M E S S A G E   E D I T   I N F O

Upon finalizing entry of a message, either by pressing [ESCAPE] or pressing
consequtive [ENTER]'s, the following sub-prompt appears:

     Edit Message [A]bort, [C]ontinue, [I]nsert, [L]ist, [E]dit, Ca[r]bon
                  [Q]uote, [F]ull Screen, [D]elete, [S]ave, [H]elp? [ ]

Below is a breakdown of each of the options.

[A]bort       - This will not update the message and will cancel all changes
                made during the editing session.

[C]ontinue    - You will be able to continue editing the message.  The cursor
                will be positioned at the last line you entered and return
                you to SINGLE LINE editing mode.

[I]nsert      - Allows insertion of new lines in the text.  You are prompted
                for the line number where new lines should be inserted.  You
                are then asked to enter your text, and then your new line(s)
                are added at the chosen number.  Any number of new lines will
                be inserted as word-wrap creates more new lines as needed.

[L]ist        - This will redisplay the message with normal screen pauses in
                effect (if needed), and present you with the above Edit
                Message prompt.

[E]dit        - The message line editor is probably one of the most
                misunderstood functions in message entry.  A search for text
                to be changed is followed by insertion of the corrected text.
                The old and new text is seperated by a ";".  The terminology
                used is OLDSTRING for the text to be replaced and NEWSTRING for
                the new text.  After asking for the line number to be edited,
                WILDCAT! needs to know what needs to be changed.  The syntax
                for this procedure is:

                                  OLDSTRING;NEWSTRING
                    (note the semicolon between the two words).

                This command is translated as "Take the first occurrence of
                the characters OLDSTRING and delete them, then insert the
                characters NEWSTRING in the same location.  For example, if
                the message line reads:

                  "this is a message to shw how to use th Edit command."

                Obviously we need to change two errors, the word "th" for
                "the" and "shw" for "show".  First lets fix "shw" by using
                the command "shw;show" which scans for the word "shw" and
                replaces it with "show".  Now the harder correction. Notice
                that the first occurrence of the incorrect text "th" is
                actually a part of correct text "this" in the 1st word.
                Therefore we can't simply use the command "th;the" or the
                new message will read

                   "theis is a message...".

                The proper method is to broaden the OLDSTRING search to
                include additional unique text such as

                   "use th;use the"

                Notice that we can replace any number of letters even with a
                shorter or longer NEWSTRING.

                After an edit the caller is presented with the corrected
                line and allowed to make more corrections, if needed.  A
                blank [C/R] terminates the Edit mode.

Ca[r]bon      - You will be prompted for the user name(s) of the users that
                you want to receive copies of the message being edited.

[Q]uote       - Allows you to quote all or part of the message being replied
                to.  You are asked for the start line to quote and then you
                need to enter the last line to quote.  You then need to
                [C]ontinue your message and you will be positioned at the end
                of the quoted lines.  Press [ENTER] and enter your reply to the
                message.

[F]ull Screen - This will take you back to the full screen editor and will
                put you in edit mode.

[D]elete      - You will be prompted for the line number to delete.  The
                editor will then redisplay the line you want to delete and
                will ask for confirmation before actually deleting the line.

[S]ave        - After the message has been proofread and edited, the save
                command will update the message base with the message and
                appropriate carbon copies, if requested.

[H]elp        - Display this help information.