X-Git-Url: https://code.citadel.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=citadel%2Fhelp%2Fintro;fp=citadel%2Fhelp%2Fintro;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=d007cf2d3930d0fda25139efafe4565d8693a08d;hp=9c88249213d31bc548170cb99e87851bec405a74;hpb=1e9d2ef0202aa02d95ba5f15899cdce6434cee48;p=citadel.git diff --git a/citadel/help/intro b/citadel/help/intro deleted file mode 100644 index 9c8824921..000000000 --- a/citadel/help/intro +++ /dev/null @@ -1,135 +0,0 @@ - New User's Introduction to the site - - This is an introduction to the Citadel BBS concept. It is intended -for new users so that they can more easily become acquainted to using -Citadel when accessing it in the form of a text-based BBS. Of -course, old users might learn something new each time they read -through it. - - Full help for the BBS commands can be obtained by typing <.H>elp SUMMARY - - The CITADEL BBS room concept - ---------------------------- - The term BBS stands for "Bulletin Board System". The analogy is -appropriate: one posts messages so that others may read them. In -order to organize the posts, people can post in different areas of the -BBS, called rooms. - In order to post in a certain room, you need to be "in" that room. -Your current prompt is usually the room that you are in, followed the -greater-than-sign, such as: - - Lobby> - - The easiest way to traverse the room structure is with the "Goto" -command, on the "G" key. Pressing "G" will take you to the next room -in the "march list" (see below) that has new messages in it. You can -read these new messages with the "N" key. - Once you've "Gotoed" every room in the system (or all of the ones -you choose to read) you return to the "Lobby," the first and last room -in the system. If new messages get posted to rooms you've already -read during your session you will be brought BACK to those rooms so -you can read them. - - March List - ---------- - All the room names are stored in a march list, which is just a -list containing all the room names. When you oto or kip a -room, you are placed in the next room in your march list THAT HAS NEW -MESSAGES. If you have no new messages in any of the rooms on your -march list, you will keep going to the Lobby>. You can choose not to -read certain rooms (that don't interest you) by "Z"apping them. When -you ap a room, you are merely deleting it from your march list (but -not from anybody else's). - - You can use the <.G>oto (note the period before the G. You can also use -ump on some systems) to go to any room in the -system. You don't have to type in the complete name of a room to -"jump" to it; you merely need to type in enough to distinguish it from -the other rooms. Left-aligned matches carry a heavier weight, so if you -typed (for example) ".Goto TECH", you might be taken to a room called -"Tech Area>" even if it found a room called "Biotech/Ethics>" first. - - To return to a room you have previously apped, use the <.G>oto command -to enter it, and it will be re-inserted into your march list. In the case -of returning to Zapped rooms, you must type the room name in its entirety. -REMEMBER, rooms with no new messages will not show on your -march list! You must <.G>oto to a room with no new messages. -Incidentally, you cannot change the order of the rooms on your march list. -It's the same for everybody. - - Special rooms - ------------- - There are two special rooms on a Citadel that you should know about. - - The first is the Lobby>. It's used for system announcements and other -such administrativia. You cannot ap the Lobby>. Each time you first -login, you will be placed in the Lobby>. - - The second is Mail>. In Mail>, when you post a messages, you are -prompted to enter the screen name of the person who you want to send the -message to. Only the person who you send the message to can read the -message. NO ONE else can read it, not even the admins. Mail> is the -first room on the march list, and is un-appable, so you can be sure -that the person will get the message. - - System admins - ------------- - These people, along with the room admins, keep the site running smoothly. - - Among the many things that admins do are: create rooms, delete -rooms, set access levels, invite users, check registration, grant -room admin status, and countless other things. They have access to the -Aide> room, a special room only for admins. - - If you enter a mail message to "Sysop" it will be placed in the -Aide> room so that the next admin online will read it and deal with it. -Admins cannot ap rooms. All the rooms are always on each admin's -march list. Admins can read *any* and *every* room, but they *CAN* *NOT* -read other users' Mail! - - Room admins - ----------- - Room admins are granted special privileges in specific rooms. -They are *NOT* true system admins; their power extends only over the -rooms that they control, and they answer to the system admins. - - A room admin's job is to keep the topic of the their room on track, -with nudges in the right direction now and then. A room admin can also -move an off topic post to another room, or delete a post, if he/she -feels it is necessary. - - Currently, very few rooms have room admins. Most rooms do not need -their own specific room admin. Being a room admin requires a certain -amount of trust, due to the additional privileges granted. - - Citadel messages - ---------------- - Most of the time, the BBS code does not print a lot of messages -to your screen. This is a great benefit once you become familiar -with the system, because you do not have endless menus and screens -to navigate through. nevertheless, there are some messages which you -might see from time to time. - - "There were messages posted while you were entering." - - This is also known as "simulposting." When you start entering a -message, the system knows where you last left off. When you save -your message, the system checks to see if any messages were entered -while you were typing. This is so that you know whether you need -to go back and re-read the last few messages. This message may appear -in any room. - - "*** You have new mail" - - This message is essentially the same as the above message, but can -appear at any time. It simply means that new mail has arrived for you while -you are logged in. Simply go to the Mail> room to read it. - - Who list - -------- - The ho command shows you the names of all users who are currently -online. It also shows you the name of the room they are currently in. If -they are in any type of private room, however, the room name will simply -display as "". Along with this information is displayed the -name of the host computer the user is logged in from. -