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Message Display Screen
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Return - Move on to the next screen of the current message. If
there are no more screens in the current message then
mark the current message as read and move to the next
unread message in the current conference.
If there are no unread messages in the current
conference then, if the current conference was entered
normally then exit to the conference selection menu; if
the conference was entered forcibly (using Tab at the
conference menu), because there were no unread messages
in the first place, then assume that the user is
browsing and do nothing.
See also Ctrl/CsrDn (or Ctrl/d or / or ?). These have
the same action as Return except that unread messages
are presented in thread order instead of date/time
order. i.e., the sequence is 'date/time within Subject'
instead of just 'date/time'.
Ctrl/Return - Mark current message as read and move on to next
unread message. If there are no further unread
messages in the current conference, exit to the
conference selection menu.
^ - Mark current message as read and move on to PREVIOUS unread
message in the current conf; if there is no previous unread,
revert to forward reading, if there are no unread messages in
the current conference, exit to the conference menu.
Tab - Skip to the oldest unread message in the current
conference.
Esc - Return to the Power-QWK Conference Menu.
Home - Skip to the beginning of the current message.
End - Skip to the end of the current message.
Ctrl/Home - Skip to the first message in the conference.
Ctrl/End - Skip to the last message in the current conference.
Ins } These keys may be used to mark the current message as
Ctrl/Ins } Alpha, Beta or Delta, respectively. For an explanation
Del } of these terms, press F2 to display the Message Pick
List and then press F1 for help.
A - ANSI Animate the current message.
Power-QWK supports standard ANSI plus ANSI Art and ANSI
Music.
Speed of display may be varied, on a scale from 0 to 50,
by pressing the Cursor Up and Down keys while the
message is being displayed.
The default speed is 0 (the fastest) and each press of
the Cursor Up or Down keys increases or decreases speed
by one point on the scale.
Note that the speed of play of Ansi music is not affected.
For a full description of both the ANSI standard and the
GW-BASIC PLAY command format adopted for Ansi Music,
please refer to the file ansiart.doc, included in the
Power-QWK package.
D - Move Down to the chronologically 'next' message in the
current conference, whether it has been read already or
not.
Same as + (plus) or = (equals).
E - Examine the current message for lines which match the
current Wildcard pattern, as set up by a previous W
command (see 'W', below).
F - File the current message.
Power-QWK asks you for the name of the file to which
the message is to be appended, offering the default
name from Power-QWK Configuration as a suggestion.
If the file does not exist, it is created.
If the supplied name starts with an exclamation mark (!)
then the exclamation mark is removed and the named file
is emptied before use.
G - Gateway to DOS.
I - Reply to the current message, also importing another
file into the reply.
L - Send a LineFeed character to the printer.
M - Toggle the Marked status of the current message.
N - Send a NewPage (FormFeed) character to the printer.
P - Print the current message.
R - Reply to the current message.
S - Say. i.e., add a message to the current conference
which is not a reply to some other message. Initiate a
thread.
T - Steal a Tagline from anywhere on the screen.
U - Move Up to the chronologically 'previous' message in
the current conference, whether it has been read already
or not.
Same as - (hyphen) or _ (underscore).
W - Initiate a Wildcard Search for a text string. Power-QWK
will search in message bodies and optionally include
Subject fields.
Power-QWK prompts for a pattern to be searched for. This
may include any number of * and ? wildcards. Any trailing
space characters are truncated.
If the truncated pattern does not begin with * then
Power-QWK inserts * at the beginning of the pattern.
If it does not end with * then Power-QWK adds * to the
end.
Power-QWK then searches for whole LINES within messages
which match the supplied pattern. Power-QWK inserts a
space character at the beginning and end of each line
before attempting the match.
Thus, the pattern '*bat*' will match any message which
contains at least one line which contains the STRING
'bat'.
The pattern '* bat *' will match any message which
contains at least one free-standing occurrence of the
WORD 'bat'. Careful with this one - it won't match words
which are immediately followed by punctuation symbols.
Searching for whole words is best accomplished by not
including the second space in the search pattern.
e.g., '* bat*'. This will also find words which merely
BEGIN with 'bat' but at least no occurrences of 'bat,'
or 'bat.' will be missed.
The pattern '* ??b*' will match any message which
contains at least one WORD whose third letter is b.
etc.
See also 'E' above and 'Y' below.
X - Same as 'Say' but also import another file into the
message.
Y - Finds 'Yet another' message which matches the pattern
previously set up by a previous W command (see W, above).
So, to find every message in a conference which contains
a specific string, use W to find the first message and
then use Y to find each other message in turn.
See 'E' above to find each occurrence of the string
within each message found.
# or ~ Skip to message number. Power-QWK will ask you for a
message number and then search for it in the current
conference. If a message is found with the number you
supply, it is displayed.
If the message currently on display is a reply then
Power-QWK will offer as a suggestion the number of the
message to which the current message refers.
+ or = } Move to the chronologically 'next' message in the
current conference, whether or not it has been read
already.
- or _ } Move to the chronologically 'previous' message in the
current conference, whether or not it has been read
already.
CursorDown - These keys may be used to scroll down and up,
CursorUp respectively, through the current message.
Ctrl/CsrUp - Move to the previous message in the current THREAD
Ctrl/u whether it has been read already or not.
Two or more messages are said to form a thread if
they have identical Subject fields (ignoring case).
Ctrl/CsrDn - The action of this command depends upon whether
Ctrl/d there were unread messages in the current conference
/ or ? at the time you entered it. i.e., whether you are in
'initial read' mode or 'conference browse' mode.
In initial read mode, the action is identical to
Return except that messages are followed in thread
order instead of chronological order. i.e., in the