add some FAQs

[spider.git] / sgml / usermanual_en.sgml

diff --git a/sgml/usermanual_en.sgml b/sgml/usermanual_en.sgml
index 4bd3cd930edc9b1abe560069b8d08ac2667d0719..462e450444f864f4bea403ec3957b530a2b391d0 100644 (file)
--- a/sgml/usermanual_en.sgml
+++ b/sgml/usermanual_en.sgml
@@ -2393,7 +2393,7 @@ Czech (cz), French (fr), Portuguese (pt), Italian (it) and nl (Dutch).
 
 <P>
 <tt>
-<bf>set/logininfo</bf> Inform when a station logs in locally
+<bf>set/logininfo</bf> Inform when a station logs in/out locally
 </tt>
 
 <P>
@@ -2479,6 +2479,25 @@ Tell the system where you are. For example:-
   SET/QTH East Dereham, Norfolk
 </verb></tscreen>
 
+<sect1>set/startup
+
+<P>
+<tt>
+<bf>set/startup</bf> Create your own startup script
+</tt>
+
+<P>
+Create a startup script of DXSpider commands which will be executed
+everytime that you login into this node. You can only input the whole
+script afresh, it is not possible to 'edit' it. Inputting a new script is
+just like typing in a message using SEND. To finish inputting type: /EX
+on a newline, to abandon the script type: /ABORT.
+
+You may find the (curiously named) command BLANK useful to break 
+up the output. If you simply want a blank line, it is easier to 
+input one or more spaces and press the &lt;return&gt; key.
+
+See UNSET/STARTUP to remove a script.
 <sect1>set/talk
 
 <P>
@@ -3219,6 +3238,15 @@ So for example:-
  SH/SAT FENGYUN1 12 2
 </verb></tscreen>
 
+<sect1>show/startup
+
+<P>
+<tt>
+<bf>show/startup</bf> View your own startup script
+</tt>
+
+<P>
+View the contents of a startup script created with SET/STARTUP.
 <sect1>show/station &lsqb;&lt;callsign&gt; ..&rsqb;
 
 <P>
@@ -3677,7 +3705,7 @@ You can disable forwarding by:-
 
 <P>
 <tt>
-<bf>unset/logininfo</bf> Inform when a station logs out locally
+<bf>unset/logininfo</bf> No longer inform when a station logs in/out locally
 </tt>
 
 <P>
@@ -3701,17 +3729,41 @@ SYSOP command.
 </tt>
 
 <P>
-This command will set your user prompt to exactly the string that you 
+This command will set your user prompt to the string that you 
 say. The point of this command to enable a user to interface to programs
 that are looking for a specific prompt (or else you just want a different
-fixed prompt).
+prompt).
 
 <tscreen><verb>
   SET/PROMPT clx &gt;
 </verb></tscreen>
 
-UNSET/PROMPT will undo the SET/PROMPT command and set you prompt back to
+There are some substitutions that can be added to the prompt:
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+  %C - callsign [which will have ( and ) around it if not here]
+  %D - date
+  %T - time
+  %M - cluster 'mycall'
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+The standard prompt is defined as:
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+  SET/PROMPT %C de %M %D %T dxspider &gt;
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+UNSET/PROMPT will undo the SET/PROMPT command and set your prompt back to
 normal.
+<sect1>unset/startup
+
+<P>
+<tt>
+<bf>unset/startup</bf> Remove your own startup script
+</tt>
+
+<P>
+You can remove your startup script with UNSET/STARTUP.  
 <sect1>unset/talk
 
 <P>