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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Bug Reports/Feature Requests ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Bug reports and/or feature requests may be made to one of two people, in one of
several ways.
Please contact Brady Flowers at Oberon Software or Kimberly Bobrow.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Oberon Software ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Oberon Software has been involved in the creation of OS/2 related products and
services since 1988. Founded by Brady Flowers, Oberon Software (named for the
wood sprite in Shakespeare's "A Mid-Summer Night's Dream") is committed to
enhancing the software base for the ever growing community of OS/2 users and to
helping foster the growth and acceptance of OS/2 as the next generation in
operating systems for personal computers and workstations.
Oberon products are generally marketed as shareware to keep marketing overhead
to a minimum. The savings can then be devoted to further development and
enhancements and customer service. Please, support the shareware concept by
registering the shareware products which you use and by passing them along to
others for their inspection.
In addition to this program, Oberon Software offers the following products and
services:
o Oberon Terminal Emulator/2 (TE/2)
o Oberon FSHL Command Line Executive
o Oberon LstPM file viewer
o Consulting Services and Custom Programming
Several new products are planned for release in the near future. These will
include a programmer's Async Communications library/toolkit, enhancements to
all of our existing programs, and some new surprises.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Oberon Terminal Emulator/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Oberon Terminal Emulator/2, or TE/2, is Oberon Software's full featured,
easy to use, general purpose telecommunications program for OS/2. Developed
originally for OS/2 1.1, it was one the very first such programs written
specifically to take advantage of the power and capabilities of OS/2. As OS/2
has grown, so has TE/2. It is now one of the most popular and widely
recommended telecommunications programs for OS/2!
TE/2's features include:
o One of the most complete script languages to be found in any telecomm program
anywhere
o REXX/2 as a fully supported, optional script language
o Extensive facility for running external programs and protocols
o Multiple, 200 entry dialing directories
o Call logging
o Split screen chat mode
o 48 Assignable function keys
o Free technical support via the Oberon BBS!
TE/2 includes these file transfer protocols:
o XModem and XModem-1K
o YModem and YModem-G
o ZModem with automatic start-up and resume
o CompuServe(tm) B-Plus protocol
o Ascii file upload and capture
Supported terminal emulations include:
o Standard TTY (teletype) mode
o ANSI-BBS and enhanced ANSI
o VT100 (with VT102 and VT220 extensions)
o IBM 3101
Call, write, or FAX Oberon Software for more information on TE/2.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Oberon FSHL Command Line Executive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
FSHL, \ef' shel\ n. [Flowers' shell, named for Brady Flowers, software designer
during the late 20th century]: a program which greatly enhances the power a
user has when working at the OS/2 command prompt by adding aliases and macros,
enhanced and extended command line recall and editing functions, extended
command set, enhanced batch language, and provisions for user-created
extensions.
FSHL, Oberon Software's Alternative Command Line Executive for OS/2, layers
itself over the default OS/2 command line interpreter, CMD.EXE, to provide the
user with all of these extended services without sacrificing access to OS/2's
base level functionality!
These are just some of the features of FSHL:
o FSHL aliases allow the user to replace often typed, hard to type, or hard to
remember commands with any other command of their preference.
o Full featured command line editor adds features to the OS/2 command prompt
similar to those found in word processing programs.
o Recall previously typed commands:
- One at a time
- By matching a partially typed command
- By selection from a list
o Extends the OS/2 batch language to allow access to FSHL's aliases and
history.
o Dynamic pseudo environment variables to access system information such as the
time and date, errorlevels, and window state.
o New built-in commands like:
- Sweep to execute a given command over an entire directory tree.
- Window to control the OS/2 text mode window in which FSHL is running from
the command line or a batch file.
- Prty to adjust the OS/2 priority at which a program will run.
- And lots more!
o Extended options on existing OS/2 commands.
o All 48 function keys programmable as text macros.
o Two separate, powerful programming APIs allow third party developers to
extend the basic FSHL command set and to allow applications to call back into
FSHL to access its services.
o Free technical support via the Oberon BBS!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. LstPM File Viewer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
LstPM is a 32 bit application which can be used for viewing just about any text
or data file on your system, either as text (ASCII or EBCDIC) or as a
hexadecimal "dump" representation.
You can invoke LstPM by installing a WPS program object for it on your desktop
or in the folder of your choice and clicking on its icon, from the OS/2 command
line with an optional file name as parameter, or by dragging and dropping a
selected file or files onto its icon.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. Consulting Services and Custom Programming ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Any of Oberon Software's products may be customized to meet your company's
specific needs. Or, if you need something totally new, Oberon Software
specializes in the areas of:
o Asynch/Telecommunications Software
o Interprocess Communications
- Network Environment
- Standalone
o Presentation Manager Based Software
o OS/2 Programmer and User Training
o Migrating D.O.S. applications to OS/2
Please, contact Oberon Software for references and further information.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. PmQwk Offline Mail Reader ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Welcome to Oberon Software's Offline mailreader for OS/2 2.0 Presentation
Manager!
PmQwk is the first and only offline reader for OS/2's Presentation Manager
which allows you to truly multitask your offline reading. You can read from
any number of conferences, from any number of BBSs simultaneously.
You can have multiple replies, from any conference, from any BBS in progress at
any given time.
There is support for netmail, taglines, regular expression searching, address
book, and much more!
At last, an offline mail reader that is as good as the operating system it runs
on!
For additional information, refer to the help for:
o Installing PmQWk
o Starting PmQwk
o Help for BBS List
You may also be interested in information regarding:
o Registering PmQwk
o Oberon Software Products
o Copyright, License, and Warranty
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. Installing PmQwk ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
There are three files which need to be installed on your harddisk for proper
operation of PmQwk:
PMQWK.EXE
PmQwk program executable file. For best results, a dedicated
directory should be made for PmQwk. We suggest that you make a
directory, on the disk of your choice, by the name PMQWK and
copy PMQWK.EXE and TagLines.txt into that directory. You
should ensure that this directory is your current working
directory while you are running PmQwk as PmQwk will maintain
subdirectories for each bulletin board underneath this
directory. These files should be placed in a directory
specified in your PATH if you wish to run PmQwk from the
command line.
