HELP ON USER PROFILE CONFIGURATION
This menu allows you to reconfigure your user profile, which controls several
settings for your terminal and how you interact with this system. This
profile is saved with your name or logon ID, so it is automatically in effect
each time you call this system, unless you come here and alter it.
There are several items in your profile, but they are divided into the
following groups:
ANSI AND IBM GRAPHICS SETTINGS
These two settings control whether you wish the system to send you ANSI codes
or IBM Graphics characters, and are modified through these menu choices:
A - Set ANSI codes On/Off
G - Set IBM Graphics On/Off
ANSI codes provide color, highlights, blinking and cursor position according
to the ANSI X3.64 standard. Your terminal or communications program must
support ANSI or VT-100 terminal emulation in order for these codes to be
correctly handled.
WARNING: Your terminal or software MUST support ANSI or VT-100 in order to
have ANSI enabled here. If you DO NOT have this capability, but enable ANSI
here on the system, you will see garbage characters and probably have an
unreadable display!
IBM Graphics allows you to use 8-bit data on both input and output to the
system, thereby allowing you to see IBM Graphics characters, such as boxes and
international alphabetic characters.
NOTE: If you enable IBM Graphics characters, but dial the system with 7-bit
data, you will not be able to logon and use the system! Make sure you're
calling with 8-bit data and NO parity before enabling IBM Graphics.
TERMINAL (OR TERMINAL EMULATOR) ATTRIBUTES
These settings define the needs of your terminal or terminal emulator
(communications software). You have the following options:
W - Set Terminal Width
This controls the number of characters which will fit on your screen on each
line, left to right. The system will adjust its displays to width of your
screen automatically. If you are calling with a printing terminal (such as a
Teletype) then this is the number of characters which can be printed across
a page.
L - Set Line Feeds On/Off
This setting controls whether the system will send line feed characters at the
end of each line. MOST TERMINALS AND SOFTWARE REQUIRE LINE FEEDS, and this
option should be set to YES. If all displays on the system appear to be
double-spaced, then set this option to NO.
N - Set # of Nulls
This option is used to place delays after every line displayed by the system.
MOST MODERN TERMINALS AND COMPUTERS DO NOT NEED NULLS, and you can set the
option to 0 (zero). If you are calling with a printing terminal (such as a
Teletype) you may need nulls to avoid character loss. If you are missing
characters at the beginning of each line, try increasing the number of nulls
you have set.
C - Set Lower Case On/Off
This options controls whether the system will send lower case characters to
you or not. If your terminal or computer can handle lower case properly, set
this option to YES. Otherwise, set it to NO.
P - Set Page Pause (-more-)
This option allows you to define a screen (page) length so that the system
will pause each time is fills one screen (or page). If you set this option to
NO, then the system will never pause displays. If you set it to YES, you will
be asked for the number of lines per page. If you have a computer, this is
the number of lines that fit on your screen top to bottom. If you have a
printing terminal (such as a Teletype) this is the number of lines which
constitute one page.
T - Set New Terminal Type
This option allows you to select a pre-defined terminal type from the list
displayed. If your terminal or computer is listed, you may select it an avoid
manually setting your terminal options. Otherwise, you will need to configure
your settings on this screen manually.
PROTOCOLS AND MESSAGE SETTINGS
These settings determine your default file transfer protocols, and allow you
to set preferences for interaction with the message system. You have the
following options:
U - Set File Upload Protocol
D - Set File Download Protocol
These options allow you to select your preferred upload and download protocols
from the list of protocols shown. You may also choose to have the system
prompt you for your preferred protocol with each transfer you make (this is
the default setting, and is in effect until you change it).
If you choose an upload and/or download protocol, it will be used
automatically instead of asking you each time you make a file transfer.
M - Set Message Base Defaults
This option allows you to set your preferences for interaction with the
message system. Selecting this option allows you to configure the following:
Message Prompt Style
If you're using the line-oriented message editor, this option controls how
you are prompted for each line of message input. The choices are:
1 - Line number only
2 - Bytes free in message buffer, plus line number
3 - Prompt only (shows > character on each line)
Option 1 (line number only) is the most commonly used.
Prepared Text Prompting
If you set this option to YES, the system will ask you each time you enter
a message whether you wish to submit prepared message text. This allows
you to prepare an ASCII text file offline, and upload it as the text of
a message you enter, instead of typing the text online. Setting this
option to NO makes the system never ask you about this.
New Message Pointer Method
This option allows you to select how you want new message pointers to be
maintained for you. The options are:
1 - Track the highest message read (this is similar to most bulletin
board systems, and is a "high water mark")
2 - Track the lowest unread message (this is the most natural method
and tracks contiguously read messages)
Full-Screen Editor Usage
This option controls prompting for the full-screen message editor. Your
choices are:
1 - Ask on each (prompts whether you want to use it each time
you enter a message)
2 - Always use (invokes the full-screen editor each time you
enter a message)
3 - Never use (always invokes the line-oriented editor each time
you enter a message)
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