (00:00) └┤ └┤ └┤ └┤ └┴─ The minute the message entered the net │ │ │ └──── The hour the message entered the net │ │ └──────── The year of entering │ └─────────── The day of entering └────────────── The month of entering Message no.: The sequence number related to the BBS' conference message base. Replied to: The number of the message replied to by the current message. If the replied message doesn't originate from the same BBS, it isn't available. Status: - PUBLIC, everybody can read this message - PRIVATE, only the sender, the receiver and the system operators (SysOps) can read this message. The third column: Message 000/000 └┬┘ └┬┘ │ └── All messages in the current conference └────── The current message number, relatively to the quantity of conference messages in the current mail packet Read 'Marker' └──┴──┐ └─────┬┘ │ └─ Message marker. There are four of them: │ Saved, Deleted, Moved, or no marker. └─────────── This marker means we already read this message. ┌─┬─┐ Buttons ├─┴─┤ << < > >> for use with ──────> │ │ │ │ │ └── Searching forward └──┬┘ │ │ └──────── Next message └─ │ └───────────── Previous message └────────────────── Searching backwards ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Cursor keys : Move the view in the selected direction ESC : Exit message view ENTER : View next message in the same conference. If the current message is the last in the conference, the message view is abandoned and the next conference containing messages is highlighted. Key '+' : Same as ENTER Key '-' : Similar to ENTER, except the direction is reversed. Key '*' : Searching the messages using the current key - forward. Key '/' : Searching the messages using the current key - backwards. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : reply to the current message or modify the reply (if this is the case) Alt-F3 : Mark/unmark the message for later saving to the message base (not operational yet) Alt-F8 : Mark/unmark the message for later deleting from the mail packet. Alt-F9 : Export the message in ASCII format; CHIPS can export to the printer or in an ASCII file. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-ENTER : Search for the next unread message. Ctrl-F2 : Select the character set and (de)activate it. Ctrl-F3 : Steal the tagline from the message. This can be unsuccessful if certain conditions are not fulfilled. Some OLRs add taglines as plain text and make them unrecognisable. ┌─┬─┐ ├─┴─┤ │ │ └──┬┘ └─ To move sight upwards, press the left mouse button when the indicator is on the upper side of the message display. We can check if it is in the correct position with the comment displayed in the bottom line. To move sight to the right, press the left mouse button when the indicator is on the rightmost side of the message display. We can check if it is in the correct position with the comment displayed in the bottom line. A similar procedure is required to move sight downwards and to the left. To exit the message view click the right mouse button twice within a very short time (double click) To view the next or previous message, or to search for a message use the buttons in the status part of the display, the meaning of which is explained under 'the third column'. $129 OTHER SETTINGS Settings as user definable hotkeys, mouse set-up, printer set-up and archivers set-up. $12942 DOUBLE CLICK INTERVAL The value entered here will be interpreted as a time interval between two single mouse button clicks, that should still be taken as a double click and therefore trigger an appropriate action. The value is relative to your computer's processor speed and has no connection with common time units, milliseconds or so. Set the value to meet your needs. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12941 AUTOREPEAT DELAY The value entered here will be taken as a time period which, after pressing a mouse button, CHIPS should wait for to pass before starting to auto repeat the last operation while the same button is being kept pressed. The value is relative to your computer's processor speed and has no connection with common time units, milliseconds or so. Set the value to meet your needs. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12934 IDENTIFICATION STRING Usually the archiver, used to create a compressed file can be recognised from the first few characters. The string, for instance, for PKZIP is "PK". If you can't figure out the string for your specific archiver, try comparing some files compressed with it. If you still cannot find the signature out, then define the archiver as fourth in the list, which will make it default and enable it even if not recognised. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12933 ADDITIONAL PACKET UPDATE PARAMETER CHIPS saves the information on the changes in the packet in the packet itself, thus updates it. Usually this operation would change the packet's date and time. In most of the archiving utilities this can be avoided using a specific parameter, which will make your packet keep the correct date and time. Type the required parameter into this field. It is STRONGLY advised NOT to enter parameters with different meanings, as the consequences would be unpredictable. The three predefined archivers have this parameter already set up. Changing them is ill-advised, too. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12932 UNARCHIVING COMMAND Enter the command CHIPS will use to unarchive mail and reply packets. You can use even batch commands, as long as they accept EXACTLY the same parameters as the archiver itself. Don't enter any file names, CHIPS will do it by itself. