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HELP - get online help
Usage: HELP [command or topic]
or: HELP SET [variable]
or: HELP [TOP-LEVEL-MODE or READ-MODE] [command or topic]
Typing HELP will show you help about a command, topic or variable.
The help screens for commands look like this one. The first line has the
name of the command and a short definition of what it does. Under that, a
line starting "Usage" shows what else may be specified with the command;
anything in square brackets [] is optional.
Examples:
Send>help #general help
Send>help display #help about the command DISPLAY
Send>help addressing #help about the topic of addressing
Send>help set append-signature #help about the variable APPEND-SIGNATURE
Send>help top-level-mode quit #help about the Top Level command QUIT
Send>help ? #what help is available
Note that HELP at the Send> prompt is for commands you could use at the Send>
prompt. HELP in Top Level Mode (MM> prompt) and Read Mode (Read> prompt)
is different.
Another form of help is provided by the question mark:
Examples:
Send>? #what commands are available
Send>in? #what commands are available starting "in"
Send>insert ? #what further can be typed after "insert"
Note that "help ?" is a version of the last use of "?". It shows what you
can type after the command HELP--that is, what help can you get.
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