REGEXPUT.DLL
Regular Expression support library. This must be placed in a
directory specified in your LIBPATH.
PMQWK.HLP
PmQwk help file. This must be placed in a directory specified
by your HELP environment variable in order to have help active
while running PmQwk.
Once PmQwk is installed on your hard disk, open the OS/2 Templates Folder,
select a Program Object Template with the left mouse button and then, using the
right mouse button, drag it onto the desktop or into the folder of your choice.
When the Settings Notebook appears, fill in the following:
o Path and file name should be set to the full path/name to PMQWK.EXE (i.e.,
where you place the file in the step above).
o Parameters should be left blank - any parameters are ignored.
o Working directory should be the directory you placed PMQWK.EXE in.
Click on the notebook tab labeled General and, on that page, set the Title to
PmQwk or a title of your preferance.
See also First Time Startup
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1.1. First Time Startup. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You may start PmQwk from the OS/2 command line by first ensuring that the disk
and directory containing PmQwk are current and typing "PMQWK" at the system
prompt. If you have installed PmQwk into your desktop setup (following the
rules for current directory) you may start it that way.
Example batch file for starting PmQwk assuming that it is installed in to
directory 'D:\PMQWK':
@echo off
D:
CD \PMQWK
START /PM /N PMQWK
Immediately upon entering PmQwk for the first time, select the menu item
labeled Options and the submenu item labeled Paths
Select Save Options from the Options menu to make the changes permanent.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Starting PmQwk ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If you have created a program object, you may start PmQwk by simply clicking on
its icon.
From the OS/2 command line, you may simply type "PMQWK".
See also: Installing PmQwk
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. Registering PmQwk ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You can register this wide beta version for $25.00 (US) and receive a free
upgrade when the release version comes out. The release version will be $35.00
(US)
You may send your check or money order to Oberon Software or users who want to
use their Visa/MasterCard to order on line may do so by calling GREATER CHICAGO
Online!! at (708) 895-4042. We are participating in their Shareware Support
Program for OS/2 Authors.
Technical support is available through the Oberon Software bulletin board
system or by phone at no charge.
A license is required for use of PmQwk by corporations and institutions, and
for its commercial distribution.
You may obtain a license for the use of PmQwk by contacting Oberon Software.
The license is for perpetual, non-exclusive use of one version.
Purchase orders and invoicing are acceptable.
The fee for a license depends on the estimated number of copies of the program
that you will use. The fee applies to one site. For local area networks, one
copy must be licensed for each computer that will be using the program on the
network. A discount schedule will be made available when the general release
is made.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4. Copyright, License, and Warranty ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This electronic document and the program files PMQWK.EXE, and PMQWK.HLP, ("the
software") are copyrighted by Oberon Software and the author, Brady Flowers.
The copyright owner hereby licenses you to use the software given these
restrictions:
o The program shall be supplied in its original, unmodified form, which
includes this documentation;
o For-profit use without a license is prohibited;
o The program may not be included - or bundled - with other goods or services.
Exceptions may be granted upon written request only.
o No fee is charged; an exception is granted to not for profit user's groups,
which are permitted to charge a small fee (not to exceed $5) for materials,
handling, postage, and general overhead. No other organization is permitted
to charge any amount for distribution of copies of the software or
documentation, or to include copies of the software or documentation with
sales of their own products.
The Regular Expression Engine provided in the dynamic link library
REGEXPUT.DLL, used by PmQwk, is derived from previously copyrighted software.
This is the copyright notice from the source code to that section of the
software:
Copyright (c) 1986 by University of Toronto. Written by Henry Spencer. Not
derived from licensed software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose on any
computer system, and to redistribute it freely, subject to the following
restrictions:
1. The author is not responsible for the consequences of use of this
software, no matter how awful, even if they arise from defects in it.
2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented, either by explicit
claim or by omission.
3. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
misrepresented as being the original software.
Slight alterations were made to Mr. Spencer's software in the process of
porting it to the OS/2 environment. Mr. Spencer's original source code is
available to the public for download from the Oberon Software User Support
BBS.
There is no warranty of any kind. By using the software, you agree to this.
The software and documentation are:
Copyright (C) 1990-1992 by Oberon Software and Brady Flowers
Mankato, MN, USA
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Help for Keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The following information is available regarding PmQwk's keyboard interface:
o Menus
o Dialog Boxes
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Menu Item Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You can select any item from the action bar menu by typing Alt-letter where
"letter" is the underlined letter in the menu item text. For example, the File
menu item text has the letter "F" underlined so it may be accessed by typing
Alt-F. Alternately, you may activate the action bar by pressing and releasing
the Alt key or by pressing and releasing the the F10 key. Thereafter, you may
select an item by pressing the key corresponding to the underlined letter in
the menu item text or by moving the highlight to that item with the arrow keys
and pressing Enter when it is highlighting the desired item.
When a pulldown menu or a submenu is visible, you may select an item from these
menus by pressing the underlined letter key (the Alt key is optional in this
case) or by moving the highlight with the arrow keys and pressing Enter.
The System Menu (the icon with the mini icon in the upper left corner of the
window frame) may be activated from the keyboard by pressing Alt-SpaceBar.
You may exit any menu without making a selection by pressing the ESC key.
Some menu items have an associated accelerator key associated with them. For
example, Alt-F4 is associated with the Close item on the System menu. These
accelerator keys are always available whenever PmQwk's main window or its
action bar has the focus.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. Dialog Boxes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Dialog boxes are usually divided into groups of controls (buttons, entry
fields, list boxes, etc.). The TAB key will move the highlight from control to
control regardless of group boundaries; Shift+TAB will do the same in the
reverse direction. The Arrow Keys will move the highlight from control to
control always staying within the current group of controls.
