Keyboard Commands for Existing News Windows

News window commands may be entered under two different scenarios: directly into an existing news window, or in conjunction with the “.News” command. The “.News” command, if entered with no additional parameters, always creates a news window with default settings. If, however, a news window command is appended to the “.News” command, the command will be applied immediately to the settings of the newly created news window.

The following reference sections will describe every available form of news window command, specifically noting each command’s effect on a news window’s current category, current query, and previous query settings.

The syntax and semantic descriptions of news window commands presented in the following sections use certain typographic conventions as visual clues to increase the clarity of the descriptions.

Items shown in italics indicate a value entered by the user:

search_query	Represents a valid search query (simple or complex).
category	Represents a news category specification.
operator	Represents a valid query operator (‘&’, ‘,’, or ‘%’).

Items shown in bold with a smooth font represent the values of various news window settings:

current_category	The value of the window’s current category setting.
previous_query	The value of the window’s previous query setting.
current_query	The value of the window’s current query setting.

Items which must be entered exactly as shown in bold:

/	Indicates that a forward-slash (‘/’) must be entered.
.News	Indicates that the text, “.News”, must be entered.

Descriptive references to specific, constant values for any setting are enclosed in square brackets:

[ALL]	Represents the category setting for the “ALL” super-category.
[empty]	Represents the empty value for any query setting, i.e., no value.

Some special symbols indicate the assignment of values:

	The setting to the left of the arrow is assigned the value from the right.
	The values of the settings on either side of the arrow are exchanged.

Topics:

Entering and Refining Search Queries

Selecting the Current Category

Combining Category Selection and Search Query Entry

Summary of News Commands by Paradigm

Command Variations for Creating News Windows