:Info: changed_mtg_name: Type the name of the meeting you wish to attend followed by RETURN. It must be a meeting that contains a comment you have not yet read. To get a menu that lists such meetings, type two question marks (??) followed by RETURN. :Info: attended_mtg_name: Type the name of the meeting you wish to attend followed by RETURN. It must be a meeting that you have placed on your list of meetings to attend, though you need not have attended it before. To get a menu that lists such meetings, type two question marks (??) followed by RETURN. :Info: eligible_mtg_name: Type the name of the meeting you wish to attend followed by RETURN. It must be a meeting that you are eligible to attend. To get a menu that lists such meetings, type two question marks (??) followed by RETURN. :Info: file_name: Type the name of the file where you wish to have the current comments copied followed by RETURN. It can be the name of a file that already exists or the name for a file you want created. If the file does not exist, it is created. If it does exist, the current comments are appended to the end of the file. :Info: comment_spec: Specify the comment(s) you wish to make current followed by RETURN. These can be specified by number or keyword. A single comment may be specified by typing its number (e.g., 14). A range of comments may be specified by typing the low and high numbers separated by a colon (e.g., 14:19). To specify by keyword, use one of the following (short names are in parentheses): all (a), first (f), last (l), current (c), new, next (n), prev (p), allref (aref), firstref (fref), lastref (lref), nextref (nref), prevref (pref), restref (rref), search (s). When using the search (s) keyword, key in only search (s); you will then be prompted: "Enter text to be searched for:". :Info: search_spec: Type in the text you wish to search for. The currently selected comments will be searched for the text and those comments which contain the text become the new set of current comments. If there is only one comment in the currently selected set of comments then all the comments in the meeting are searched. :Info: create_subject: Type the name of the subject with which you wish to designate your comment followed by RETURN. It can be one word or a phrase. :Info: select_subject: Type the subject you wish to make current and press RETURN. To get a menu that lists the subjects in this meeting, type two question marks (??) followed by RETURN. :Info: select_comment: Specify the comment you wish to make current and press RETURN. The comment is specified by number, and only one comment can be made current at a time. :Info: read_comments: If you wish to read comments in meetings by subject, type "subject" or "s". If you wish to read comments by comment number, type "entry" or "e". To continue reading them in the manner you currently have set, press BREAK. :Info: escape_keys: If you wish to use escape sequences instead of function keys to perform certain operations in Executive Forum, type "escape" or "e". If you are already using escape sequences for those operations and wish to switch to function keys, type "function" or "f". To continue using the keys you are currently using, press BREAK. :Info: prompts_or_menus: If you wish to be queried for certain types of information in Executive Forum by prompts instead of menus, type "query" or "q". If you wish to be presented with a menu of choices when you are queried, type "menu" or "m". To continue being queried in the current manner, press BREAK. :Info: editing_space: If when writing and editing comments you wish to clear the menu from the screen and use that space, type "clear" or "c". If you wish to leave the menu in place and use just the portion of the screen beneath it, type "keep" or "k". To continue with the current practice, press BREAK. :Info: message_window: If you wish to use a place on the screen that you have specified for receiving messages, type "own" or "o". If you wish to let Executive Forum display messages automatically beneath the menu, type "xforum" or "x". To continue displaying messages in the currently designated space, press BREAK. :Info: multics_mode: If you want to be able to go to Multics command level while using Executive Forum, type "allow" or "a". If you don't care to ever do that, type "disallow" or "d". To leave the capability unchanged, press BREAK. :Info: help_prompt: If you want help with an option in the above menu, type the number or letter of that option followed by RETURN. If you want help with a function key, press that function key followed by RETURN. If you are using escape sequences instead of function keys, type the two character sequence ("ESC" followed by another character) you want help with. Finally, if you want to know about something other than a menu option or a function key, type two question marks (??) followed by RETURN. This gets you a menu containing general information items that you can choose to get an explanation of. ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. Multics was distributed in 1975 to 2000 by Group Bull in Europe , and in the U.S. by Bull HN Information Systems Inc., as successor in interest by change in name only to Honeywell Bull Inc. and Honeywell Information Systems Inc. . ----------------------------------------------------------- Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute these programs and their documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,provided that the below copyright notice and historical background appear in all copies and that both the copyright notice and historical background and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the names of MIT, HIS, BULL or BULL HN not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the programs without specific prior written permission. Copyright 1972 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Honeywell Information Systems Inc. Copyright 2006 by BULL HN Information Systems Inc. Copyright 2006 by Bull SAS All Rights Reserved