Buttons are selected by moving the highlight to the desired button and pressing
the SpaceBar or, if the button's text contains an underlined letter, by
pressing Alt+letter (see also the discussion on accelerator keys in the help
for menus
Usually a dialog box will have one button with a special highlight. This is the
default button which is invoked by pressing Enter. If the dialog has a button
labeled Cancel, this button may be invoked by pressing the ESC key.
Some controls have special rules for keystrokes:
o Entry fields are not exited via the TAB key. To exit an entry field, press
Enter (the default button will not be invoked).
o When a List Box has the highlight, the arrow keys will move the highlight
within the list box up and down (or scroll the list box left and right if it
has a horizontal scroll bar). Exit a List Box using the TAB key.
o Spin Buttons and Combo Boxes behave analogously to List Boxes.
o Select or deselect a Check Box by pressing the SpaceBar while the Check Box
has the highlight.
o Move the selection within a group of Radio Buttons using the Arrow Keys.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for File Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Pack, unpack and address book choices available here.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Unpack QWK Packet ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This selection will bring you to the Unpack QWK Packet
Related Information:
Unpacking packets
Setting Paths
Packing Replies
Setting Unpacking Software
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Pack Replies ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This selection will bring you to the Pack Replies dialog which will allow you
to pack replies for one or more BBSs.
Related Information:
Packing Replies
Setting Paths
Unpacking packets
Setting Packing Software
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Address Book ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Opens up the PmQwk Address Book.
Related Information: Address Book
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Exit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Exit PmQwk
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Fonts, Colors, Paths, Preferences, and Editors can be selected from here.
Related Information:
Setting Fonts
Setting Colors
Setting Paths
Setting Preferences
Selelcting an Editor
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Fonts ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Choose fonts for listboxes and text areas.
Related Information: Setting Fonts
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Colors ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Choose colors for listboxes and text areas.
Related Information: Setting Colors
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Paths ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select paths for packers and unpackers.
Related information:
Setting Paths
Unpacking QWK Packets
Packing Replies
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Editors ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select an editor for replies.
Related information: Setting the editor
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Set various preferences:
Beep on personal messages
Show only active conferences
Quote attribution text
Wrap column
Prepend/Strip "Re:" from subject lines
No Slider Bar in Reading Window
Use Taglines
Use Cutline
Related information: Selecting preferences
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Save Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Save PmQwk options and preferences.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Help Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Various help for PmQwk Offline Reader.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Using Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Help for the help system.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for General Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
General help for PmQwk.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Key Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Help for keyboard keys in PmQwk.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Help Index ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Help index.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Help for Product Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Information about the current version of PmQwk.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. BBS List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The BBS List displays all currently unpacked QWK packets. To read from the
conferences in a particular BBS, select the BBS in the list box, and press the
Open button, or simply double-click on the BBS name in the list box.
Related information:
Selecting a Conference to read from
Deleting messages from an Open BBS Packet
Deleting Open BBS Packets
Packing Replies
Unpacking QWK Packets
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.1. Delete BBS Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Choose Delete Msgs from the BBS List to remove the unpacked messages from your
hard drive. Deleting messages in this way will allow you to save space used up
by already read messages, but will allow you to still enter messages for that
BBS. PmQwk keeps the small files from the QWK packet which describe the
conferences for that BBS.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.2. BBS Delete ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Choose Delete from the BBS List to delete the files from an open BBS
conference. You will also have the option to delete the corresponding QWK
packet from your disk as well. If there are unpacked replies, you will be
prompted to confirm their deletion.
Related information: Deleting QWK packets .*
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Selecting a Conference ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
To begin the process of reading messages, first select a BBS from the BBS List
window (if this list is empty, you must first unpack at least one QWK packet!
See Unpacking QWK packets).
After selecting a BBS, another dialog will appear which will list the available
conferences for that BBS. Conferences which contain messages will show the
number of messages in them in the Total column, empty conferences will have 0
in the Total column. Each conference has values in the columns indicating the
number read, the total number of messages, and the percentage of messages you
have read.
Please note that, by default, areas which contain no messages are not shown at
all. To enable their visibility, use the Preferences dialog and toggle the
checkbox labeled Show only active conferences to OFF.
There are two extra, pseudo-conferences which appears at the beginning of each
BBS's conference list. One is named "Bookmarks". Messages are entered into
this conference by pressing the Bookmark button while viewing the message in
the reading areas, or by bookmarking it from the "List" dialog of a conference.
This conference behaves just as any other conference would, except it will
contain messages from several other conferences, and the bookmark button is
replaced with a Remove Bookmark button. This is a good conference to put
messages into when you want to save them for replying at a later time.
The other is named "Replies". This is where all of your entered messages and
replies will be kept until they are packed for retransmission to the BBS. It
behaves in most ways exactly like a "normal" message window. However, the
"Reply" and "Enter" functions are replaced with "Edit" and "Delete". "Edit"
will allow you to reedit the message, possibly just the "envelope" information
or the entire message text, while "Delete" will erase the currently viewed
reply.
If this is a netmail message, the Receiver's net address will appear in
parentheses after his/her name.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Reading Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
When you select a conference to view, you will be presented with a window which
contains a "message header" at the top of the window, a scrollable region in
the central area containing the message text, and a set of buttons at the
bottom of the window for initiating various activities.
The "message header" contains the following information: the message number,
the number of the message it refers to (if any), the position in the list of
messages (e.g."#5 of 15"), the sender's name, the addressee's name, the subject
of the message, its time and date stamp, whether it is a private or public
message, and whether the bulletin board has marked this message as "Seen by
you" or not. If this is a net mail message, the sender's net address will be
given after his/her name in parentheses.
In an effort to provide more functionality using a minimum of screen real
estate icon buttons are used for all reading activities. Because icons are
often not as inuitive as text, a small staus area in the bottom right corner of
the reading screen will show the text for any button as the mouse cursor passes
over it. The letter which is capitalized is the 'hotkey' you can press to
simulate clicking on that button.