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12931 ARCHIVING COMMAND Enter the command CHIPS will use to archive mail and reply packets. You can use even batch commands, as long as they accept EXACTLY the same parameters as the archiver itself. Don't enter any file names, CHIPS will do it by itself. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $1293 ARCHIVERS CHIPS can contemporarily support four different archivers, while three of them are already predefined: - PKxxZIP - ARJ - LHA CHIPS can recognise the archiver, used to archive a mail packet. The archiver is usually related to the BBS, and is thus used to create reply packets, too. If your BBS uses an archiver, that cannot be recognised by CHIPS (has no signature string), define the archiver as the fourth. That will make it default and enable it even if it doesn't get recognised. Otherwise, if the fourth archiver is undefined, CHIPS will notify if the recognition failed. $1292 PRINTER SELECTION Select the parallel port you printer is connected to. Selectable ports are only LPT1 and LPT2. $11125 EDIT THE STOLEN TAGLINE Before you save the stolen tagline to your database, check it out, modify it or discard it. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ ENTER : Save tagline to database. ESC : Discard tagline. $1231111 CHARACTER SET CONVERSION TABLES PICKLIST Pick a file with the corresponding character set conversion table. NOTE that only the filename will be picked out, without extension, which should always be .TAB. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up/down : Highlight previous/next field PgUp/PgDown : View previous/next page ENTER : If the highlighted field is a directory, enter it, otherwise close the window and return with the highlighted filename. ESC : Quit the window without returning the filename. Alt-combinations Alt-F8 : Delete the highlighted filename. CHIPS will ask for confirmation before actually deleting it. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : Select a new logical drive. Ctrl-F3 : Select filter to view files. $1112611 CHARACTER SET CONVERSION TABLES PICKLIST Pick a file with the corresponding character set conversion table. NOTE that only the filename will be picked out, without extension, which should always be .TAB. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up/down : Highlight previous/next field PgUp/PgDown : View previous/next page ENTER : If the highlighted field is a directory, enter it, otherwise close the window and return with the highlighted filename. ESC : Quit the window without returning the filename. Alt-combinations Alt-F8 : Delete the highlighted filename. CHIPS will ask for confirmation before actually deleting it. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : Select a new logical drive. Ctrl-F3 : Select filter to view files. $111262 CHARACTER SET CONVERSION Decide whether the character set should be converted or not. Alt-combinations Alt-F10 Confirm the settings and exit.. CTRL-combinations Not available. $111261 CHARACTER SET CONVERSION TABLE FILENAME Type in the filename of the conversion table that should be active by default. Leave out the extension, it will always be assumed as to be .TAB. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : Conversion table files picklist. $1112411 FILES PICKLIST Pick a file which you want the message to be exported to. The message text will be appended to the end of the already existing file. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up/down : Highlight previous/next field PgUp/PgDown : View previous/next page ENTER : If the highlighted field is a directory, enter it, otherwise close the window and return with the highlighted filename. ESC : Quit the window without returning the filename. Alt-combinations Alt-F8 : Delete the highlighted filename. CHIPS will ask for confirmation before actually deleting it. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : Select a new logical drive. Ctrl-F3 : Select filter to view files. $111241 DESTINATION FILE SELECTION Enter the name of the file which the message is to be exported to. If the file already exists, the message is appended. Otherwise CHIPS creates a new file. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm and export the message. ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : Destination files picklist. $11124 MESSAGE EXPORT A message can be exported to a file or to a printer. $113 VIEW BULLETINS Pick a bulletin from the picklist. CHIPS detect if there are any ANSI codes and display the file in the appropriate mode. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up/down : Highlight previous/next field PgUp/PgDown : View previous/next page ENTER : If the highlighted field is a directory, enter it, otherwise close the window and return with the highlighted filename. ESC : Quit the window without returning the filename. Alt-combinations Alt-F8 : Delete the highlighted filename. CHIPS will ask for confirmation before actually deleting it. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : Select a new logical drive. Ctrl-F3 : Select filter to view files. $11 MAIN MENU - VIEWS Select a view: - View mail : view conferences, replies, private and other messages. - View new files: view descriptions of recently uploaded files. - View bulletins: view news on the BBS where this mail packet is from. - View news : view special news file. Unavailable items cannot be selected. $12721 MESSAGE WRITING SET-UP (2) Quoting Define a string which will be inserted in front of every line of quoted text together with the author's initials. