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abort
, pre-bound to: ESC ¶Aborts the current message without saving.
bytecount
, pre-bound to: Alt-B ¶Displays the number of bytes and the quote ratio in the current message.
edithdr
, pre-bound to: Alt-E ¶Lets you edit the header of the message (recipient, sender and subject information) in case you made an error when first entering the header.
export
, pre-bound to: Alt-W ¶Export the text of the current message to a file or printer port. You will be shown a dialog box where you can enter a filename. See Exporting Mails to Text Files or to the Printer, for further information.
insert
, pre-bound to: Ins ¶This function toggles between the “insert” and “overwrite” modes of the editor.
import
, pre-bound to: Alt-I ¶Imports text from a text file into the message. You will be shown a dialog box where you can enter a filename.
null
, not pre-bound to any key. ¶Simply does nothing.
oscmd
, pre-bound to: Alt-1 ¶This allows you to enter an operating system command that will be executed directly.
setup
, bound to: Alt-T ¶This function allows you to set some (but not all) of the system switches. See Switches, for more information.
shell
, bound to: Alt-O ¶Call an operating system shell (prompt). Under DOS, MsgEd TE is swapped out of memory for this.
toggleq
, bound to: Alt-Q ¶This function toggles the quote state of the current line (whatever that means ...).
quit
, bound to: Alt-S ¶This function saves the message currently being edited and quits the internal message editor.