ProBoard has been created for the novice and experienced user. It supports Opus-like commands and RA/QBBS style hotkeys. Using hotkeys is the easiest way to navigate through the menus. While a menu is being displayed, you can enter any menu command. The displaying of the menu will be stopped, and the corresponding menu function will be executed immediately.

The other way to enter menu options is command stacking. This way you can enter several menu commands at a prompt, and execute them all at once by pressing [Enter]. You are not limited to menu commands only. You can enter any key that should be “stacked”. A ';' stands for <Enter>.

This asks for an example I guess. Suppose you are in a menu where option [E] selects the “Enter Message” function. Now, if you want to write a private message to the SysOp, using “Test” as a subject, you could enter:

 ESysOp;Test;Y

   E          "Enter Message"
   SysOp      "Write message to" prompt
   ;          Enter
   Test       "Subject" prompt
   ;          Enter
   Y          Answer to "Private [Y/N]" prompt

If you don't like to use command stacking all the time, but want to use it occasionally, you can enter a ';' at any menu prompt, and you will be able to enter a “command stack”.