Conferences

On-page link, opens in this window General
On-page link, opens in this window Topic titles
On-page link, opens in this window Reading topics
On-page link, opens in this window Skipping topics
On-page link, opens in this window Starting a new topic
On-page link, opens in this window Commands at the response prompt
On-page link, opens in this window Commands at the --more-- prompt
On-page link, opens in this window Saving topics to a file
On-page link, opens in this window Searching at the OK prompt

General

help
Get help
help keyword
Get help on keyword
confs
Show Well conference list menu
cfinfo
Show / search conf descriptions
go conf
Go to a conference named conf (e.g. go news) [g]
next
Go to next conference on .cflist with new responses [n]
!conflist
Change your conference list (.cflist)
g
Show name of current conference
check
Show activity of your conferences

Topic titles

browse
Browse all topic titles [b]
b n
Browse topics with new responses
b r
Browse in reverse order
b nof
Browse all topics, including forgotten topics
b for
Browse forgotten topics only
b since -5
Browse topics with material posted in last 5 days

Reading topics

see new
Read (see) new responses in all topics [s n] or [s]
s 45
Read all responses in topic 45
s 7 n
Read all new responses in topic 7
s all pass
Read all responses in all topics without stopping at Respond prompt
s 183 nor
Go to Respond prompt for topic 183 (no-read)
s since -7
Read all responses posted in last 7 days
s 2 since -3
Read responses posted in topic 2 in last 3 days
s 5 since 4/25/93
Read responses posted in topic 5 since specified American date

Skipping topics

seen
Mark all topics in current conference as seen (read)
forget 12
Skip topic 12 in the future
forget all
Forget all topics in current conf
remember 12
No longer skip topic 12
remember all
Remember all forgotten topics

Starting a new topic

enter
Type text, control-d to end, then type title [e]

Commands at the response prompt

respond
Respond to this topic [r]
pass
Do not respond to this topic [p]
return
Go to next topic or OK prompt (same as [p])
last
Show last response [l]
24
Show responses starting with response 24
only 24
Show only response 24 (even if hidden) [o]
0
(zero) Show entire topic
-12
See last 12 responses
again
Show topic responses again [a]
forget
Forget this topic
postpone
Leave topic as new and show the next topic [po]
new
Leave topic as new and go to OK prompt
stop
Stop reading topics and go to OK prompt [st]
quit
Stop reading topics and go to OK prompt (same as stop) [q]
pseudonym
Change your name for this response [ps]
hide 72
Hide your response #72
unhide 72
Unhide your response #72
scribble 72
Scribble (erase) your response #72

Commands at the --more-- prompt

q
Quit - go to end of topic
space
Display next screenful
50
Display 50 lines at a time
/string
Find text that matches string
n
Find next occurence of string
/^#
Skip current response and show next
?
Show help screen

Saving topics to a file

s 34 > filename
Save topic 34 to filename
s n > filename
Save all new responses in conference to filename
s all > filename
Save all topics in conference to filename

Searching at the OK prompt

find "string"
List topic and response numbers in which string occurs
b string
List topic titles that contain string
!extract -u loginid conf
Find and display all postings by user loginid in conference conf. See also the Extract section of this guide


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