Most of the activities are self-explanatory:
o Next and Prev will view the next and previous message in the conference
respectively.
o Page Up and Page Down will scroll the message area a page full, in the same
manner as if you had used the scroll bars. This allows you to keep your
mouse in the same general area and still be able to navigate completely.
o Next Screen will bring you to the next screen of text - whether that is a
the equivalent of a Page Down, or a Next operation. If you have Next
Message->Next Conference selected from More Preferences then on the last
message Next Screen will bring you to the current message in the next
conference when you have reached the end of a conference.
o Quit closes the window
o Help invokes the help display.
o Reply and Enter will invoke the reply editor, the difference being that
Reply will preset much of the reply header information with data from the
current message while Enter will begin the creation of a new, unrelated (as
least as far as the QWK format is concerned) message.
Related Information:
o Listing messages
o Copying messages
o Swiping taglines
o Bookmarks
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.1. Replying to Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
To reply to a message, simply invoke the "reply" button while you are viewing
the message in question. The message will be placed into a file in "quoted"
form and your editor will be invoked on that file. You may edit any part of
this file and/or append to the file. While your editor is in the process of
editing the reply, a new icon will appear in the main client window: the Active
Edit Sessions
When you finish editing your reply, you will be returned to PmQwk and given the
opportunity to edit the "Envelope" information. This will already have your
name, the receivers name, net address (if applicable), the conference for the
message, and the subject filled in. You may edit any of these items except
your own name. If TagLines are enabled (see Options) you may select a tagline
to use from this dialog.
If you press "OK" and all of the required fields are filled in, the reply will
be saved. If you press "Cancel" the message will be discarded after you
confirm that this is your desire.
Should you need to reedit a reply message or delete a reply message, invoke the
"Replies" pseudo-confernce and perform the desired action from there (see
Selecting Conferences)
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.2. Help for Entering a New Message ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Sometimes you may wish to enter a message which is not a reply to any existing
message. There are two ways to do this: via the "Enter" button while viewing a
conference, and via the "Message" button from the Conference List dialog. In
both cases, the procedure that follows is almost exactly that of creating a
reply message with the following exceptions:
o The "Envelope" dialog will appear both before AND after you edit the
message.
o No default information is filled in in the "Envelope" dialog the first time;
you must specify all fields.
Otherwise, for all intents and purposes, a message of this sort is treated
exactly like any other reply.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.2.1. Active Edit Sessions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This is a list of all current invocations of the editor and a button which will
allow you to immediately switch to any of the listed editor sessions.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3. Copying Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You may mark areas within the message text using the mouse pointer and copy
them to the system clipboard using CONTROL+INSERT or you may use the "Copy"
dialog.
This dialog allows you to refine how you export the data to a greater degree.
You may chose to copy the entire message or just the marked area (if any), you
may optionally include header information about the message in the export, and
you may copy it directly to a file or to the system clipboard.
Related information:
o Copying to file
o Swiping Taglines
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3.1. Copying to File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting the Copy to file option from the Copy dialog will open up a standard
file dialog.
Select a drive, directory, and either choose an existing file name from the
list box (to append or replace) or type the file name in the entry field.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.4. Swiping Taglines ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
PmQwk gives you the ability to swipe taglines directly from messages by using
the Copy button while reading a message.
To swipe a portion of a message as a tagline, simply mark it with your mouse
(click and drag) and press the Copy button. If the text is within the maximum
size for a tagline (2 less than the wrap column value from Preferences) the
Swipe Marked Text as Tagline button will be enabled. Pressing this button adds
the marked text to the end of TAGLINES.TXT .
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5. Listing Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This invokes a dialog window which, initially contains a list of all messages
in the area, their message number, subject, sender, receiver, and time/date.
Messages which you have read are marked with a bullet in the leftmost column.
You may select a message from this list and press the Go to... button to go
immediately to that message.
Select the Leave open check box to leave the dialog open while you continue to
read messages or perform other tasks.
You can size the window, and move the vertical split bar to accomodate your
personal preference. PmQwk will save the last size and position of the dialog,
and also the location of the split bar.
The Filter button in this dialog allows you to view a subset of the messages in
the list. You may search for text in "envelope" fields (Sender, Receiver, and
Subject) or in the message body itself.
The filtering is for purposes of the "List" dialog only, it does not affect the
behavior of the message window at all at this time (except as regards jumping
to a message). The ability to read only messages which passed through the
filter is planned for a future release.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5.1. Filtering Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The message filter allows you to search through a conference for messages that
have specific characteristics. You can search in one of four fields for text:
o Sender
o Receiver
o Subject
o Message
There are two search styles:
o Case sensitive - which will ignore upper and lower case when selected.
o Regular expression (double-click for more information.)
Press Search to obtain a list of messages which satisfy the search
requirements. You may then read any message just as you would from the
regular List dialog.
The filtering is for purposes of the "List" dialog only, it does not affect
the behavior of the message window at all at this time (except as regards
jumping to a message). The ability to read only messages which passed through
the filter is planned for a future release.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5.2. Regular Expression ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
REGULAR EXPRESSION SYNTAX
A regular expression is zero or more branches, separated by '|'. It matches
anything that matches one of the branches.
A branch is zero or more pieces, concatenated. It matches a match for the
first, followed by a match for the second, etc.
An atom is a regular expression in parentheses (matching a match for the
regular expression), a range (see below), '.' (matching any single character),
'^' (matching the null string at the beginning of the input string), '$'
(matching the null string at the end of the input string), a '\' followed by a
single character (matching that character), or a single character with no other
significance (matching that character).
A piece is an atom possibly followed by '*', '+', or '?'.
o An atom followed by '*' matches a sequence of 0 or more matches of the atom.
o An atom followed by '+' matches a sequence of 1 or more matches of the atom.
o An atom followed by '?' matches a match of the atom, or the null string.
A range is a sequence of characters enclosed between square brackets '[' and
']'. It normally matches any single character from the sequence. If the
sequence begins with '^', it matches any single character not found in the
rest of the sequence. If two characters in the sequence are separated by '-',
this is shorthand for the full list of ASCII characters between them (e.g.
