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  8. Short Contents
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  10. Copying Conditions and Credits............................................ 1
  11. Introduction.............................................................. 3
  12. 1 The Fifteen Minute Guide to Fnordadel................................... 5
  13. 2 Sysop Theory........................................................... 14
  14. 3 User Command Reference................................................. 24
  15. 4 Aide and Co-Sysop Command Reference.................................... 62
  16. 5 The Sysop Command Reference............................................ 75
  17. 6 Modem Stuff............................................................ 86
  18. 7 Events................................................................. 93
  19. 8 Networking............................................................. 96
  20. 9 Doors................................................................. 126
  21. 10 Anti-Ruggie Measures................................................. 133
  22. 11 Shells vs.  the Desktop.............................................. 143
  23. 12 File Transfers....................................................... 147
  24. 13 Miscellaneous........................................................ 151
  25. Appendix A Fnordadel Support............................................ 170
  26. Appendix B History of the Citadel BBS Program........................... 173
  27. Index of ctdlcnfg.sys Variables......................................... 177
  28. Index of Programs and Their Options..................................... 180
  29. Index of Commands and Modifiers......................................... 181
  30. General Index........................................................... 184
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  39. Table of Contents
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  42. Copying Conditions and Credits............................................ 1
  43.        Copying Conditions................................................. 1
  44.        Credits............................................................ 1
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  46. Introduction.............................................................. 3
  47.        Notations Used in This Manual...................................... 4
  48.        A Warning.......................................................... 4
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  50. 1 The Fifteen Minute Guide to Fnordadel................................... 5
  51.        1.1 Initial Preparations........................................... 5
  52.               1.1.1 Disk layout........................................... 5
  53.               1.1.2 Other details......................................... 7
  54.        1.2 Configuration.................................................. 8
  55.               1.2.1 Editing ctdlcnfg.sys.................................. 8
  56.                      1.2.1.1 General parameters............................8
  57.                      1.2.1.2 Modem parameters..............................9
  58.                      1.2.1.3 Networking parameters.........................9
  59.               1.2.2 Running configur...................................... 9
  60.        1.3 Bringing Up The System........................................ 10
  61.               1.3.1 Logging in........................................... 10
  62.               1.3.2 Giving yourself power................................ 11
  63.        1.4 Backing Up.................................................... 12
  64.        1.5 Doing It Properly............................................. 13
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  66. 2 Sysop Theory........................................................... 14
  67.        2.1 Your Callers.................................................. 14
  68.        2.2 Rooms......................................................... 15
  69.        2.3 Floors........................................................ 17
  70.        2.4 Scrolling..................................................... 17
  71.        2.5 Modes of Operation............................................ 18
  72.               2.5.1 Modem mode........................................... 18
  73.               2.5.2 Console mode......................................... 18
  74.               2.5.3 Chat mode............................................ 19
  75.               2.5.4 Network mode......................................... 19
  76.        2.6 Configuring................................................... 19
  77.               2.6.1 The ctdlcnfg.sys file................................ 20
  78.               2.6.2 The configur program................................. 20
  79.               2.6.3 The ctdltabl.sys file................................ 20
  80.        2.7 Command Structure............................................. 21
  81.               2.7.1 Single-key commands.................................. 21
  82.               2.7.2 Multi-key/extended commands.......................... 22
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  84. 3 User Command Reference................................................. 24
  85.        3.1 Single-key User Commands...................................... 24
  86.               3.1.1 Room prompt commands................................. 24
  87.                      3.1.1.1 Entering and reading messages................25
  88.                      3.1.1.2 Navigating between rooms.....................27
  89.                      3.1.1.3 Other commands...............................29
  90.               3.1.2 Pseudo commands...................................... 32
  91.        3.2 Multi-key User Commands....................................... 32
  92.               3.2.1 Enter commands....................................... 35
  93.                      3.2.1.1 Entering messages............................35
  94.                      3.2.1.2 Entering files...............................36
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  100.                      3.2.1.3 Entering other information...................37
  101.               3.2.2 Read commands........................................ 38
  102.                      3.2.2.1 Reading messages.............................39
  103.                      3.2.2.2 Reading files................................43
  104.                      3.2.2.3 Reading other information....................47
  105.               3.2.3 Navigation commands.................................. 47
  106.               3.2.4 Other multi-key commands............................. 49
  107.        3.3 Multi-key User Floor Commands................................. 51
  108.        3.4 The Message Editor............................................ 52
  109.        3.5 User Configuration............................................ 56
  110.        3.6 More Mode..................................................... 59
  111.        3.7 Deleting Messages............................................. 60
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  113. 4 Aide and Co-Sysop Command Reference.................................... 62
  114.        4.1 Aides......................................................... 62
  115.               4.1.1 Granting Aide status................................. 62
  116.               4.1.2 The .A(ide) command.................................. 63
  117.               4.1.3 The ;A(ide) command.................................. 67
  118.               4.1.4 Aide message deletion and movement................... 68
  119.               4.1.5 .E(nter) R(oom)...................................... 70
  120.               4.1.6 Aide doors........................................... 70
  121.        4.2 Sysop Commands and Perks...................................... 70
  122.               4.2.1 Sysop room-editing commands.......................... 70
  123.               4.2.2 Message journalling.................................. 72
  124.               4.2.3 Promoting local messages to net messages............. 73
  125.               4.2.4 Sysop file transfers................................. 73
  126.               4.2.5 Sysop doors.......................................... 74
  127.               4.2.6 Sysop mail differences............................... 74
  128.               4.2.7 Aide and sysop room access........................... 74
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  130. 5 The Sysop Command Reference............................................ 75
  131.        5.1 The Sysop Special Functions Menu.............................. 75
  132.        5.2 User Status Commands.......................................... 80
  133.        5.3 Miscellaneous Features and Commands........................... 83
  134.               5.3.1 Special keys..............