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12722 MESSAGE WRITING SET-UP (2) Message header editing Every message or reply has its header that holds the information on the sender, receiver, belonging conference and so on. This information can be entered three ways: BEFORE: we will be asked to set up the header before actually editing the message. Note: only if we choose to edit the header before editing the message text, we'll have the opportunity, when modifying a reply, to save the header only, without actually editing the reply text. AFTER : we will be asked to edit the header only after editing and accepting the message text. BOTH : we will be asked to edit the message header both before and after editing the message text. When modifying a reply you will have the same opportunity as if selected BEFORE. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $12723 MESSAGE WRITING SET-UP (2) Automatic tagline picking Select the way CHIPS will pick taglines from your personal database for you. There are three ways available: RANDOM : taglines will be picked randomly. SEQUENTIALLY: The first tagline will be selected randomly, after that they will be picked one after another in an alphabetic order. NO TAGS : CHIPS will not pick taglines. The most recently selected tagline, if any, will remain active until we change it manually. if we steal a tagline, the stolen tagline will become active. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $1271 MESSAGE WRITING SET-UP (1) Certain switches related to the messages header can be predefined, the way we don't have to access them every time we write or modify a reply or message. - Automatic signature: The user can set up a text, which will be appended to the end of your message. It can be your personal signature, which may be too complicated to, say, draw every time, but it can be obviously any other optional closing text, which is frequently needed. This option can be (un)selected for every particular message, but the starting switch position will be always as selected here. - Private/public/RSA key/password encoding This option will be available in the next version of CHIPS only. - FidoNet style addressing FidoNet standards make it possible to send fast private messages, which travel from sender to receiver without spreading on the EchoMail conference system or even stopping on the BBS systems that forward the message towards the goaled BBS. This system is called NetMail and requires an additional information which serves as an address of the receiver. CHIPS automatically finds the address of the author of the replied message, regardless on whether the original message was found in an ordinary EchoMail conference or in a NetMail mailbox. The only difference is that if the message was found in the latter the FidoNet style is automatically enabled, regardless on our selection in the configuration. Obviously, we can always switch it off and reroute the reply to an EchoMail conference. If a valid address cannot be found or we are creating a new message then we have to enter a correct address manually or pick it from our personal database. CHIPS inserts the address in the beginning of the message in a format recognised by a BBS program called FidoPCB, which is imminently becoming a standard in FidoNet to/from PCBoard message transfers. - Hello text CHIPS can insert a 'hello' text in every reply. As intended to hold information on the quoted message, it is not available when creating new messages, for there is no required information available. The information consists of the sender and receiver names, date and time of the message and other. This data is transferred to your message through the use of this variables: #FROM# : sender of the original message #TO# : receiver #SUBJ# : subject of the original message #FORUM# : the original conference #DATE# : date when the original message entered the net #TIME# : hour when the original message entered the net #BBS# : BBS, which we downloaded the mail packet from - Message header (as text) The contents of this feature is quite the same as in hello text, with the difference, that the format cannot be changed and that it is, if selected, added to the reply before editing it, in order to use it as a reminder. We can then delete it or do whatever else we want. $127 MESSAGE WRITING SET-UP Some switches in the message writing can be predefined the way we use them most of the times. These switches are configurable under the option 'Settings 1': - Auto signature - Password encoding - FidoNet style addressing - Hello text - Message header (as text) Under the option 'Settings 2' are available: - Quoting string - Message header editing order - Tagline selection mode $126 SEARCHES AND KEYS We can search messages using four different keys: -Sender name -Receiver name -Subject -Message text Define the default values for these keys and which key is active by default. All searches are case-sensible. $1261 DEFAULT KEY The key, which will be, at entering CHIPS, first active. Select the wanted key with <SPACE>. With mouse, click it's left button when the pointer is on the area where the arrow should move to. $1262 SENDER NAME The default key. It's activated when this key is enabled for the first time. $1263 RECEIVER NAME The default key. It's activated when this key is enabled for the first time. $1264 SUBJECT The default key. It's activated when this key is enabled for the first time. $1265 MESSAGE TEXT KEY Enter a default string. CHIPS will, when required, use it to search in the messages' text and find a message containing this string. This is only a default string and can be changed if and when needed. $123111 CHARACTER SET CONVERSION TABLE FILENAME Type in the filename of the conversion table that should be active by default. Leave out the extension, it will always be assumed as to be .TAB. