PCBoard 15.1 Demo/PCBoard v15.1 DEMO - Clark Dev. Co (1994) - Disk 1 of 1.imd/PCBDISK.EXE/HELP/HLPSEL

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@X38│ @X3EHelp: @X3F(SELECT) Conferences For Scanning or Reading                         @X3B│@X0B
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      In order to determine what conferences you want to scan or read mail
      in, you must select the conference.  This command will enable you to
      select the conferences that you want to select.
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   Subcommands
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      @X0B[Conf. Num(s)]  Conference number(s) to select. @X03 You may specify a
                      single conference or multiple conferences.  If you want
                      to specify multiple conferences, you must do so by
                      specify a range (e.g., 32-53) or by separating each
                      conference by a space or semicolon.  You can even
                      combine ranges and individual conferences.  See the
                      example section of this command for more details.

      @X0BS               Select all conferences. @X03 This subcommand selects all
                      conferences for scanning or reading.

      @X0BD               Deselect all conferences. @X03 This subcommand deselects
                      all conferences for scanning or reading.
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   Using the SELECT Command Interactively
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      If you do not specify any subcommands when you run the SELECT command
      then you will be running it in interactive mode.  The only thing you
      need to remember about interactive mode is that it is slightly
      different than specifying everything when you use the command with
      subcommands.  The following lists the differences between the various
      subcommands when you are using the command in interactive mode.

          @X0B(Conf. #)   Conference number(s) to select. @X03 In interactive mode
                      When you select a conference you toggle its status.  If
                      you select conference 1 and it was already selected
                      (had an X in the FLAGS column), you will deselect that
                      particular conference. If you select a conference that
                      was not already selected, you will be asked what you
                      wish to set your last message read pointer to. You may
                      set the last message read pointer to any value that is
                      within the range of messages in the conference. To find
                      the range of messages in the conference look to the
                      left of the conference name on the prompt where it is
                      asking you to enter your last message read.  You will
                      see a range of numbers that will look something like
                      3005-8292.  The first number is the lowest message in
                      the conference and the second number is the highest.

                      In addition, you can add a D to the right of the
                      conference number(s) to deselect the conference(s)
                      that you specify.

          @X0BS           Select all conferences.@X03  This subcommand selects all
                      conferences for scanning and all conferences will have
                      an "X" placed in its flags field.

          @X0BD           Deselect all conferences. @X03 This subcommand deselects
                      all conferences for scanning and removes the "X" if
                      there was one in this conference's flags field.

          @X0BQ           Quit. @X03 This subcommand quits the Select command.
                      Control is returned to the main menu.
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   Description
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      Quite often, there will be conferences on a bulletin board that you do
      not want to participate in.  This command enables you to choose which
      conferences to automatically scan for messages both at login and when
      you use the A subcommand with a message read or scan command (e.g., the
      R, TS, and Q commands).  A two-column listing of conferences that you
      are able to join is displayed. In the list, PCBoard includes the
      conference number, description, last message read, highest message in
      the conference, and an "X" if you have marked this conference for
      scanning.  Only the conferences that you have access to will be listed.
      If you find that a conference is not listed, it is because you do not
      have access to it.  The following is an example of the screen that is
      displayed to you:

@X0F                                   Last  High
@X0F          Num  Conference          Read  Num.  Flags
@X0F          -------------------------------------------
@X07             1 Main Board          8548  7978  X
             2 SysOps Talk         1018  1001  X
             3 For Sale            6289  4301  X
             5 Programming         2106  1839
             6 Operating Systems   5119  4768  X
             7 Chit Chat           7831  7659  X
             8 BBS Ads             6711  6584
             9 Modem Info          2478  2178  X

@X0E          Enter Conference Numbers, (S)elect All, (D)eselect All, or (Q)uit?
@X0F
   Examples
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      If you want to make sure that conferences 1 through 9 and conference
      number 12 were selected, you could do this right from the command line
      by typing the following:
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          SELECT 1-9;12
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      Now, if you wanted to deselect just those conferences, you should do
      that by running the SELECT command interactively by typing SELECT on
      the command line.  At the next prompt, type 1-9;12 and you will see
      that the conferences will be deselcted. @XFF