MsgEd TE 05 Manual

A Public Domain Fidonet Message Reader/Editor

• 1 An Overview on MsgEd TE 05.
• 2 Installation Procedures and Release Notes
  • 2.1 Which Distribution Archives do I need?
  • 2.2 Installation on OS/2, DOS or Windows
    • 2.2.1 Installation Procedure
    • 2.2.2 Release Notes for the 16-Bit DOS version (`MSGED.EXE')
    • 2.2.3 Release Notes for the 32 Bit DOS version (`MSGED32.EXE')
    • 2.2.4 Release Notes for the 32 Bit OS/2 version (`MSGEDP.EXE')
    • 2.2.5 Release Notes for the 32 Bit Windows version (`MSGEDNT.EXE')
  • 2.3 Installation on Linux, FreeBSD, or other Unixes
    • 2.3.1 Installation Procedure
    • 2.3.2 How Terminal I/O is handled on Unix
    • 2.3.3 Special Notes on Keyboard Input
    • 2.3.4 Notes on Big Endian Hardware
    • 2.3.5 Colors in the Unix version
  • 2.4 Using MsgEd TE and other Fido software in networked environments
    • 2.4.1 Description of the Problem: Why we need access synchronisation.
    • 2.4.2 Access synchronisation on a Lan Manager (SMB) network.
    • 2.4.3 Access synchronisation on NFS
    • 2.4.4 Access synchronization on Novell networks
    • 2.4.5 The essence of this section about network usage is:
  • 2.5 Known Bugs and Non-Features
  • 2.6 Support, Contacting the Author, Reporting Bugs, Contributing Code
• 3 A quick tour through MsgEd TE
• 4 Advanced Concepts in MsgEd TE
  • 4.1 Exporting Mails to Text Files or to the Printer
    • 4.1.1 How to use the Mail Export Feature
    • 4.1.2 Controlling the Format of the Exported Message
    • 4.1.3 Printing Mails
  • 4.2 Using Special Characters - The FSC 0054 Charset Kludge
    • 4.2.1 What is so special about special characters?
    • 4.2.2 How has this problem been solved in Fidonet?
    • 4.2.3 How do I configure MsgEd TE to support FSC 0054?
  • 4.3 Internet Gateways - Using MsgEd TE for e-mail and newsgroups
    • 4.3.1 How to properly address an Internet Gateway
    • 4.3.2 How to configure MsgEd TE to use an Internet Gateway
    • 4.3.3 Using Internet Gateays with MsgEd TE
• 5 MsgEd TE Keyboard Reference
  • 5.1 Keystroke Combinations in the Arealist Screen
  • 5.2 Keyboard Commands and Functions in Message Reading mode
    • 5.2.1 Reader Functions for Navigation
    • 5.2.2 Reader Functions for Entering, Modifying and Deleting Messages
    • 5.2.3 Reader Functions for Scanning and Searching for Messages
    • 5.2.4 Reader Functions for modifying MsgEd TE Options
    • 5.2.5 Miscellaneous other Reader Functions
  • 5.3 Keyboard Commands and the internal Message Editor
    • 5.3.1 Editor Functions for Moving the Cursor
    • 5.3.2 Editor Functions for Deleting text
    • 5.3.3 Editor Functions dealing with Text Blocks
    • 5.3.4 Miscellaneous Editor Functions
  • 5.4 Redefining the Keyboard Bindings
• 6 MsgEd TE Configuration Reference
  • 6.1 Configuration File Syntax
  • 6.2 Configuration File Keywords
    • 6.2.1 Address
    • 6.2.2 Alias
    • 6.2.3 Alterfunc
    • 6.2.4 AreaExcl
    • 6.2.5 Areafile and AreaFileFlags
    • 6.2.6 AssumeCharset
    • 6.2.7 Color
    • 6.2.8 Colour
    • 6.2.9 CurStart, CurEnd
    • 6.2.10 Domain
    • 6.2.11 EditKey
    • 6.2.12 Editor
    • 6.2.13 EnableSC
    • 6.2.14 Fido
    • 6.2.15 FreqArea
    • 6.2.16 Function
    • 6.2.17 Gate
    • 6.2.18 Group
    • 6.2.19 HelpFile
    • 6.2.20 Include
    • 6.2.21 Lastread
    • 6.2.22 MaxX, MaxY
    • 6.2.23 MountDir
    • 6.2.24 Name
    • 6.2.25 NodePath
    • 6.2.26 Nodelist
    • 6.2.27 Origin
    • 6.2.28 Outfile
    • 6.2.29 OutputCharset
    • 6.2.30 PrivateNet
    • 6.2.31 Quick
    • 6.2.32 QuickBBS
    • 6.2.33 Quote
    • 6.2.34 QuoteRight
    • 6.2.35 ReadKey
    • 6.2.36 Right
    • 6.2.37 RobotName
    • 6.2.38 Scan
    • 6.2.39 SoftCrXlat
    • 6.2.40 SortAreas
    • 6.2.41 Squish
    • 6.2.42 SwapPath
    • 6.2.43 Switch
    • 6.2.44 Tabsize
    • 6.2.45 Template
    • 6.2.46 TossLog
    • 6.2.47 UserList
    • 6.2.48 UserOffset
    • 6.2.49 UUCP
    • 6.2.50 UucpName
  • 6.3 Switches
    • 6.3.1 How to turn switches on and off
    • 6.3.2 List of Available Switches
  • 6.4 Conditional Statements in the Configuration File
    • 6.4.1 Formulating Conditional Statements
    • 6.4.2 Conditions that can be tested
    • 6.4.3 Usage example for Conditionals
  • 6.5 Defining Message Areas
    • 6.5.1 Manual Area Definition
    • 6.5.2 Reading a Tosser Configuration File (Areafile)
• A Compiling the Source Code
  • A.1 Step 1: Preparing the build directories; Obtaining the SMAPI
  • A.2 Configuring - Selecting the proper Makefile for your Compiler
  • A.3 Building the Executables
  • A.4 Compiling the help file, the charset files and the documentation
  • A.5 Installing
• B General Index
• C Configuration File Keyword Index

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