slrn: help text

This document is based on one found in the slrn distribution; see the credits section at the bottom of this page.

Here is a copy of slrn's online help file.

% This file may be viewed on-line by SLRN by linking the environment variable % SLRNHELP to it. It is particlularly useful when you modify the default % keybindings and you want the on-line help to reflect this fact. % % The format of the file is simple. Lines that start with `%' are comment % lines and will be ignored. Also, any line that consists entirely of % whitespace is also ignored. All other lines are meaningful. % The file is divided into sections. A section is started by the presence of % a line that contains a name enclosed in brackets. Currently, the only % names formed in this manner are [Article] and [Group]. The text that % follows one of these names will be displayed as the help screen for that % particular mode. [Article] Searching: / Search forward in the article. a Author search forward. A Author search backward. s Subject search forward. S Subject search backward. = Skip to next article of specified subject ! Skip to next article with high score ESC-l Locate header by message-id. Commands that affect the article: h Hide window (zoom header window) SPACE Select article or scroll to next page DEL, b Scroll article back one page ESC-UP Scroll article up one line ESC-DOWN Scroll article down one line RIGHT Pan article to the right LEFT Pan article to the left W Wrap or Unwrap article t Toggle on/off the display of unimportant headers. T Toggle on/off the display of quoted lines. TAB Skip beyond quoted text. ESC-r Toggle ROT 13 decryption on and off. ESC-Ctrl-C Cancel article 0 Assign article a GroupLens rating. Posting, Replying, Piping, and Saving: P Post a new article (NOT followup) ESC P Post a postponed article f Followup to current article. Note: ESC 1 f ==> all headers will be inserted. ESC 2 f ==> the message will be inserted without quoting. F Forward the article to someone r Reply to the poster o Append the article, thread, or tagged articles to a file. : Decode the article, numerically tagged articles, or thread. # Numerically tag the article for saving/decoding. ESC # Remove numeric tags. | Pipe the article to an external command. Commands that pertain to the header window: d Mark article as read and move to next unread. ESC-d Mark thread as read and move to next unread. u Mark the article as unread p Move to previous unread article n Move to the next unread article or next group if at end. L Goto the article that was last read. N Skip to next news group. UP Move to the previous article DOWN Move to the next article ; Set a mark at current position , Return to the previous mark setting mark first q Quit back to group mode x Expunge all read articles from the list. Ctrl-^ Decrease the size of the header window by one line ^ Increase the size of the header window by one line ESC t Toggle collapse/uncollapse of thread Note: A prefix argument may be used to operate on all threads. ESC > Move to the end of the header list ESC < Move to the beginning of the header list Ctrl-U Perform Page-Up on the header window. Ctrl-D Perform Page-Dn on the header window. ESC-a Toggle header display format ESC-s Select header threading mode. ESC-p Find parent header reading from server if necessary ESC 1 ESC p Reconstruct thread. ESC-Ctrl-P Find all children of current header (queries server) c Mark ALL articles as read. ESC-c Mark ALL articles as read. ESC-u Mark ALL articles as UN-read ESC-C Mark articles to current position as read ESC-U Mark articles to current position as UN-read K Create a score entry based on current header. ESC 1 K Edit score file * Mark header so it is un-affected by catchup commands. ESC 1 * Un-mark all headers marked with '*'. [Group] Note: The keys are case sensitive! That is, 's' and 'S' are not the same. Subscribing/Unsubscribing Hints: 1. Press CAPITAL 'L' and enter the name of the groups to display, e.g., *.music.* to see all 'music' groups. 2. Move to the group you want to subscribe to and then press 's'. Repeat this step for each group. 3. Press the Capital-L key again to display only subscribed groups. Commands that affect the current group: P Post an article to the current newsgroup SPACE, RETURN *Select the current newsgroup. *Note: With a prefix argument, unread articles are selected too. s Subscribe to the current newsgroup u Un-subscribe from the current newsgroup c Catchup-- mark all articles as read Movement Commands: ESC < Move to top of the list ESC > Move to bottom of the list Ctrl-V, Ctrl-D Scroll to next page ESC V, Ctrl-U Scroll to previous page DOWN Move to next group UP Move to previous group Miscellaneous Commands: a Add a new newsgroup (See 'L' help too!) Ctrl-L, Ctrl-R Redraw the screen Ctrl-Z Suspend newsreader l Toggle listing of groups that have no unread articles L Toggle listing of unsubscribed groups / Search forward q Quit newsreader G Get new news X Force a save of the newsrc file. ESC-a Toggle display of group description on/off. . Repeat last command U Search for URL and follow it

Copyright, © 2003, Concordia University, (IITS). Author: based on "doc/help.txt" in slrn distribution, by John E. Davis Credits: Anne Bennett Maintained by: webdoc@alcor.concordia.ca Last update: 1997/08/27 -- Anne Bennett