APPENDIX A GUIDE TO BIX COMMANDS Main System Prompt Commands COOkie Displays pithy saying. DOWnload Receive (i.e., download) data stored in your scratchpad. JOIn CBix Enter the main CBix area. OPT PAD Q Display your PAD settings. OPTion Enter Option subsystem. SHOW OPTS Displays Option settings. STAtus Display statistics on mail, conferences, and amount of time on line. TIMe Current time on east coast of U.S. UPLoad Send (i.e., upload) data from your computer up to your scratchpad. WHO Show who is on-line. WHO [conference] List names on line in a conference CBix area. WHO ALL List names in all CBix areas. WHO LISt List names of CBix users on-line in any conference that you belong to. Conference Commands null line/return See next message. number See message number. number TO number See messages in that range. AGAin Redisplay last message. ALL See all new messages BACkward Read in reverse direction; disengage reference. BACkward number TO number See messages in that range in reverse order. BYE Log off (works immediately). CLEar Empty scratchpad. COMment Make a comment on the message you have just read. CURrent TO LASt Read first unread message to end of topic. DATe [date] TO DATe [date] Read messages added on day(s) specified. Format: date 24jun85. 171 BIX User Manual DOWnload Receive (i.e., download) data stored in your scratchpad. FILe [option] Write result to scratchpad. FIRst Read first message in topic. FIRst TO LASt Read every message in a topic. FORward Read forward direction (default); disengage reference. HEAder message number See message header and first line only. HEAder number TO number See message headers for specified range. HELp Display help message. JOIn conf topic Leave current conference, join another. LASt Read last message. Also "skip to last." MAIL Leave conference, enter Mail subsystem. NEXt Jump to the next topic on your conference list. OPTion Enter Option subsystem. ORIGinal See message to which current one is a comment. QUIt Return to main level; no more of current message. REFerence Read by reference. ROOt See the message that started a thread. SAY To enter an original note. SEArch `word' List all occurrences of search word in topic. SEArch number TO number `word' List all occurrences of search word between message numbers in topic. SHOw [option] Any show option (e.g., all, participants, who, profile, conference name, scratchpad). SKIp [option] Skips messages forward or backward and by date. TOPic When followed by a topic name, you jump to that topic. Entered alone, it produces a list of topics in that conference. Note: This command cannot be used to move to another conference. UPLoad Send (i.e., upload) data from your computer up to your scratchpad. WHO Show who is on-line. WHO [conference] List names on-line in a conference CBix area. WHO ALL List names in all CBix areas. WHO LISt List names of CBix users on line in any conference that you belong to. WIThdraw message number Retract your comment number. NOTE: Number can be a number, the words "CURrent," "FIRst," or "LASt" or the command DATe followed by the date you specify. 172 BIX User Manual "FORward" and "BACkward" remain in force until you leave the topic. To disengage them, enter either one, whichever is the opposite setting. "REFerence" is "sticky"; that is, it remains in force until you enter the command "FORward" or "BACkward." Add/Action: Commands After typing in the text of your message, you have the following options: ADD Add the text as a message or comment, and clear the scratchpad. CLEar Clear the scratchpad, do not add message to conference, return to Read: prompt. EDIt Invoke the text editor. HELp Display this message. LISt Show the message in the scratchpad. QUIt Leave scratchpad intact, do not add message to conference, return to Read: prompt. Mail: Commands TO [username] New message to person(s). null line/Return Read first unread message. number Read message number. BYE Log off. DELete number Delete message number. DOWnload Receive (i.e., download) data stored in your scratch- pad or a binary mail attachment. FILe [option] Write result of option to your scratchpad. INBASKET Displays your inbasket. JOIn [conference] Leave Mail and join the conference specified. OPTion Enter Option subsystem. OUTBASKET Displays your outbasket. QUIt Return to main level. REAd Enter conferencing area. SHOw [options] Use any show option. STAtus Lists both of your mail baskets. UPLoad Send (i.e., upload) data from your computer up to your scratchpad. 173 BIX User Manual UNRead Display only the unread messages in your inbasket. WIThdraw message number Retract message number. NOTE: Number can be either the large absolute or the small relative number. Send/Action: Prompt Commands ATTach Upload a binary mail attachment. CC [names] Send copies to names. CLEar Empty scratchpad. EDIt Edit the text of the message. HELp Display this message. LISt Show the message in your scratchpad. QUIt Leave scratchpad intact and return to Mail without sending the message. SENd Send the message; clear scratchpad. SHOw [options] Use any show option. SUBject Re-enter the text to appear on the "Subject:" line. TO Re-enter or add new name(s) to the TO: field. Read/Action: Prompt Commands AGAin Redisplay last mail message. DELete Remove the message. FORward [name] Forward the message to name. HELp Display this message. REPly Start a new message to the sender of the message you have just read. ORIGinal If you have just read a reply to a message, this dis- plays the original message. LEAve Leave the message in the inbasket, return to Mail. QUIt Same as Leave. 174 BIX User Manual Option Subsystem Commands BLInk Yes Make BIX send full packets with Show Scratchpad. BLInk No Disengage Blink Yes. DOWnload [protocol] Set download protocol. EDIt [editor] Set your editor to the one specified. FILTer No Pass control characters through without change. FILTer Yes Make control characters printable. HELp Display this message. MAILcall [yes/no] Set Mailcall on or off. NAPlps [yes/no] Turn NAPLPS on or off. QUIt Exit the Option subsystem. RECent maximum number Set the maximum number of messages to see when you first join a conference. RECent minimum number Set the minimum number of messages to see when you first join a conference. RECent days number Set the number of days' worth of data you want to see when you first join a conference. SYNonym Make synonym for a command. TERse Use the abbreviated form for prompts and message headers. TERM pagelength n Send n lines between .More.. prompts. TERM ANSI ANSI terminal emulation. TERM TTY TTY terminal emulation. TERM VT52 VT52 terminal emulation. TERM VT100 VT100 terminal emulation. TERM Width n Send n characters per line. UPLoad [protocol] Set upload protocol. VERbose Use the long form for prompts and message headers. 175 BIX User Manual NOTES: 176 BIX User Manual