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                           Nodelist Browse and Lookups


     When you write a  netmail message, you must  know the name and  net
     address of the recipient. Unless you have a remarkable memory, this
     information  can  be  a  bit  hard  to  remember.  Therefore GoldED
     supports   several   different   nodelist   indexes:   GoldNODE  (a
     proprietary format), FrontDoor, Version 7 and FIDOUSER.LST.

     When you enter a name or address in the header (the TO: field)  and
     press  <Enter>,  GoldED  looks  in  the  nodelist index to find the
     missing data. You can enter the address in the name field. Names to
     be searched for must be entered last name first (because of the way
     the index is structured). If  you enter a partial name  or address,
     GoldED will  find the  closest match.  Addresses can  be entered in
     short form, based on  the current AKA, like  .3 for the address  of
     your third Point, or 33 for node 33 in your net.

     Before the  nodelist is  searched, the  list of  address macros are
     first scanned, and if a match is found there, the information there
     is used instead.

     When GoldED has  found a match,  it looks a  bit further to  see if
     there are more  matches. If not,  the matching data  is inserted in
     the header, and  you can continue  editing. If more  than one match
     was found,  it starts  the nodelist  browser. Here  you can  browse
     around  and  find  the  correct  destination  node. When found, you
     select it with <Enter>. The full  name and address of the node  you
     selected is then  placed in the  appropriate fields in  the header.
     Pressing <Esc> in the browser  quits it without inserting any  node
     information. While in  the browser, you  can press <Tab>  to switch
     between name and address lookup.

     The list of nodes in  the browser is sorted differently,  according
     to what  you entered.  If you  entered a  name, the  list is sorted
     alphabetically by last name. If you entered an address, the list is
     sorted ascending by address.

     The nodelist browser can also  be accessed in other ways.  The keys
     F10 and Shift-F10 brings  up the browser at  the FROM and TO  names
     (nodes) respectively, to let you inspect their nodelist data.  It's
     quite handy, you will wonder how you could do without it -I did :-)

     The nodelist lookup feature can  also be used when in  the internal
     editor, but an even more useful key is available there. By pressing
     Alt-L, the  browser will  pop up  for the  name or  address at  the
     editor cursor position!


@Short: User Database Lookup

                             User Database Lookup


     GoldEd has a special user database lookup feature for BBS sysops.

     In Hudson,  Ezycom, Squish  (and *.MSG,  if you  are using Maximus)
     type areas, GoldED can perform  an additional type of name  lookup,
     using wildcards.

     This form of lookup  is triggered by using  DOS/4DOS-style wildcard
     characters in the name you want to lookup. Examples:

        To: Joe*    Finds any name beginning with "Joe".
        To: *Blow   Finds any name ending with "Blow".
        To: Od?n*   Finds "Odinn", "Oden" etc.

     Depending on the size of your  user database and the speed of  your
     computer, the lookup may take a little while.

     As currently implemented,  this user database  lookup is only  good
     for simple one-shot lookups - you can't bring up a browser to  pick
     the user, or see his/hers other user data.