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the previous value in the field. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : Conversion table files picklist. $111 CONFERENCES WITH MESSAGES VIEW UPPER WINDOW In the upper left of the display we can see the list of conferences available on the BBS where the packet is from. A highlighted field marking a conference: 0 Main Board 12 ┌───────────────────┴─┘ └────┬─────┘ └┬┘ Conference number (0-9999) │ │ ┌────────────────────────────┘ │ Conference name │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┘ How many messages in this conference If there are no messages in a conference, this part of the field is blank (no zeros), the bottom window will contain only the note: "No messages!". If there are messages, the bottom window contains the list of the messages in the current conference. The upper window is selected when its' frame is highlighted. We can then move from one conference to another. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrow keys : Highlight another field. ESC : Quit view messages. ENTER : Enter reading the message, highlighted in the bottom window. If there are no messages in this message, the next non-empty conference gets selected and highlighted. Key '+' : Same as ENTER. Key '-' : Same as ENTER, only that the direction is reversed. Key '*' : Search messages using the active key - forward. Key '/' : Search messages using the active key - backwards. Other keys : Find conference by typing the first few characters. The string entered is displayed on the lower side of the upper frame. Backspace : Delete the last character in the finding string. TAB : Highlight the bottom window: message list. Caps Lock-combinations At the moment there is only one, and will be removed or replaced by a more normal key combination, probably Shift... Caps Lock-'I' : Select and edit the key for searching messages. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-ENTER : Searches for the next non-read message Alt-combinations depend on the field (conference) highlighted: -Replies Not available -Personal Not available -Other (common) conferences Alt-F2 : Create a new message. Alt-F3 : Add the highlighted conference. CHIPS creates an empty message whose receiver is the BBS' QWK manager (QMail, MarkMail,...). The manager then, after receiving this message, automatically select this conference for you to get messages from it, too. Alt-F4 : Like in the function above, except that the conference is dropped, which means that we don't want to get messages from this conference. Alt-F5 : Set up BBS's QWK manager's message base pointers. The manager keeps track of message downloaded for every single user. You can now modify it off-line. The message pointers information is held in files named <BBSNAME>.PNT for MarkMail and <BBSNAME>.PTR for QMail and compatibles. As the formats are 'slightly' different, CHIPS, for the time being, supports only the .PNT format. ┌─┬─┐ ├─┴─┤ │ │ └──┬┘ └─ The upper frame is automatically selected if the mouse pointer is on the upper side of the display. The conference field is selected by pressing the left button when the mouse pointer is on it. To read a message from the highlighted conference click twice, quickly. If the wanted conference is out of sight on the right, click on the right or bottom side of the frame. If it is on the left, the click on the left or the top side of the frame. To choose a key for searching messages, click on the button on the upper rightmost side of the display. To trigger message searching click on the two (one of them) buttons: the left to search backwards and the right to search forward. BOTTOM WINDOW The bottom window contains, relative to the highlighted field in the upper window, the message list, provided that there are any. ─┤From├─ Under this sign are listed the sender names ─┤To├─ Under this sign are listed the receivers names ─┤Subj├─ Under this sign are listed the message subjects. ─┤RSD├─ │││ ││└── Message marked for deleting (from QWK packet) │└─── Message marked for saving to message database. │ (No effect in this version) └──── Message already read. All the operations with the marked messages are executed before closing the mail packet or exiting CHIPS, but even then we can choose to postpone it. