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- {EN
- {*B
- {C2In this section, we wil discuss the Data Base Jump Feature. When RBBS-PC sends
- information to your screen, it stops after each page to give you time to read
- before continuing. When RBBS-PC pauses in the middle of a file, you may see a
- prompt such as:
-
- {C3More [Y]es,N)o,C)ont,A)bort,J)ump?{C2
-
- Press "{C3Y{C2" to display the next page of the file.
-
- Press "{C3N{C2" to stop the display of THIS file, and continue with the next file
- (if you have selected to see several files).
-
- Press "{C3C{C2" to start a CONTINUOUS display without further pause (press {C3CTRL-S{C2
- to pause, {C3CTRL-Q{C2 to continue, or {C3CTRL-X{C2 to stop a CONTINUOUS display).
-
- Press "{C3A{C2" to Abort this and ALL further display, and return to the current
- menu.
-
- {END
- {*0{C1Press RETURN to continue, {C4{FN {C2
- {09
- {ON 09
- {==STOP
- {END
- {M! STOP
- {END ON
- {*B
- The "{C3J{C2" command allows you to "skip ahead" in the file being displayed. E.g.,
- you previously read an RBBS-PC bulletin which talks about skin diving. You want
- to re-read the piece which says, "Lessons are held on the 1st Monday of each
- month at the Oceanfront Park."
-
- When you re-read the bulletin, RBBS-PC will stop after the first page and
- display a "more" prompt. Press "{C3J{C2" and RBBS-PC asks: "{C3Jump to what text?{C2". The
- correct answer at this point depends on what you are looking for. In our
- example, "{C3lessons{C2" would work. RBBS-PC will scan ahead through the file and
- find the first line containing the word "lessons". It will highlight the text,
- if you have color and highlighting turned on, and display the file from that
- point down.
-
- If the first text found is not the place you want to be in the file, you can
- jump again easily. When RBBS reaches the NEXT "more" prompt, it will show:
-
- {C3More [Y]es,N)o,C)ont,A)bort,J)ump,R)ejump=LESSONS?{C2
-
- {END
- {*0{C1Press RETURN to continue, {C4{FN {C2
- {09
- {ON 09
- {==STOP
- {END
- {M! STOP
- {END ON
- {*B
-
- Entering "{C3R{C2" will tell RBBS to position to the NEXT occurrence of the text in
- the file being displayed. In this manner, you can search through the file,
- repeating jumps with "{C3R{C2" or starting new ones with "{C3J{C2". Your only restriction
- is that the file will be searched sequentially, from top to bottom. You cannot
- jump "backwards" or "rewind".
-
- This concludes the RBBS-PC Online Tutorial. It is our hope that by using this
- tutorial, you will have gained a better understanding of how to use RBBS.
- Please feel free to direct any questions to the Sysop.
-
- {END
- {>> TUTOR.DAT
- "{FN","{LN","{DT","{TM","Data Base Jump Feature"
- {END
- {*0{C1Press RETURN to continue, {C4{FN {C2
- {09
- {*B
- Press {C3M{C2 for the tutorial menu
- Press {C3Q{C2 to quit back to the board
- Press {C3R{C2 to review this section, or
- Press {C3P{C2 to review the previous section, {C4Miscellaneous functions{C2
-
- {END
- {LV;M;Q;R;P;
- {09
- {ON 09
- {==M
- {M! TUTOR1A.MCR
- {==R
- {M! TUTOR8.MCR
- {==Q
- {M! STOP.MCR
- {==P
- {M! TUTOR7.MCR
- {END ON
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