'[0-9]' matches any decimal digit). To include a literal ']' in the sequence,
make it the first character (following a possible '^'). To include a literal
'-', make it the first or last character.
EXAMPLES
The regular expression: "go*d"
Would match any of: "gd", "god", "good", "gooooooood".
The regular expression: "^[Dd]ear [A-Z]"
Would match the first six characters of "Dear John" or "dear Me"
if the string is found as the first thing on the line in which it occurs.
The regular expression: "[^Dd]ear [A-Z]"
Would NOT match either "Dear John" or "dear Me" regardless of
where they occurred on the line. It would match the first six
characters of either "Bear Country" or "Fear And Loathing" anywhere
on the line however.
The regular expression:
"^[_a-zA-Z].*\(.*\)[ \t]*(/\*.*\*/[ \t]*)*$"
Would match any "C" language function definition! If you understand
this last example, however, please refer to the note regarding
C-style backslash notation
AMBIGUITY
If a regular expression could match two different parts of the input string,
it will match the one which begins earliest. If both begin in the same place
but match different lengths, or match the same length in different ways, life
gets messier, as follows.
In general, the possibilities in a list of branches are considered in
left-to-right order, the possibilities for '*', '+', and '?' are considered
longest-first, nested constructs are considered from the outermost in, and
concatenated constructs are considered leftmost-first. The match that will be
chosen is the one that uses the earliest possibility in the first choice that
has to be made. If there is more than one choice, the next will be made in
the same manner (earliest possibility) subject to the decision on the first
choice. And so forth.
For example, '(ab|a)b*c' could match 'abc' in one of two ways. The first
choice is between 'ab' and 'a'; since 'ab' is earlier, and does lead to a
successful overall match, it is chosen. Since the 'b' is already spoken for,
the 'b*' must match its last possibility (the empty string) since it must
respect the earlier choice.
In the particular case where no '|'s are present and there is only one '*',
'+', or '?', the net effect is that the longest possible match will be chosen.
So 'ab*', presented with 'xabbbby', will match 'abbbb'. Note that if 'ab*' is
tried against 'xabyabbbz', it will match 'ab' just after 'x', due to the
begins-earliest rule. (In effect, the decision on where to start the match is
the first choice to be made, hence subsequent choices must respect it even if
this leads them to less-preferred alternatives.)
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.6. Bookmarks ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
While reading messages in a conference, you may want to mark some for later
reading. PmQwk supports this with a pseudo-conference called Bookmarks
You can place a message from any conference into the bookmark conference by
pressing the bookmark button .
You can remove a message from the bookmark conference by pressing the removal
button while in the Bookmark conference.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Unpacking QWK Packets ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
QWK packets from any number of BBSs may be unpacked simultaneously, although
only one packet from any one specific BBS may be opened at a time. Future
releases of PmQwk will have the ability to combine packets from the same BBS.
Make sure that any and all QWK packets in which you are interested are located
in the directory which you specified as your InBound path. Select "Unpack QWK
Packet" from the menu or press the "Unpack" button in the BBS List dialog
window. You will be presented with a list of valid QWK packets which PmQwk was
able to locate in your "InBound" directory. Select one to unpack either by
double clicking on the file name and info or by selecting it and pressing the
"OK" button. The packet will now be unpacked (if you are about to overwrite
another packet, you will be given to opportunity to abort the action). Repeat
this procedure for every QWK packet you wish to unpack.
If you have never unpacked a packet from this source before, a new item will
appear in the BBS List window at this point.
Note: The first time you start PmQwk with a valid InBound path, or the first
time you select "Unpack QWK Packet" with a valid InBound path, there may be
some delay as PmQwk scans the inbound directory for the first time. This delay
will only be significant if there are many files matching the pattern "*.q*" in
that directory. Only "new files" are scanned so the delay should not be
significant on subsequent invocations.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.1. Deleting Qwk Packets ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You may delete QWK packets which are in your current Inbound directory.
Select "Unpack QWK Packet" from the menu or press the "Unpack" button in the
BBS List dialog window. You will be presented with a list of valid QWK packets
which PmQwk was able to locate in your InBound directory. Select one to delete
by clicking on the QWK packet and then pressing the Delete button. You will be
prompted for confirmation before the packet is deleted.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Packing Replies ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Pack Replies from the menu or press the Pack button is the BBS List
dialog window.
You will be presented with a list of all BBSs which have unpacked reply
messages defined. Select one or more from this list and press "OK".
For each selection from the previous list, you will be given a dialog wherein
you may select the archiver to use for packaging this reply packet and, if a
file by the target name already exists in your OutBound directory, the option
of overwriting that file or appending the new messages to it.
There are possibly two buttons in this dialog labeled List Replies; one which
always appears and another which will only be present if there already exists a
reply packet in your OutBound path. This second button appears inside of a
group box labeled Existing Replies in this case. The first of these buttons
will provide a list of Reply Headers (the conference number, receiver, and
subject) for each message in the group of new messages the second will do the
same for the existing replies. Note, if the existing reply packet was not
created using PmQwk, PmQwk will not attempt to list its contents.
The button labeled Change Path will invoke a dialog wherein you may override
the currently set OutBound path (or reset it to the default value if you have
changed it).
Press the OK button to begin the packing process, press Cancel to abort the
process.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.1. Changing Reply Paths ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select the Change Path button from the Save Packet dialog to change the path
for a single reply packet.
Select Options and then Paths for a permanent outbound path change.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Address Book ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The address book feature of PmQwk is activated by choosing Address Book from
the Files menu in the main client window of PmQwk.
This is a small database wherein you may keep an organized list of names,
netmail addresses, and notes for future reference.
Each data record in the Address Book consists of four fields: a Search key, and
Name, and a Net Address, each of which may be up to 25 characters long plus a
Notes field which can hold up to 949 characters of information.
The reason for having the Key field separate from the Name field is so that you
may enter the name as it is to appear in your reply envelopes (i.e., Name:
Barney Rubble or UUCP) and still have your list sorted by something other than
first name (i.e., Search Key: Rubble, Barney).
