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---------------------------------------------------------------------- GoldED Help System Definition File ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Parts of this help file have been helpfully redesigned by Bo Bendtsen 2:231/111. Thanks! This is a model of the help screen as it will look in GoldED: ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 │ │ 2 │ │ 3 │ │ 4 │ │ 5 │ │ 6 │ │ 7 │ │ 8 │ │ 9 │ │ 10 │ │ 11 │ │ 12 │ │ 13 │ │ 14 │ │ 15 │ │ 16 │ │ 17 │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Line 17 cannot be used. If used, the window will scroll one line.. Here is a small "ruler" for the actual definitions below: ┌123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890┐ │ │ *B 1000,General General Info GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── *E *B 1001,Drop Message Drop Message GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You are about to loose the message you have just written or changed. Are you quite sure you want to do that? *E *B 1002,Quit GoldED Quit GoldED GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You can now exit GoldED or stay in. A quicker way of exiting is by using <Ctrl-Q>, which exits immediately. *E *B 1003,File Exists File Exists GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The file you want to Write to already exists. You can now Append to the existing file, or Overwrite it. Warning: If you are going to Write Marked messages, you must use Append, or else GoldED will keep overwriting each message.. *E *B 1004,Change Attributes Change Attributes GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Here you can change the attributes of the message. NOTE: Many attributes apply only to certain message bases (QBBS vs *.MSG) or area types (NET, ECHO or LOCAL areas). *E *B 1005,Change Aka Change Aka GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Here you can change the default AKA (Also Known As) address for the current area. See also: ^Change Origin^, ^Change Template^, ^Change Username^ *E *B 1006,Change Origin Change Origin GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Here you can change the origin for the current area or message. See also: ^Change Aka^, ^Change Template^, ^Change Username^ *E *B 1007,Change Template Change Template GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Here you can change the template for the current area or message. See also: ^Change Aka^, ^Change Origin^, ^Change Username^ *E *B 1008,Change Username Change Username GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Here you can change the current username. See also: ^Change Aka^, ^Change Origin^, ^Change Template^ *E *B 2000,Area Keys Area Keys GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Home Move selection bar to first area End Move selection bar to last area Right Move selection bar to next area Left Move selection bar to previous area Enter Enter the reader for the selected area Ins, Alt-T Toggle mark on the selected area Alt-J Move selection bar to next marked area Alt-S Scan areas - all or marked Alt-A Abort the area selection Alt-B Toggle sequential areas or QBBS board numbers Alt-O Shell to DOS Alt-X Exit GoldED, prompt for final decision Ctrl-Q Exit immediately, no questions asked *E *B 2001,Area Marking Area Marking GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── In the area list, a small arrow by the area number indicates that the area is marked. Areas are marked automatically, if the lastread pointer is below the highest message. If you have unscanned areas, you can mark areas for rescan. You can toggle area marks with Insert, and go to the scan- ning menu with Alt-S You can jump from mark to mark with Alt-J or use Ctrl-Left,Right to Jump back and forth. See also: ^Area Selection^, ^Scan Areas^ or ^Area Keys^ *E *B 2002,Scan Areas Scan Areas GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You can scan all areas, marked areas or current area. Only area with the *.MSG (Fido/Opus) format can be scanned. See also: ^Area Selection^, ^Area Marking^ or ^Area Keys^ *E *B 2003,Area Selection Area Selection GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Select new area to read, or destination area for moved reply or copy/move/forward. You can select the area by typing a part of the echo name, which will cause the selection bar to move automatically to the closest match to the name, or you can use the cursor and page keys to browse around. The area is selected by pressing <Enter>. See also: ^Area Keys^, ^Area Marking^, ^Scan Areas^ or ^Reader^ *E *B 2004,Heat Areas Heat Areas GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This function sets the "Highwater mark" (1.MSG) in *.MSG areas to point to the *last* message in the area. You can heat all areas, marked areas or current area. See also: ^Area Selection^, ^Area Marking^ or ^Area Keys^ *E *B 2005,Zap Areas Zap Areas GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This function sets the "Highwater mark" (1.MSG) in *.MSG areas to point to the *first* message in the area. You can zap all areas, marked areas or current area. See also: ^Area Selection^, ^Area