Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Night_Spider to Nightfox on Wed Dec 03 2025 06:20 pm
Well by the UI user interface i mean the whole set up layout of the bbs like so i may navigate it fluenty? soes that make sense? like dont wanna drag ya down but if i get stuck on something am I okay to ask for help cuz that guru is just ong, but yeah that it basically.
Is this your first time using a BBS? A lot of it is a matter of just pressing the keys on your keyboard that correspond with the menu commands to do different things. A Synchronet BBS generally supports single-key commands as well as commands starting with a slash (/), and some Ctrl key combinations. It looks like you're getting the hang of that already, since you're posting messages.
Also, it looks like you're using SlyEdit to write messages? It's generally a good idea to quote the part of the message you're replying to so that it's easier for people to follow the conversation.. With SlyEdit, you can press Ctrl-Q (or type /q on a blank line and press enter) to open the quote window, press enter to select the lines you want to quote (and you can use the up & down arrow keys to scroll through the lines to quote), and then Ctrl-Q again (or ESC) to close the quote window. And it's generally good to leave a blank line between the quoted lines and your new message.
Also, some things can show a help screen of some kind. For instance, in SlyEdit, you can press ESC to bring up a menu (usually it takes a moment after pressing ESC) and select the help option, or as a shortcut, you can press Ctrl-L to show a list of the command keys in SlyEdit.
Nightfox
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