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ TAB,ESC : Gets us back in the upper window Arrows up/down: Highlight upper/lower field ENTER : Read the highlighted message (field) Alt-combination Replies Alt-F2 : Modify the highlighted reply Alt-F8 : Delete the highlighted reply Personal Alt-F2 : Reply to the highlighted message The rest is the same as for the upper window $122 DIRECTORIES SET-UP Define CHIPS default paths: - CHIPS' own directory, where reside your personal files. - CHIPS' work directory, with deleting switch. - Directory with QWK mail packets. - Directory where CHIPS will put your replies - Message editor $1221 CHIPS' OWN DIRECTORY CHIPS' own directory where your private databases and other files reside. $1222 CHIPS' WORK DIRECTORY CHIPS' work directory, where QWK mail packets are being opened. ATTENTION!!! It shouldn't be an already existing directory that might contain important data! They would all be deleted and overwritten, thus unrecoverabely lost!!! $1223 CHIPS' PACKET DIRECTORY Directory, where the QWK mail packets are being held. Usually the same as the DL directory of our communication program. $1224 CHIPS' REPLY DIRECTORY This is the directory, where your replies are kept. It is usually convenient if you select the UL directory of your communication program. $1225 MESSAGE TEXT EDITOR CHIPS can use almost any existing text editor, there is only one condition it has to fulfill: it has to accept the ASCII text filename as a parameter. If the file is saved it should change its' time and date, otherwise CHIPS will conclude that the message has been discarded and thus abort editing it. An internal text editor isn't provided, in this version, yet. $12251 TEXT EDITOR COMMAND Type in the editor name, it can have a path, or it can be called using a batch. Parameters, if needed, can be used, but keep in mind that the reply text filename is appended by CHIPS alone. $123 LANGUAGE AND CHARACTER SET SELECTION Characters sets and standard conversions to use at the message view can be created and set up by the user and then saved in file with extension .TAB for later use. You can easily switch between them later in the message view. The language (the program text) is kept in files with extensions .CTX. Every .CTX has its' .HLP with the help in a corresponding language. For instance: SLO.CTX and SLO.HLP ENG.CTX and ENG.HLP... $1231 CHARACTER SET SETTING Selecting a character set: Select a character set table to load automatically when entering CHIPS and decide whether to activate it or not. Edit conversion table: You can edit the currently loaded conversion table. At exit you will be prompted for the table filename, if you choose the given, the old file will be overwritten. Creating a new table doesn't mean that this new one would be selected as default. You still have to select it in the previous window. $123112 MESSAGE CONVERTING Select whether should message converting be active by default or should it wait for you to activate it. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ SPACE : Toggle converter's activity on/off Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available. $123121 CONVERSION TABLE Type in the character to be converted from. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F3 : Add an additional combinations to the list. It is added to the end of the list. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations CTRL-F8 : Delete combination. This is available only if you are positioned on the last combination in the list. $123122 CONVERSION TABLE Type in the character to be converted to. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up,down, ENTER : Confirm this and move ahead to the next field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F3 : Add an additional combinations to the list. It is added to the end of the list. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations CTRL-F8 : Delete combination. This is available only if you are positioned on the last combination in the list. $124 SORTING You can select the key used at when sorting: - Packet sorting - Conference sorting (not available in this version) - Message sorting (not available in this version) The sorting order is used at mail packet sorting only. $1241 MAIL PACKETS SORTING You can choose to sort the files by date, name or size. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up/down : Highlight upper/lower field. SPACE : Select the current field, the arrow will point on it. ENTER : Confirm this and return to a previous window. ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Not available. CTRL-combinations Not available. ┌─┬─┐ ├─┴─┤ │ │ └──┬┘ └─ To select a field hold the mouse pointer on the place where an arrow should appear and click the left button. Confirm the selection with clicking into the 'OK' mini-window or double clicking onto the fields. Quit the window with a double click on the right mouse button. $1244 SORTING ORDER FOR QWK PACKETS Set-up the sorting order for single sorting keys. This is relevant in the first window - mail packet selection - only. The meaning of the switches position is explained in the bottom line. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up/down : Highlight upper/lower field. SPACE : Select the current field, the arrow will point on it. ENTER : Confirm this and return to a previous window. ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Not available. CTRL-combinations Not available. ┌─┬─┐ ├─┴─┤ │ │ └──┬┘ └─ To select a field hold the mouse pointer on the place where an arrow should appear and click the left button. Confirm the selection with clicking into the 'OK' mini-window or double clicking onto the fields. Quit the window with a double click on the right mouse button. $MSASK CONFIRM SELECTION This window appears when you chose an option that may lead to a temporary or permanent lost of data, or when returning to a previous state would require a longer procedure.. The question in the upper part of the dialogue describes the consequences of a positive answer. