Summary of useful commands

The following is a list of common discuss commands, and their abbreviations, as well as a short description of each. This is not necessarily a complete list of available commands.

help
Show help file on a specified command.
list_requests, lr, ?
List available commands.
list_meetings, lsm
List meetings you attend and check for changes.
check_meetings, ckm
Check for changed meetings.
next_meeting, nm
Go to next changed meeting.
add_meeting, add_mtg, am
Add a meeting to your personal list.
delete_meeting, del_mtg, dm
Delete meeting from your personal list.
goto, go, g
Go to the specified meeting.
list, ls
List transactions in a meeting.
print, pr, p
Print a transaction.
next
Print next transaction.
prev
Print previous transation.
nref
Print next reference.
pref
Print previous reference.
read_new, rn
Print new transactions in changed meetings.
talk, enter, send, t
Enter a new transaction.
reply, rp
Reply to a transaction.
write, w
Write a transaction into a file.
delete, dl, d
Delete a transaction.
retrieve, rt
Retrieve a deleted transaction.
status
Show status information.
announce_meeting, ann_mtg, anm
Announce a meeting's existence.
list_acl, la
List access control list.
set_acl, sa
Add principal to access control list.
delete_acl, da
Remove principal from access control list.
quit, exit, q
Quit.

DISCUSS provides its own help facility: there is an equivalent of a manual page for each command within DISCUSS, and also for ``access'' and ``specifiers''. In discuss, enter ``help foo'' for information on command or topic ``foo''.