There are five buttons in the Address Book window, each of which will initiate
an action. Close will close the address book window, New will insert a new,
empty record and place the Address Book in edit mode for that record, Edit will
place the address book into edit mode for the currently viewed record, Delete
will delete the currently displayed record
Note: In the BETA release of the program, the user is NOT queried at this
point whether or not to really delete the record!
By default, the Address Book comes up in 'lookup mode'. You may view the
details for any entry by either selecting its key from the listbox at the left
of the window or by typing the first character or characters of the key into
the entry field labeled Search Key in the upper left of the window. The latter
performs an 'incremental search' through the list of keys, that is, if you type
'F', the listbox highlight moves to the first entry which begins with an 'F'
(this is not case sensitive), if you then proceed to type an 'L', the highlight
moves to the first entry in the listbox which begins with 'FL'.
Related information:
o Adding Address Book Entries
o Editing Address Book Entries
o Copying information to the Envelope window
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.1. Adding/Editing Address Book Entries ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You enter 'edit mode' by pressing either the New button or the Edit button.
The New button inserts a new, blank record and allows you to edit that record;
the 'Edit' button is only available if a valid record is currently displayed
and it allows you to edit the currently viewed record.
In 'edit mode', the listbox is replaced with a short, informational message and
all four of the entry fields (Search key, Name, Net Addr, and Notes) will now
accept input. You may type anything into these fields you wish; you may use
all of the standard OS/2 editing keys and clipboard functions (i.e.,
Shift+Delete, Ctrl+Insert, and Shift+Insert for Cut, Copy, and Paste). To save
the record as edited, press the Save button, to cancel changes press the Cancel
button
If you have edited the 'Search Key', the listbox in the 'view mode' window will
be rearranged as needed.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.2. Addressing envelopes from the Address Book ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The OS/2 editing keys which allow you to access the system clipboard are
active, that is, you may 'Mark' the name in the Address Book with the mouse or
the keyboard, copy it to the clipboard (Ctrl+Insert) and paste it into any OS/2
application which will accept clipboard data. This, of course, includes the
the fields in PMQWK's Envelope windows. For direct communication with the
Envelope window, however, you may elect to use the built-in "Drag and Drop"
interface.
If you press and hold Mouse Button Two (usually the right mouse button) while
the mouse pointer is over the 'Name" field or field label in the Address Book
window, the mouse pointer will change into a small rectangle with the word NAME
in it. Still holding mouse button two, move the mouse pointer to the Envelope
window in which you wish this name to appear until the superimposed circle with
a slash disappears and release the mouse button. The name will replace
whatever text is currently in the To: field in the envelope window. If you
begin this operation from the Net Addr field or field label in the Address Book
window, the mouse pointer will instead read NET and the data will be placed
into the Net: field in the envelope window. If you begin from anywhere else in
in the Address Book window other than directly over the above mentioned fields
or their labels, the mouse pointer will appear as two rectangles, NAME and NET,
and the data will go to both fields in the Envelope window. To cancel the drag
and drop operation, simply release the mouse button anywhere where it DOES have
the circle-slash visible.
There is no corresponding drag and drop mechanism for copying data from the
Envelope into the Address Book in this release of PmQwk. You may, of course,
use the system clipboard to accomplish this as outlined above.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Setting Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Options from the menu bar to do any of the following:
1. Sorting
2. Fonts
3. Colors
4. Paths
5. Editor
6. Preferences
7. More Preferences
8. Save Options
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.1. Sorting Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog allows you to sort your messages by message number, date, time,
sender, receiver or subject. You may also define secondary and tertiary sorts
to determine the order of messages which have identical values in the field you
choose for the primary sort.
To sort from high to low, select the Descending check box in any of the sorts,
as applicable.
If you select the Sort button from the message reading window, you will set the
sort order for messages for that conference only. PmQwk will remember your
sort order for that conference in the future, and will maintain your messages
in that order until you select an alternate sorting method.
If you select Default Sorting from the Options pulldown menu, you will be able
to set default sorting options for PmQwk. Any conferences for which you have
not set up a sort will use the PmQwk default you designate.
The OK button will save the sort for the system or conference (as applicable)
the Apply button, available only on the Default Sorting dialog will apply the
sort to all open conferences, modifying each individual conference's default
sorting in the process.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.2. Changing Fonts ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog allows you to set the fonts which PmQwk will use for message
displays and list boxes.
Select Options from the menu bar, then Fonts, then either Messages... or List
Boxes... to open a standard font dialog.
Press Apply to immediately see the result of your font choice in your PmQwk
windows without leaving the font dialog. Press Ok to apply the font to your
PmQwk windows and dismiss the font dialog.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.3. Changing Colors ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Options from the menu bar, then Colors, to open a dialog which will
allow you to change the colors withing PmQwk for message displays and list
boxes.
Note: In this BETA release of PMQWK, entries appear for "Message HiLited Text"
and "Message HiLited Text Background". These setting are NOT functional in
this release, the highlighted colors in message displays are a function of the
normal, non-hilighted colors.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.4. Selecting Paths ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Set various paths for PmQwk:
o Inbound QWK Packets
o Outbound Reply Packets
o Packers and Unpackers
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.4.1. Inbound QWK Packets ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Set this item to the name of the directory in which new QWK packets will appear
after they have been downloaded from the BBS or on-line services. In general,
this will be the download directory which your telecommunications program uses
although you may wish to create a new directory specifically for this purpose
and move QWK packets into this directory by other means after they have been
downloaded.
Note: In this version of PmQwk the validity of this path is NOT checked at
this point.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.4.2. Outbound Reply Packets ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Set this item to the name of the directory where you wish PmQwk to deposit
packaged reply packets to be uploaded back to the BBS or on-line service. In
general, this will be a directory in which your telecommunications program
expects to find files for upload.
