INPUT_PROMPT - change your input prompt.

The Input_Prompt Option

Syntax:

          Option Input_Prompt="string"

Description:

The Input_Prompt option lets you determine how MAIL8 prompts for input when you are composing a letter. For example,

          op ip=">"

tells MAIL8 to prompt with a ">" character whenever it is ready for a new line of a message. This is the default for new mailboxes.

The prompt string does not have to be a single character. For example,

          op ip="anything more?"

prompts with the given string. You may omit the quotes around the prompt string if the string does not contain blanks. If you do not want to be prompted for message input, specify a null string, as in

          op ip=

In order to let you put special characters into your input prompt, the input prompt string may contain the following special sequences:

          \a    -- makes the terminal beep
          \b    -- backspace
          \e    -- ESC character (octal 033)
          \f    -- formfeed
          \n    -- new-line (linefeed)
          \r    -- carriage return
          \t    -- horizontal tab
          \\    -- backslash character itself

MAIL8 does not support arbitrary control characters because many such values adversely affect users who access TSS over networks (e.g. problems with XON/XOFF protocols). The above set of characters should be sufficient to control visual features on most terminals.