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows left/right: highlight the left/right choice. Tab : highlight the opposite choice ESC : Quit the window. This will get us back in the previous state regardless of what the choices do. If, for example, 'Yes' would be the choice that would get us back into previous state, 'ESC' means 'Yes' as well. ENTER : Confirm the selection. Alt-combinations Not available. CTRL-combinations Not available. ┌─┬─┐ ├─┴─┤ │ │ └──┬┘ └─ To highlight a field hold the mouse pointer on it and click the left button once. To select a choice hold the pointer on the required field and double-click on the left button. To quit the window double-click the right mouse button. $HELP HELP The help window contains: -Window description -Available functions and other actions -How to access functions and other actions with the keyboard and in particular cases with the mouse (in most of the cases the mouse access is uniformed and described below) Use: ┌── This 'icon' represents a keyboard. ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ The text below it describes the │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ functions reachable through its use. │└─────────┘│└──┘│ For example: below are listed the keys, └───────────┴────┘ used to manipulate the help window. The help window Arrows up/down : move through the help text in the desired direction. Page Up/Page Down: move through pages ESC : Quit the help window The top line F1 : Help on help (this very window) There are four more user configurable functions available for definition. You can define them in the window 'configuration.other.user defined functions'. Alt-combinations Not available. CTRL-combinations Not available. ┌─┬─┐ This 'icon' represents the mouse. ├─┴─┤ The text below it describes the functions reachable │ │ through its use. The actions available usually depend └──┬┘ on the position of the mouse pointer and are described └─ in the bottom line as we move it through the screen. In the help window To quit double click on the right mouse button. The top line Hold the pointer on the desired function area. An area begins at the first highlighted character and ends at the next or, if there isn't any, at the end of the line. In the bottom line is displayed a description of the function the pointer is currently held on. You can trigger the function by clicking the left button. Alt-combinations Hold the pointer on the bottom line, this will display exactly the same functions menu as if you pressed the 'Alt' key. Move the pointer to he desired area and click the left button to trigger the function. CTRL-combinations Do the same as for the Alt-combinations, except that you should hold the right button pressed in order to get exactly the same function menu as if you pressed the 'Ctrl' key. $1 THE VERY FIRST WINDOW - MAIL PACKET SELECTION Select a QWK mail packet from the list. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ In the picklist Arrows up/down : Highlight upper/lower field. Page Up/Page Down: Move through pages. ESC : Quit the program. ENTER : If the highlighted field is representing a directory, enter it. (except for the work directory). If the highlighted field is representing a file (QWK packet), CHIPS will attempt to unpack it into the working directory, after which, if successful, you will immediately enter the views menu. The top line F1 : Help There are four more user configurable functions available for definition. You can define them in the window 'configuration.other.user defined functions'. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Enter the views menu without opening a new mail packet, but view the already opened instead, if there is any. Alt-F8 : Delete file (packet). Directories cannot be deleted. Alt-F9 : Configure CHIPS. CTRL-combinations CTRL-F2 : Select a logical drive to view. CTRL-F3 : Define the filename mask to filter the picklist. ┌─┬─┐ ├─┴─┤ │ │ └──┬┘ └─ In the picklist To highlight a field hold the pointer on it and click the left button. If the desired field is out of the sight, hold the mouse pointer on the top/bottom side of the internal frame and click the left button. Confirm the selection two ways. The first : Hold the pointer on the desired field and double-click the left button. The second: Hold the pointer on the internal 'OK' window and click on the left button. Quit the window two ways: The first : Hold the pointer on the internal 'ESC' window and click on the left button. The second: Simply double-click on the right button. The top line See Help on help. Alt-combinations See Help on help. CTRL-combinations See Help on help. $12 CONFIGURATION Configure CHIPS to your own needs. