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- The Help System: The Citadel Menu
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-
- ^variantname is designed around a set of menu commands which allow basic
- movement throughout the system, message reading and writing, and a few
- other miscellaneous functions. Here is the list of the Main Menu Options
- and their functions...
-
- [P] Pause --> While reading, typing P will pause the display.
-
- [B] Backup --> This command will return you to the room from which
- you just came. You can also use a minus [-]
-
- [C] Chat --> This command will page the System Operator.
-
- [D] Door --> This command will present you with a list of
- available doors and their description, then will
- prompt you for the name of the door you wish to
- open.
-
- [E] Enter --> This command will allow you to enter a message.
-
- [F] Forward --> This command will read all messages in the current
- room from first to last.
-
- [G] Goto --> This command will take you to the next room in the
- system which has new messages. If there are not
- any new messages in a particular room, that room
- will be skipped. If and when there are no new
- messages within the system, this command will not
- take you anywhere. You can also use a plus [+]
- for this command.
-
- [H] Help --> This command will place you in The Help System.
-
- [I] Information --> This command will print out a description of what
- the current room is used for.
-
- [K] Known Rooms --> This command will display all of the rooms in the
- system which you are currently aware of. The list
- will be separated into rooms with unread messages
- and rooms with no unread messages.
-
- [L] Login --> This command will prompt you for a password, and if
- the password is valid, you will be logged into the
- system.
-
- [M] Meet User --> This command will prompt you for the name of a user,
- and if the user you specify has an account, then the
- biorgaphy of that user (if they have written one)
- will be displayed. A "?" at the prompt will provide
- a list of all users who have entered a biography.
-
- [N] New --> This command will read all new messages (if there
- are any) within the current room.
-
- [O] Old Reverse --> This command will read al old messages in the
- current room from last to first.
-
- [R] Reverse --> This command will read all messages in the current
- room from last to first.
-
- [S] Skip --> This command will "skip" the current room and take
- you to the next room in the system which has new
- messages. The messages in the skipped room will not
- be marked as having been read.
- Also, While reading messages, this will stop the
- read.
-
- [T] Terminate --> This command will log you off of the system.
-
- [U] UnGoto --> This command works exactly like the "Backup" command
- does.
-
- [Z] Forget Room --> This command will allow you to forget that the
- current room exists. The system will prompt you
- for confirmation first.
-
- These commands are the basic commands of the ^variantname system. There
- are other commands, known as "Extended Commands", which allow even
- greater flexibility when using the system. These commands, which are
- combinations of the above commands with certain "Specifiers", are listed
- in the help file called "Summary". This file is accessed either through
- The Help System, or by typing ".HSummary". These "Extended Commands" are
- either preceded by a "." or a ";".
-
- %MAINHELP Back to The Top Level of The Help System.
- %COMMANDS This will take you to The Commands Level of The Help System.
- %SUMMARY This will show you a complete list of "Extended Commands".
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