Marking^ or ^Area Keys^ *E *B 3000,Reader Keys Reader Keys GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Esc, Alt-A Enter the area selection screen Ins, Alt-E Enter a new message Del, Alt-D Delete current/marked message(s), ask first Right Next message Left Previous message Enter Page down or go to next message End Display last part of current message Home Display first part of current message Down Scroll message display Up Scroll message display PgDn Display next page of message PgUp Display previous page of message *P Reader Keys GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Tab Toggle a BookMark on the current message Sh-Tab, BckSp Go to the BookMarked message Ctrl-Left, - Previous message in the replylink Ctrl-Home, < First message in the area Ctrl-End, > Last message in the area Ctrl-G, num Go to a specific message number Ctrl-N Go directly to the next area Ctrl-P Go directly to the previous area Ctrl-Right, + Go to the next message in the replylink Ctrl-F Request files from the current msg *P Reader Keys GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Alt-F, Sh-F6 Find string(s) in message header and text Z, Alt-Z, F6 Find string(s) in message header F10 Lookup current FROM node Shift-F10 Lookup current TO node Ctrl-A Change AKA for the current area Ctrl-S Change the attributes of the current message Alt-C, Sh-F2 Change message Ctrl-O Change origin for the current area Ctrl-T Change template Ctrl-U Change username *P Reader Keys GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Q, Alt-Q, F4 Quote-Reply to message. (Reply to FROM name) G, Alt-G Comment-Reply to message. (Reply to TO name) R, Alt-R, F3 Reply to message, without quoting N, Alt-N, F5 Quote-Reply in another area L, Alt-L, F9 Enter the message lister. Alt-M, Sh-F8 Enter the Copy/Move/Forward function menu Alt-S, Alt-F9 Enter the marking menu W, Alt-W, F7 Write/export message(s) to file or printer Alt-O, Ct-F10 Shell to DOS Ctrl-R, Sh-F4 Renumber Fido/Opus *.MSG files Ctrl-L Generate FIDOUSER.LST of all users in area X, Alt-X Exit GoldED, prompt for final decision Ctrl-Q Exit GoldED immediately, no questions asked *P Reader Keys GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Alt-I,Ctrl-F9 Toggle hexdump mode. For test/debugging Alt-V,Ctrl-F5 Toggle display of Hidden and Kludge lines Alt-H,Ctrl-F7 Toggle display of Hidden lines Alt-K,Ctrl-F6 Toggle display of Kludge lines Space Toggle a message mark on the current message Alt-J,Alt-F10 Toggle "Read Marked" mode Alt-P,Ctrl-F8 Toggle the "PageBar" feature Alt-U,Ctrl-F3 Toggle ROT13 crypting for the current message Alt-Y,Ctrl-F4 Toggle between seq. or real message numbers T, Alt-T Toggle Twit display - Show/Blank/Skip/Ignore Sh-F9 Decrease right message margin Sh-F10 Increase right message margin *E *B 3001,Change Message Change Message GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The message you are about to change, is not written by you, or at least not with the name you have given in the GoldED configuration file. If you decide to change it anyway, the lines defined in the template as "@changed" will be inserted at the top of the message. *E *B 3002,Delete Message Delete Message GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Are you quite sure you want to delete this/these message(s)? If so, select (surprise, surprise) Yes. *E *B 3003,Marked Messages Marked Messages GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── One or more messages are marked. You can either perform the function on only the current message or all the marked messages. *E *B 3004,Go To Next Area Go To Next Area GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You have reached the last (or first) message in this area. You can now proceed to the next area or stay in this one. By pressing <Right> (or <Left>), you also go to the next area. *E *B 3005,Copy/Move/Forward Copy, Move or Forward GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Copy - Copy message(s) to another area Move - Move message(s) to another area Forward - Forward this message. Copy and Move never changes the content of the affected message(s). Move deletes the original message(s), so be careful when using this feature. If you select Forward, you are asked for the destination area, and you will be able to change the header data. A template-defined message is inserted at the top of the message. *E *B 3006,Find String Find String GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Enter the string you want to look for in the headers and/or message text. By default, GoldED searches forward (next messages), but by preceeding the search string with a '-', the search goes backwards (previous messages). For consistency, '+' means forward search, even though forward search is default. The leading '+'/'-' character is stripped from the search string, if present. See also ^Marking String^. *E *B 3007,Go To Message Go To Message GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Enter the message number you wish to read from. The message number must be "relative", if you have relative numbers set (the keyword "RealMsgno No") or "real" otherwise. *E *B 3008,Message Marking Message Marking GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You can select many different ways to mark messages. Please select which, and it'll be done. If you select "Your mail", all messages that contain your name in the From, To or Subject fields will be marked. Marked messages, can be Copied, Moved, Deleted or Written. By using <Alt-J>, you can switch to reading marked message. *E *B 3009,Marking String Marking String GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Enter the string(s) you want messages marked from. You can enter up to 10 strings, separated by semicolons (;) like this: (Search for "Odin" and "Golded") ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ Odin;Golded │ └──────────────────────────┘ Leading and trailing spaces are considered part of the search string. Case is not sensitive. See also ^Find String^. *E *B 3010,Message Lister Message Lister GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Esc Abort message lister Home First message End Last message Right Next message Left Previous message Alt-S Go to Marking menu Enter Go to reader at the selected message Space Toggle Mark on the selected message Tab Toggle BookMark on the selected message Sh-Tab, BckSp Go to BookMarked message Alt-X Exit GoldED - ask first Ctrl-Q Quit GoldED immediately Alt-O Shell to DOS *E *B 3011,Write Message Write Message GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You can write the current for marked message(s) to either a file or to the PRN device. If you decide to write to the Print Device, you must make sure that it is turned on and ready to receive data. In the present version, GoldED uses Dos calls to send the data to the device, and if the device fails for some reason, you will get ugly Dos messages and prompts plastered all over the nice GoldED screen. *E *B 3013,File Requesting File Requesting GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The menu is a list of the files found in the current msg. To filerequest one or more of these, you have mark them by pressing <Space> when the cursor bar sits on the desired file(s). Press <Enter> to send the request. You will be asked for the destination system of the request, defaulting to the originator of the original msg. You can send the request with or without an accompanying msg. A FILES.BBS will be created, containing the names and descriptions (if any). NOTE: Only as many files as can fit in the subject can be requested at the same time. *E *B 4000,Header Editing Header Editing GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You are editing the message header. move around with the cursorkeys, <Tab> and <Enter>. You can quit the message by pressing <Esc>. If you press <Enter> in the subject field, or <Ctrl-Enter> anywhere, you end the header editing, and proceed to the editor menu. In netmail areas, you can use the nodelist lookup and address macro feature by entering a partial address or last name in the "TO:" name or address fields. In echo/local areas, only the address macros work. *E *B 4001,Delete Original Message Delete Original Message GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If you DO NOT want to keep the message, you have just replied to, select Yes. You can turn off this menu by setting the configuration keyword "DELORIG" to "No". *E *B 4002,Read Only Area Read Only Area GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You are trying to write a message in "Read Only" area. Please think twice before answering Yes.. It is probably a better idea to use the Other area reply. *E *B 4003,Send Via Zonegate Send Via Zonegate GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The message destination is in another Zone. The INTL kludge will be inserted in your message (if USEINTL is enabled), but you must now decide if the message should be sent directly to the destination or via the established Zonegate. Zonegates have the address <thiszone:thiszone/thatzone.0> *E *B 4004,Carbon Copy Carbon Copy GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The message contained a Carbon Copy list. You can now make GoldED process the list and generate the Carbon Copy messages, you can change the format of the CC list and change the attributes of the CC messages. It is also possible to ignore the CC list. *E *B 4005,File Selection File Selection GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Esc Abort file selection Home First file End Last file Right, Left Next/previous file Enter Select the marked file(s) Space Toggle file mark Ins Mark file Del Unmark file Ctrl-Home Mark all files Ctrl-End Unmark all files Alt-O Shell to DOS Alt-X Exit GoldED - ask first Ctrl-Q Quit GoldED immediately *E *B 4006,Editor Options Editor Options GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── In this menu, you can select internal vs external editor, change attributes, template and origin for the message. *E *B 4007,Nodelist Browser Nodelist Browser GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Esc Abort nodelist browsing Nodenumber Search for node Home First node End Last node Right Next node Left Previous node Enter Select node Alt-O Shell to DOS Alt-X Exit GoldED - ask first Ctrl-Q Quit GoldED