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ In the window Arrows up/down : Highlighted upper/lower field ESC : Quit the window ENTER : Enter the highlighted option. Some of them are of a different color which means that they are not available. The top line F1 : Help There are four more user configurable functions available for definition. You can define them in the window 'configuration.other.user defined functions'. Alt-combinations Not available. CTRL- combinations Not available. ┌─┬─┐ ├─┴─┤ │ │ └──┬┘ └─ In the window To select a field hold the pointer on it and click on the left button. This will also display a description of the option in the bottom line. Confirm the selection two ways. The first : Hold the pointer on the desired field and double-click the left button. The second: Hold the pointer on the internal 'OK' window and click on the left button. Quit the window two ways: The first : Hold the pointer on the internal 'ESC' window and click on the left button. The second: Simply double-click on the right button. The top line See Help on help. $121 COLOR SETTINGS You can set the following options: - Black&white and monochromatic : EGA/VGA, CGA, HGC - Blue shades : EGA/VGA, CGA - Green shades : EGA/VGA only - Red shades : EGA/VGA only ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up/down : Highlight upper/lower field. ESC : Quit the window. SPACE : Select the desired color. ENTER : Confirm the selection and exit the window. Alt-combinations Not available. CTRL-combinations Not available. ┌─┬─┐ ├─┴─┤ │ │ └──┬┘ └─ In the window To highlight a field hold the pointer on it and click on the left button. This will also display a description of the option in the bottom line. To select a field hold the pointer on the area where the arrow should appear and click the left button. Confirm the selection two ways. The first : Hold the pointer on the desired field and double-click the left button. The second: Hold the pointer on the internal 'OK' window and click on the left button. Quit the window two ways: The first : Hold the pointer on the internal 'OK' window and click on the left button. The second: Simply double-click on the right button. The top line See Help on help. $CHFILT EDIT MASK TO FILTER THE FILES PICKLIST All the characters valid for use in the DOS command line can be used for a mask: * - replaces one or more regular characters in the filename and extension. ? - replaces a single character in the filename and extension. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ ESC : Quit the window without changing the mask. ENTER : Confirm the setting and exit the window. Alt-combinations Not available. CTRL-combinations Not available. ┌─┬─┐ ├─┴─┤ │ │ └──┬┘ └─ In the window Confirm the selection by holding the pointer on the internal 'OK' window. To exit double-click the right mouse button. $CHDISK LOGICAL DRIVE SELECTION Select the logical drive where you want to take a mail packet from. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ In the window Arrows left/right: Highlight left/right field with the name of the logical drive. ESC : Quit the window without changes. Character keys : You can press the key with the name of the desired logical drive. If there is one, the drive is accepted and you automatically exit the window, otherwise no drive with the name pressed, nothing happens. ENTER : Confirm the selection and exit the window, actually changing the logical drive. Alt-combinations Not available. CTRL-combinations Not available. ┌─┬─┐ ├─┴─┤ │ │ └──┬┘ └─ In the window To highlight a field hold the pointer on it and click the left button. Confirm the selection two ways. The first : Hold the pointer on the desired field and double-click the left button. The second: Hold the pointer on the internal 'OK' window and click on the left button. Quit the window two ways: The second: Simply double-click on the right button. The top line See Help on help. $1232 LANGUAGE SELECTION The CHIPS' language files have to be the same directory, as the .EXE file is. The extension is .CTX. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrows up/down : Highlight previous/next field PgUp/PgDown : View previous/next page ENTER : If the highlighted field is a directory, enter it, otherwise close the window and return with the highlighted filename. ESC : Quit the window without returning the filename. Alt-combinations Alt-F8 : Delete the highlighted filename. CHIPS will ask for confirmation before actually deleting it. Ctrl-combinations Ctrl-F2 : Select a new logical drive. Ctrl-F3 : Select filter to view files. $1119 MESSAGE POINTER SETTING CHIPS can set-up the BBS's private message base pointers off-line, provided that the BBS uses the mail manager programs MarkMail (tm) or compatibles (.PNT pointer format) or QMAil (tm) or compatibles (.PTR pointer format). When it opens a mail packet, CHIPS sets all the pointers to the current values (after receiving the packet). The pointers can be modified: - By hand for the current conference. - Setting the current conference pointer to the old value, before receiving the packet. - Setting all the pointers to the new value, after receiving the packet. - Setting all the pointers to the old value. - We can the decide whether to send the pointers or not. The option's string changes based on the curent situation: if the current situation is that the modified pointers are to be sent, the string is: don't send new pointers, indicating the action if we choose this option. otherwise the string is: send new pointers. Whatever the change or modification on the pointers is, they are automatically to be sent, so if we change our mind, we can choose the last option. $111911 MANUAL POINTERS SET-UP The pointer can be set up to any value between 0 and 99999, but meanwhile CHIPS gives us two orientative values: the pointer's value before and after receiving the packet. ┌── ┌───────────┬──┴─┐ │┌─────────┐│┌──┐│ │└─────────┘│└──┘│ └───────────┴────┘ Arrow up : Increase the pointer by 1. Arrow down, ENTER : Reduce the pointer by 1. field (or previous, if arrow up). ESC : Quit the window without changes confirmed. Alt-combinations Alt-F2 : Restore the old value. Alt-F10 : Confirm all settings and continue with the procedure. Ctrl-combinations Not available.