ACITS Pine - Answers

Quick Reference

This command summary is grouped by menu (except for General Commands, which can be typed in most menus). Note that what a command does depends on the menu. Thus, if you do not find the command you are looking for, try looking in another menu section. ( The ^ character means hold down the Control key while pressing the other key.)

NOTE: Please see "Using Pine as a news reader" for how to use these commands for reading USENET News.


General Commands

To

Press
Get help on a screen
?
Go to Main Menu
M
Quit Pine
Q

Folder Index Commands

To

Press
Compose new message
C
Delete message
D
Undelete message
U
Export message to file
E
Expunge deleted messages
X
Forward message
F
Go to folder
G
Go to next message
N
Go to next new message
tab
Go to previous message
P
Jump to message
J
List folders
L
Move up one page
-
Move down one page
space
Print message
Y
Reply to message
R
Save message in folder
S
Sort index by
$
Take message address
T
View message
V or return
Where is
W

Main Menu Commands

To

Press
Change Address Book
A
Change Pine's Setup
S
Compose message
C
Go to folder
G
Go to next command
N
Go to previous command
P
List folders
L
Lock keyboard
K
Show index of folder
I
Show Release Notes
R

Editing Commands
(while composing message text)

To

Press
Cancel message
^C
Check spelling
^T
Delete character
^D
Delete previous character
^H or delete
Get help
^G
Go to beginning of line
^A
Go to end of line
^E
Go to next page
^V
Go to previous page
^Y
Attach
^J
Kill current line
^K
Unkill line
^U
Move cursor
Arrow keys
Postpone message
^O
Read a file into message
^R
Redraw display screen
^L
Send the message
^X
Where is ...
^W



Pine : Introduction Steps Answers

18 August 1997
ACITS at UT Austin
Comments to: remark@cc.utexas.edu