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- ^variantname Message Flow Control
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-
- Basics
- ^variantname supports the following basic message flow controls. To use
- these, simply type the first letter of each command while messages are flowing
- (displaying). (If you don't know how to display messages, see .Help READ,
- but these basically boils down to <N>ew, <O>ld, <F>orward, <R>everse, and their
- advanced variants).
-
- <P>ause - This causes the message flow to temporarily stop. Hitting nearly
- any key will restart output (but see the advanced section below for an
- exception).
-
- <S>top - This stops the message flow and returns you to the room prompt.
-
- <N>ext - This stops displaying the current message and begins displaying
- the next message. If this is the last message to be displayed, you are returned
- to the room prompt.
-
- <J>ump - This causes the display of the current paragraph to stop and jump
- to the next paragraph of the current message. If this was the last paragraph
- of this message, ^variantname will start displaying the next message.
-
- Advanced
- These are advanced options which many users may not be aware of.
-
- ^S (Control-S) - For computer old-timers. This is just like <P>ause except
- you must use ^Q to restart the message flow (a great defense against line
- noise).
-
- <R>everse - This causes the message flow to reverse its direction after
- finishing the current message. For example, touching 'R' while displaying
- New messages will cause the new messages to reverse order following the
- current message (i.e., the message displayed prior to the current message
- will re-display after the current is finished). Useful for re-examining
- messages within long strings of messages, since it can be used without limit
- as needed.
-
- Pause-Enter (not in Mail>) - This option, which is activated by first Pausing a message
- (see above) and then typing 'E', will place you in the message editor with
- your current Held Message in the editor. This option lets you build single
- message replies to long strings of messages (or one very large message) without
- breaking up message display. You may Hold a message built during Pause-E for
- later work, or Abort or Save it. When one of those three are chosen, the
- message which was being printed when you executed Pause-Enter will be reprinted
- for your review.
-
- Pause-Enter (Mail>) - Using this same command sequence in Mail> will cause
- quite a different reaction on the part of ^variantname. Instead of letting you
- compose a message during message output (which doesn't make a lot of sense in
- Mail>, since you need a recipient, etc.), it will cause ^variantname to look
- for the message to which the message currently being displayed is a reply to.
- This lets you trace back, more or less, the string of messages which caused
- this message, finding details, etc. You may use it several times during
- message output to trace farther and farther back, too.
-
- %HELD More information on Held Messages.
- %COMMANDS Back to the commands help menu.
- %HELPOPT Get a list of all help files in the system.
- %MAINHELP First level of help system.
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