2Helpfile: MXhf10X0 3gWelcome to Citadel!0 If you've never called a room based bulletin board before, you might have a little learning to do to make full use of the features available on this board. This text will attempt to help you find your way around this type of software. First of all, it is highly recommended to use ANSI terminal emulation if you can. It makes reading the messages easier. Turn it on by first using the .Enter Configuration (3.EC0) command, then choosing the Terminal settings (3T0) subcommand, then choosing Terminal type (3T0). Choose a terminal emulation mode that your system supports. ANSI Color is recommended if you have a color monitor. Then press 3B0 to get back to the main .Enter Configuration menu, and press 3S0 to save you changes and return to the room prompt. Messages forming conversations are held in "3grooms0". Rooms are usually grouped together into "3ghalls0". Users wander from room to room, reading new messages in the rooms that interest them and entering their own messages, extending the conversation. Citadel's format tends to focus users of the system on the messages, though file transfers are available. First and foremost: Nearly any time while text is being displayed, you can press certain keys to perform specific actions. Citadel is not case sensitive, so you can enter commands in either uppercase or lowercase; it does not matter. The most used of these keys are: 3S0 to 3gtop0 the output. 3N0 to skip to the 3gext0 message. 3P0 to 3g

ause0 the output. While text is paused, you can press 3S0 or 3N0 to 3gtop0 the messages or skip to the 3gext0 message. Almost any other key will restart the output. There are many commands that may be used to travel from room to room. These, like most commands, are entered at the "3groom prompt0". Room prompts usually look something like this: 2City Hall>>0 or 2Post Office>0 or 2Other BBSes]0 or 2Words Upon Words:0 or 2Secret Place)0 etc. The common commands to move from room to room are: 3G0 to 3goto0 the next room containing new messages since your last call. 3J0 to 3gumpback0 to the room you were in just before you hit oto. 3+0 to go to the next room in the hall. 3-0 to go to the previous room in the hall. 3.G0 to go to a specific room by name. After entering 3.G0, type the name (or a portion of the name) of the room you want to go to. The board will find it for you if it is in the current the hall and take you to it. Once you have read all of the messages in all of the rooms in a hall, you would generally want to move to the next hall. To do this, use one of the following two commands: 3>0 to go to the next hall. 3<0 to go to the previous hall. These commands may only be used from window rooms. Window rooms are special rooms that allow access to different halls. You can tell which rooms are window rooms by looking at the symbols in the room prompt that are after the room name. If there are two ">" characters, or some other character (such as ":" or "]") followed by a ">" character, then you are in a window room. To read the messages left in a room, the common commands to use are: 3N0 to read the 3gew0 messages since your last visit to this room. 3R0 to read the messages in this room in 3geverse0 order, from newest to oldest. Remember that a room may have many messages, so you'll probably want to use the 3gtop0 command mentioned earlier before Citadel is done listing the messages. 3F0 to read the messages in this room in 3gorward0 order, from oldest to newest. As with the 3geverse0 command, you may want to 3gtop0 the output early when using this command. 3O0 to read the 3gld0 messages in this room in reverse order. There are a couple of ways to enter messages, either public or private: 3E0 will 3gnter0 a message in the room for everyone to see. 3.EE0 will enter an exclusive (private) message to a specific user. You will be asked who to send a message to. Type the other user's name, or a portion of it. Citadel will give you the full name of the user you are sending the message to when entering it. If you entered a partial user name, it is a good idea to check this to make sure that Citadel did not find another user with a similar name. While entering messages, to put a blank line in your message, you must type a then a or . Hitting or on a blank line brings you to Citadel's message editor prompt. This lets you perform a number of edits, including these often used commands: 3S0 will 3gave0 your message as it is. 3P0 will 3g

rint0 your message back to you so you can see what it will look like. 3R0 will 3geplace0 a word or series of words with another word or series of words. 3A0 will 3gbort0 the message. 3V0 will 3gerify0 the spelling of the message. Remember that each message is formatted for each caller's screen width when displayed, so be careful with your formatting. If you want to enter a table or other columnized list, be sure to start every line with a space. Citadel will then know that it should not combine that line with the last. Earlier, when giving examples of possible room prompts, you might have noticed that they had different symbols after the names. These symbols tell you what type of room it is. Normal rooms end with a single 3>0 character. Other rooms have other characters. Not all types of rooms have special symbols attached to them, however; these end with the normal 3>0 character. The types of rooms are: 3gDirectory0 rooms. These end with a 3]0 symbol, and allow files to be uploaded and downloaded. Type 3.RD0 to view the files available, or 3.RI0 to view an info file, which includes a brief description of the files. For more information on file transfers, refer to the help file 3cFILES0. 3gApplication0 rooms. These allow access to games and questionnaires. Use 3.EA0 to access applications. For more information on applications, refer to the help file 3cDOORS0. 3gHidden0 rooms. These end with a 3)0 symbol. To get to a hidden room, you must know its name. Use the 3.G0 command and type the room name. (Partial room names are not allowed here.) 3gGroup-only0 rooms. These end with a 3:0 symbol. To get in a group-only room, you must be a member of the group. Otherwise, Citadel will not let you see it, or even know of its existence. 3gWindow0 rooms. As already mentioned, these allow you to travel from hall to hall using the 3>0 and 3<0 commands. Window rooms end with an extra 3>0. There are many more commands and features available for use. To see a list of available commands at any prompt, press the 3?0 key. From a room prompt, full help is available by using the 3H0 key. You will be given instructions on how to get more help when you use that command.