:Info: F1: F1 and ESC ? Whenever the terminal cursor (the moving light that marks your place on the screen) is in the upper portion of the screen (the menu), you can get help by pressing function key F1 (or "ESC ?" if you are using escape sequences). You are then asked what specific help you need. If you want help with an option in the above menu, type the number or letter of that option but do NOT press RETURN. If you want help with a function key, press that function key (again do NOT press RETURN). For example, if you want help with function key F2, press F1, and at the prompt, press F2. If your terminal does not have function keys, or enough of them to allow all the function operations, type the two character sequence ("ESC" followed by another character) that is used in place of the particular function key you want. In the above example, press and release the ESC key followed by a question mark (?), and at the prompt, press "ESC" and the letter "f". Finally, if you want to know about something other than a menu option or a function key, you can respond to the prompt for the specific help desired, by typing two question marks (??). This provides a menu of general information items that you can choose from. Function keys 1 through 8 (F1-F8) operate in Executive Mail, but if your terminal does not have them, you should press the "ESC" key followed by either ?, f, p, q, r, l, h, or e to get the functions. A personalized mail option is available if you prefer to always use the escape sequences, regardless of the capabilities of your terminal. In brief, the function keys operate as follows: F1 (ESC ?) provides help with menu options and function keys. F2 (ESC f) returns you to the first menu, the one called Executive Mail. F3 (ESC p) returns you to the previous menu. F4 (ESC q) gets you out of the Executive Mail facility. F5 (ESC r) redisplays the menu or menus on the screen. F6 (ESC l) enables you to look at the portion of a list that has scrolled off the top of your screen. F7 (ESC h) enables you to look at the portion of a list that is in the next screen, coming up from the bottom of your terminal. F8 (ESC e) enables you to execute a Multics command while working in Executive Mail. In order to use this key or sequence, you must set the personalize mail option "Multics Command Mode" to yes. You get back to the menu by typing "pi". :Info: F2: F2 and ESC f Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence gets you back to the previous menu, the one called Executive Mail. :Info: F3: F3 and ESC p Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence gets you back to the previous menu, the one you were in just before the current one. :Info: F4: F4 and ESC q Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence gets you out of the Executive Mail facility. :Info: F5: F5 and ESC r Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence redisplays the menu and any other lists on the screen. This is useful when your screen gets messed up unexpectedly. :Info: F6: F6 and ESC l Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence enables you to look at the portion of a list that has scrolled off the top of your screen. This key can only be used when you are reading a list displayed either by typing two question marks (??) in response to a prompt, or automatically with the personalize mail option. :Info: F7: F7 and ESC h Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence enables you to look at the portion of a list that is in the next screen, coming up from the bottom of your terminal. This key can only be used when you are reading a list displayed either by typing two question marks (??) in response to a prompt, or automatically with the personalize mail option. It is used when you want to move ahead quickly to a later part of the list. :Info: F8: F8 and ESC e Pressing this function key or its associated escape sequence enables you to execute a Multics command while working in Executive Mail. After you press this key or sequence, a ready message is displayed in the lower portion of your screen, and you can now type a command line just as you normally would at Multics command level. As you issue commands, the menu is scrolled off the top of the screen, allowing more working space. Type "pi" to get back to Executive Mail. In order to use this function key or sequence, you must set the personalize mail option "Multics Command Mode" to yes. ----------------------------------------------------------- Historical Background This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided and donated to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group BULL including BULL HN Information Systems Inc. as a contribution to computer science knowledge. This donation is made also to give evidence of the common contributions of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell Laboratories, General Electric, Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Honeywell BULL Inc., Groupe BULL and BULL HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system. Multics development was initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC (1963-1970), renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the mid 1970s, under the leadership of Professor Fernando Jose Corbato. Users consider that Multics provided the best software architecture for managing computer hardware properly and for executing programs. Many subsequent operating systems incorporated Multics principles. 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