Note: In this version of PmQwk the validity of this path is NOT checked at
this point.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.4.3. Packers and Unpackers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Fill in as many of these as are applicable with the drive, path, and name of
the appropriate archiving program or programs. If they exist in a directory
referred to in your PATH environment variable, you may omit the drive and path
specification and give only the name of the program file.
Note: In this version of PmQwk, these programs names and paths are NOT checked
for validity at this point. FURTHER NOTE: in this version of PmQwk, only the
first three archivers are supported: PK(UN)ZIP, ARC, and LH. Entries exist for
ARJ and ZOO for future use only, they are not used by this version of PmQwk.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.5. Setting Editor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You may select your editor of choice for purposes of editing reply messages by
selecting the menuitem Editors under the menu bar item Options
Type the name of the editor in the indicated field, if the program file is not
in a directory referred to in your PATH environment variable, you must include
the entire drive and path specification for the program. Once you have
specified a valid program name here you will be given the opportunity to select
how the program will be executed, i.e., as a Presentation Manager program, in a
full screen session, or in a windowed session. Both OS/2 and D.O.S. based
editors are supported.
The default editor for PmQwk is E.EXE, the OS/2 system editor.
Note: Certain editors will cause problems with PmQwk. The OS/2 Enhanced
Editor (EPM.EXE) will work correctly with PmQwk if and only if there are no
other copies of EPM running on your machine at the time you begin an edit
session via PmQwk (this includes other PmQwk edit sessions). The IBM IUO
editor, LXPM, does not function correctly for use with PmQwk.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6. Setting Preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Preferences is a catchall for a number of semi-related settings. Select any of
the following for more information:
o Beep on personal messages
o Show only active conferences
o Attribute Quotes
o Wrap Column for Quotes
o Prepend "Re:" to response subject lines
o Strip existing "Re:" from subject lines
o No Slider Bar in Reading Window
o Use Taglines
o Use PmQwk Cutline
See also More Preferences
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.1. Beep on personal messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If this setting is checked, PmQwk will alert you with a tone whenever you view
a message addressed to you.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.2. Show only active conferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If this option is set ON (the default), PmQwk will only display those
conference names belonging to conferences containing more than zero messages in
the "Conference List" dialog. Use this setting if you have a large number of
empty conferences listed by a BBS and you do not wish to navigate past them to
find the active areas.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.3. Attribute quotes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If this setting is checked, you specify that you want PmQwk to provide an
"Attribution" to the quotes in your reply messages and you may further specify
how you wish this Attribution to appear.
Type any text you wish into the associated entry field and it will be echoed
into your reply messages. There are several special character sequences which
you may embed into this text which will cause PmQwk to insert relevant
information from the message header:
o %s inserts the SENDER's name from the original message
o %r inserts the RECEIVER's name from the original message
o %j inserts the SUBJECT of the original message
o %d inserts the DATE of the original message
o %t inserts the TIME of the original message
o %_ inserts a line break in the attribution string
o %% is used to insert a '%' character in the string.
Please note, these codes ARE case sensitive! "%S" will NOT work like "%s",
instead it will simply insert the characters "%S" into the attribution string.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.4. Wrap Column for Quotes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The column at which lines will be broken for purposes of quoting original
messages. PmQwk attempts to be intelligent about word boundaries and will try
to wrap lines at word breaks.
Because messages are reformatted based on your setting for "Wrap Column" both
when quoting a message before a reply and when importing your message from the
editor back into PmQwk, you should be aware of the algorithm used for message
formatting so that you can achieve a pleasing result.
The message formatter is paragraph based. It assumes that a new paragraph has
started when it encounters either a blank line or an indented line. It will
pull the entire paragraph together to make a "best fit" within your defined
wrap column. For example, assuming you have the (unlikely) wrap setting of 30,
the following text:
|---|----|----|----|----|----|
Now is the time for all good men to
come to the aid
of their country.
would be reformatted as:
|---|----|----|----|----|----|
Now is the time for all good
men to come to the aid of
their country.
While the following:
|---|----|----|----|----|----|
Table data:
Column 1 Column 2
-------- --------
Apples Oranges
would not be reformatted at all because of the indentation. If you are not
aware of the way this behaves, you may end up with undesirable results. For
instance, if you entered the following:
|---|----|----|----|----|----|
Hello Joe!
Whatcha know?
I just got back from Kokomo!
Yours truly,
Ira
it would end up looking like:
|---|----|----|----|----|----|
Hello Joe! Whatcha know? I
just got back from Kokomo!
Yours truly, Ira
Use blank lines and indentation to avoid having lines pulled back for you when
you don't want this to happen.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.5. Prepend "Re:" to response subject lines ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Automatically place the characters "Re:" at the beginning of subjects lines in
replies. "Re:" will NOT be prepended if those characters are already present
at the beginning of the subject.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.6. Strip existing "Re:" from subject lines ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Remove the characters "Re:" and any white space following from subject lines in
replies. Note that this option and the Prepend option are NOT mutually
exclusive! If they are both checked, subject lines in replies will always
contain one and only one "Re:" if neither is checked, no subject line is ever
altered by PmQwk.
Note further that you have the ability to add or remove any characters you wish
from a subject line via the "Envelope" dialog; these setting are provided as a
convenience.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.7. Slider Bar in Reading Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You may wish to remove the slider bar from the reading window for one of two
reasons.
1. You don't use it and would like the screen 'real estate' back for the
message itself.
2. You have a version of the OS/2 2.1 beta which has a bug with slider bars
which PmQwk demonstrates beautifully.
If you are disabling it because of the bug - be sure to do so before opening a
single conference. The change only takes effect for conferences opened or
reopened since you selected this preference.
Note: You may also remove the slider bar with a startup parameter of /2 or
-2.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.8. Use Taglines ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If this option is checked, PmQwk will look in the same directory that contains
the PMQWK.EXE file for a file named "TagLines.txt". If it is found it will use
this for its source of tag lines (humorous or provocative short quotes which
will be appended to your outgoing messages) and the "TagLine" drop-down list
will be enabled in the various "Envelope" dialogs. From there you may select a
line from the list, type in a fresh one "on the fly", or erase it entirely.
