---

5.3.4 Miscellaneous Editor Functions ¶

Function: abort, pre-bound to: ESC ¶

Aborts the current message without saving.

Function: bytecount, pre-bound to: Alt-B ¶

Displays the number of bytes and the quote ratio in the current message.

Function: 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.

Function: 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.

Function: insert, pre-bound to: Ins ¶

This function toggles between the “insert” and “overwrite” modes of the editor.

Function: 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.

Function: null, not pre-bound to any key. ¶

Simply does nothing.

Function: oscmd, pre-bound to: Alt-1 ¶

This allows you to enter an operating system command that will be executed directly.

Function: setup, bound to: Alt-T ¶

This function allows you to set some (but not all) of the system switches. See Switches, for more information.

Function: shell, bound to: Alt-O ¶

Call an operating system shell (prompt). Under DOS, MsgEd TE is swapped out of memory for this.

Function: toggleq, bound to: Alt-Q ¶

This function toggles the quote state of the current line (whatever that means ...).

Function: quit, bound to: Alt-S ¶

This function saves the message currently being edited and quits the internal message editor.