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LAUREL MANUAL

Table of Contents

1. Introduction𔁇

1.1.What is Laurel?𔁇

1.2.What is this manual?𔁇

1.3.How to obtain Laurel𔁈

1.4.How to run Laurel𔁈

1.5.Acknowledgments𔁉

2. Basic notions and facilities𔁋

2.1The user interface𔁌

2.1.1Command invocation𔁌

2.1.2Editing conventions𔁌

2.1.3Brackets𔁍

2.2The display𔁎

2.2.1Scrolling and thumbing𔁎

2.2.2New mail — Retrieving your new mail𔁏

2.3The table-of-contents region𔁏

2.3.1Selecting messages𔁏

2.3.2Mark characters10

2.4Status information in the upper menu10

2.4.1Laurel version10

2.4.2Date and time10

2.4.3In-box status11

2.4.4Free disk pages11

2.5Message display region12

2.6Message composition region12

2.7The feedback region12

3. Screen commands13

3.1Upper menu commands13

3.1.1User — Logging in13

3.1.2New mail — Retrieving your new mail14

3.1.3Mail file — Establishing your current mail file14

3.1.4Quit — Leaving Laurel15

3.2Received message manipulation16

3.2.1Display — Viewing a message16

3.2.2Delete — Indicating messages to be destroyed16

3.2.3Undelete — Indicating messages to be retained16

3.2.4Move to — Filing messages17

3.3Hardcopy — Printing messages17

3.3.1Printer18

3.3.2Form18

3.3.3Copies19

3.3.4Two sided19

3.3.5Private20

3.4Message initialization commands20

3.4.1New form — Initializing a new message21

3.4.2Answer — Replying to a message21

3.4.3Forward — Resending received messages21

3.5File commands22

3.5.1Get — Reading a file22

3.5.2Put — Writing a file23

3.5.3Copy — Copying or transferring a file24

3.6Run — Running a program; Laurel extensions24

3.7Deliver — Sending a message25

3.7.1Editing the message header26

3.7.2Naming recipients26

3.7.3Public distribution lists27

3.7.4Private distribution lists28

3.7.5Delivery28

3.7.6Corresponding with Arpanet recipients29

4. The Laurel editor31

4.1Getting started32

4.2Selecting text32

4.2.1Target and source selections32

4.2.2The selection hierarchy33

4.2.3Character selection33

4.2.4Word selection33

4.2.5Line selection33

4.2.6Paragraph selection34

4.2.7Document selection34

4.2.8Selection extension34

4.2.9Selection expansion 35

4.2.10Selection reduction36

4.2.11Type-in point selection (modeless editor only)36

4.2.12Replace selection (modeless editor only)36

4.3Text input37

4.3.1Special characters37

4.3.2Shifted selection38

4.3.3Secondary selection (modal editor only)38

4.3.4Delete selection (modeless editor only)39

4.3.5Move selection (modeless editor only)39

4.4Keyboard commands40

4.4.1A (COM-A) — Append text41

4.4.2B (COM-B) — Placeholder brackets41

4.4.3D (DEL, COM-D) — Delete text42

4.4.4E (COM-E) — Select everything42

4.4.5F (COM-F) — Find42

4.4.6G (COM-G) — Get file44

4.4.7I (COM-I) — Insert text44

4.4.8P (COM-P) — Put file45

4.4.9R (COM-R) — Replace text45

4.4.10S (COM-S) — Substitute45

4.4.11T (COM-T) — Insert Time46

4.4.12U (CANCEL, COM-U) — Undo or cancel last text modification47

4.4.13ESC (DO) — Repeat last text modification48

4.4.14(NEXT) — Select next placeholder48

4.4.15(PASTE) — Insert previous deletion48

4.4.16’, ", <, (, [, {, - (COM-’, COM-", etc.) — Bracket commands49

4.4.170, 1, ... 9 (COM-0, COM-1, ... COM-9) — Shortcut screen rearrangement49

5. The Laurel profile51

6. Message system mores61

7. Look before you leap . . .71

8. If things go wrong . . .73

9. Things a casual user doesn’t really need to know75

Appendices

A. Command line options77

B. Programs available for the Run command79

B.1.Chat80

B.2.Maintain82

B.3.InsertMail85

B.4.Files86

B.5SearchMail88

B.6MailFileScavenger89

C. Hardcopy forms91

D. Laurel and MSG101

E. Laurel 6 vs. Laurel 5.1 and LaurelX103

Figures

1. Sample Laurel Screen 𔁆

2. Laurel 6 modeless editor command summary105