The TagLines.txt file is a flat ASCII file containing one tagline per line of
file; you may edit this file with any text editor. Taglines should not be
longer than about 60 or 70 characters.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6.9. Use PmQwk Cutline ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If this option is set OFF then PmQwk will not append it's own "signature line"
to your outgoing messages.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.7. Setting More Preferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
o Last Message in Conference Options
o Tagline Options
o Message Options
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.7.1. Last Message in Conference Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Several options are available to you when you reach the last message of a
conference..
Select Beep on last message to cause a unique beep whenever you reach the last
message of any conference. The beep is distinct from the beep you will get on
a personal message (if you have selected that option.)
Select Focus Moves to Previous Button to cause the 'focus' to move to the
Previous button when you reach the last message. This has the effect of
displaying messages in reverse order when you are simply pressing the Enter
key. This was the way earlier versions of PmQwk operated.
Select Focus Moves to Quit Button to cause the 'focus' to move to the Quit
button when you reach the last message. If you are pressing the Enter key to
navigate through the messages, this has the effect of quitting the conference
you are reading when you have reached the end. Focus will move to the Select
Conferences dialog if it is open.
Select 'Next Message'->'Next Conference' to cause PmQwk to go to the current
message in the next conference when you have reached the end of a conference.
Focus will stay on the Next button, but on the last message of a conference
pressing the Next button will cause the current conference to close, and the
next conference to open, if it wasn't already, and to display the current
message (this will be the first message if it hasn't been opened before.)
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.7.2. Tagline Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Start with First Tagline to have PmQwk start using Taglines from the
beginning of your tagline file each time you start PmQwk.
Select Start with Last Used Tagline to have PmQwk start up with the tagline you
last used.
Note: Neither one of these settings is particularly applicable if you have
selected random taglines.
Select Select Taglines Sequentially to have PmQwk select taglines in the order
they appear in the tagline file.
Select Select Taglines Randomly to have PmQwk randomly select taglines from
your tagline file.
Note: Because 'random' means random, sometimes you will get a duplicate
tagline before you see every tagline used.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.7.3. Message Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
No formatting on reply text allows you to tell PmQwk to leave your replies as
is. If your editor is configured to put hard returns and margins
appropriately, you may want to select this.
Note: Absolutely no formatting is done to your replies. Please verify that
your editor is doing all the appropriate formatting for you by checking your
replies both on PmQwk, as well as on the BBS you upload to. Some BBSes will
truncate if you have not formatted with hard returns, etc.
Convert Subject/To/From to uppercase is meant to be used for BBSes which don't
handle lower or mixed case in these fields, well or at all. This must be
selected prior to starting a reply, or re-editing a reply.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.8. Conference Window Size Default ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select this option from the Options pull down menu to set a default size for
the read message window. All conferences save their last size and position,
but this allows you to decide what the initial sizing of this window will be.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.9. Saving Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
All options discussed in the Preferences section may be saved semi-permanently
in an initialization file by selecting this option. You may always change an
option again and resave it.
If you change options and do not select "Save options" before you attempt to
exit PmQwk, you will be alerted to this fact and given the opportunity to do so
at that point.
Options are saved in a file named PMQWK.INI in the same directory as PMQWK.EXE.
If you've really made a mess of your settings and wish to "start from scratch"
just delete this file while PmQwk is not running and restart the program.
Warning: If you have used an earlier (16-bit) beta version of PmQwk, you MUST
delete your PMQWK.INI file before running this version and then use the current
version to reset your options.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Message Envelope ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
When you finish editing your reply, you will be returned to PmQwk and given the
opportunity to edit the "Envelope" information. This will already have your
name, the receivers name, net address (if applicable), the conference for the
message, and the subject filled in. You may edit any of these items except
your own name. If TagLines are enabled you may select a tagline to use from
this dialog.
If you press "OK" and all of the required fields are filled in, the reply will
be saved. If you press "Cancel" the message will be discarded after you
confirm that this is your desire.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Setting Icons for Confs and BBSs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Though not on any menu within this version of PmQwk, you may specify your own
custom icons and attach them to any "BBS Conference List" dialog or to any
"Conference" dialog. You must use OS/2 version 1.3 compatible color or black
and white icon files (.ICO). To do this, create a directory underneath the
directory containing PMQWK.EXE named "PMQIcons" and place all of your custom
icon files in this directory. PmQwk will determine how to use these icons by
the names you give the files:
o To attach an icon to a BBS (Conference List Dialog) give the icon file the
same "first name" as the BBS id and an extension of .ICO. (Example: A BBS
id might be "FERNWOOD", name the icon file "FERNWOOD.ICO").
o To attach an icon to a specific conference for a specific BBS, use the same
first name as above but give the file an extension which is the conference
number, left padded to three characters with zeros (Example: to attach an
icon to conference #5 for the "FERNWOOD" BBS, name the icon file
"FERNWOOD.005").
o To attach an icon to the "Personal Messages" conference, do as above but
give the icon file the extension ".PER". To attach it to the "Replies"
pseudo-conference, give it the extension ".ANS".
Note: This procedure will be built into the program and made more easy for
the average user in the future. Do not attempt this procedure if the above
discussion made little or no sense to you!
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518 Blue Earth Street
Mankato, MN 56001-2142 USA
Phone: 507-388-7001
FAX: 507-388-7568
BBS: 507-388-1154
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Internet address: Kimberly.Bobrow@kimberly.bobrow@f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org
OS/2 Shareware BBS ID: Kimberly Bobrow
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Please note that the '\t' used in the example to imply a TAB character is there
for illustration only because an actual TAB character is difficult to display
within the context of the IPF. The C-style backslash notation for tabs,
newlines, etc. is NOT supported by this regular exression engine. Because of
the '^' and '$' metacharacters and the fact that matches cannot occur across
line boundaries, the loss of '\n' and '\r' should be no hardship. If you need
to specify a TAB, you may simply enter an actual TAB character.