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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 manipulate
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 mailbox 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 begin-
ning 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 sum-
mary listing for each command available. A period (
.) returns you to the Message
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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