Subj : /? not working in non-external editor
To   : Amessyroom
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Oct 10 2024 11:49 am

 Re: /? not working in non-external editor
 By: Amessyroom to Digital Man on Wed Oct 09 2024 04:17 pm

>  >> The /s command did work, but /? did not result in expected help menu.
>
>  DM> Maybe you were in raw I/O mode at the time? --
>  DM> digital man (rob)
>
>  How would I determine this ?

Hitting Ctrl-Z (while not in an editor), toggles raw I/O mode. When entering a message in raw I/O mode, you get an introduction text like this:
   Raw message input (2673000 bytes max). Ctrl-Z to save, Ctrl-C to abort.

> I was connected via SyncTerm I believe, if
> not it was ftelnet. I'll repeat the action i both.

I doubt the terminal is a factor.

> I enter text on first line , and /? on second line in either syncterm or
> ftelnet connected to my bbs. toolazy.synchro.net:2323 and it returns to next
> line without help displayed.
> I type /s on 3rd line and it saves message successfully.

Maybe you weren't actually using the internal line editor. Share a screen capture to help us see what you're seeing.
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