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INTERACTIVE MODE MENUS AND COMMANDS
This section begins with the Message Menu, which is the main screen for Interactive Mode. The rest of
the menus are presented alphabetically.
Message Menu
The Message Index is displayed on the Message Menu. You can use the following commands to manipu-
late and send messages. Some commands use a series of prompts to complete their action. You can use
Ctrl-D to cancel their operations.
The commands are:
!command Shell Escape. Send command to the shell defined by the
shell string variable
without leaving
elm.
# Display all known information about the current message.
$ Resynchronize the messages without leaving elm. If there are any messages
marked for deletion, you are asked if you want to delete them. If any messages are
deleted or any status flags have changed, the messages are written back to the mail-
box file. All tags are removed.
% Display the computed return address of the current message.
* Set the current message pointer to the last message.
+ Display the next message index page, when applicable.
- Display the previous message index page, when applicable.
/pattern Pattern match. Search for pattern in the from and subject fields of the current mes-
sage index. The search starts at the current message and wraps around to the
beginning of the index. The current message pointer is set to the first message that
matches. Uppercase and lowercase are treated as equivalent.
//pattern Pattern match. Search for pattern through all the lines of the current folder. The
search starts at the current message and wraps around to the beginning of the
folder. The current message pointer is set to the first message that matches.
Uppercase and lowercase are treated as equivalent.
< Calendar. Scan message for calendar entries and add them to your calendar file. A
calendar entry is defined as a line whose first nonblank characters are ->
, as in:
->calendar-entry
The delimiter
-> and surrounding blanks are removed before the entry is added to
the calendar file. Resultant blank lines are ignored. You can define the calendar
file name in your elmrc file or with the Options Menu.
= Set the current message pointer to the first message.
> Save in folder. Same as the Message Menu s (save) command.
?key ... Help on key. Display a one-line description of what each key does. ? displays a
summary listing for each command available. A period (.) returns you to the Mes-
sage Menu.
@ Display a summary of the messages indexed on the current screen.
| Pipe the current message or the set of tagged messages through other filters as
desired. Use the shell defined by the shell string variable.
n New current message. Change the current message pointer to the one indexed as n.
If the message is not on the current page of headers, the appropriate page
displayed.
Return Read current message. The screen is cleared and the current message is displayed
by the pager defined by the
pager string variable.
a Alias. Switch to the Alias Menu.
b Bounce mail. This is similar to forwarding a message, except that you do not edit
the message and the return address is set to the original sender’s address, rather
than to your address.
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