immediately *E *B 4008,Save Message Save Message GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You have just written a message, and now you have the option to either Save it, Drop it, Continue editing it, View it, ROT13 crypt it, change Attributes or Origin. Please don't crypt messages, unless you have explicit permission from all systems the message will pass through. FidoNet Policy 4 says so. *E *B 5000,Internal Editor Internal Editor Cursor Movements GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Enter Terminate paragraph and/or add a new line Up, Down Move cursor up/down one line Left, Right Move cursor one position left/right Home Move cursor to beginning of line End Move cursor to the end of the line PgDn Move cursor one page of lines down PgUp Move cursor one page of lines up Ctrl-Home Move cursor to the top line in the display Ctrl-End Move cursor to the bottom line in the display Ctrl-PgUp Move cursor to the first line in the message Ctrl-PgDn Move cursor to the last line in the message Ctrl-Left Move cursor to the previous word Ctrl-Right Move cursor to the next word *P Internal Editor Edit commands GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Ins Toggle insert mode Del Delete character at the cursor position BackSpace Delete character to the left of the cursor Tab Add spaces to the next tab-stop Alt-K, Alt-Y Delete from cursor position to end of line C-BckSp C-F5 Delete the word to the left of the cursor Ctrl-T,Ctrl-F6 Delete the word to the right of the cursor F4 Duplicates the current line Alt-D, Ctrl-Y Delete the current line. (Move to Killbuffer) Ctrl-U Undelete previously deleted lines Alt-1 Change cursor character to uppercase Alt-2 Change cursor character to lowercase Alt-3 Toggle case of the cursor character *P Internal Editor Block commands GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Alt-A Set a block "anchor" on the current line Alt-C Cut current block to Cut'n'Paste buffer Alt-P Paste a prev. Cut block at cursor position *P Internal Editor Other commands GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Esc Abort editing this message - ask first Alt-S, F2 Save this message (no default) Drop this message - NO ASKING! DANGEROUS! Alt-H Change attributes Alt-O Shell to DOS Alt-I,Alt-R,F3 Import text file into this message Alt-W Export block to a file F7 Saves the current message as a file F8 Loads the message file saved with F7 F9 Calls external spellchecker with message Alt-X Exit from GoldED - ask first Ctrl-Q Quit GoldED immediately - no asking *E *B 5001,Export Message Export Message GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Type the filename of the block to export. *E *B 5002,Import File Import File GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Select the filename of the text file to import in this message. *E *B 9001,Out Of Memory Out Of Memory GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── GoldED just ran out of memory. There is nothing you can do now except press <Esc> and let GoldED exit. If you were writing a message in the internal editor, the message may be partially saved in the GOLDED.MSG file, from which it can be recovered. See also: ^Memory Warning^. *E *B 9002,QuickBBS Msgbase QuickBBS Message Base Warning !!! GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── GoldED has detected that your message base is rapidly approaching a very dangerous size. If you do not run a packing utility very soon, you risk permanent damage to your message base... The absolute maximum size for your message base is a 16 MB big MSGTXT.BBS file (65536 records of 256 bytes). This is approximately 16000 messages of average size. Press <Esc> to continue. *E *B 9003,Nodelist Error Nodelist Error GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── *E *B 9005,Open QBBS Msgbase Error Opening QBBS Msgbase! GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── *E *B 9006,User Missing User Missing! GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── *E *B 9007,Ctrl Break Ctrl-Break Pressed GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── *E *B 9008,QBBS Rebuild QBBS Message Base Index Error(s)! GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── GoldED has detected that your message base index files contains errors that it cannot accept - the sizes of MSGHDR/MSGIDX/MSGTOIDX.BBS do not fit. Depending on your setting of the REBUILD keyword, GoldED will now either start rebuilding the index files or exit with an errorlevel and log the cause. *E *B 9009,Memory Warning Memory Warning! GoldED Help ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── GoldED has detected that you are dangerously low on memory. If you proceed now, you may get kicked out later with an "Out of memory" error. Watch the memory meter on the status line - if it gets under 20-30k, you may experience strange lockups. To correct this situation, run GoldED with more free memory or use the -O commandline option or GEDCMD environment variable to decrease the overlay size. *E ---------------------------------------------------------------------- END OF HELP FILE ----------------------------------------------------------------------