% 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. 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 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 Posting, Replying, Piping, and Saving: P Post a new article (NOT followup) f Followup to current article. F Forward the article to someone r Reply to the poster o Append the article to a file. | Pipe the article to and external command. Commands that pertain to the header window: d Mark article as read and move to next unread. u Mark the article as unread p Move to a previously unread article n Move to the next unread article or next group if at end. 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 Ctrl-^ Decrease the size of the header window by one line ^ Increase the size of the header window by one line 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 Toggle header threading on/off. ESC-p Find parent header reading from server if necessary ESC-Ctrl-P Find child header 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 from current position read ESC-U Mark articles from current position as UN-read [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