diff -bBdNrw -U5 bbs100-1.1.12/etc/help.std bbs100-1.1.12-1/etc/help.std
--- bbs100-1.1.12/etc/help.std	Wed Nov  1 13:30:35 2000
+++ bbs100-1.1.12-1/etc/help.std	Mon Apr 15 20:44:06 2002
@@ -41,16 +41,18 @@
 Ctrl-Z    Zap all rooms
      i    Read room information
      k    List all known rooms
      s    Stop reading a room
      b    Read backwards
+     a    Read current message again
      r    Reply to message
 Shft-R    Reply to all recipients of a Mail> message
      f    Forward message to other recipients or to another room
      #    Read a specific message number
      -    Read last <n> messages
      +    Skip next <n> messages
+     (    Read parent of reply
 
 Ctrl-G    View the GNU General Public License
      [    Display version information
      ]    View the local modifications to a standard bbs100 BBS
 
diff -bBdNrw -U5 bbs100-1.1.12/src/state.c bbs100-1.1.12-1/src/state.c
--- bbs100-1.1.12/src/state.c	Wed Nov  1 13:30:50 2000
+++ bbs100-1.1.12-1/src/state.c	Mon Apr 15 20:43:51 2002
@@ -101,10 +101,11 @@
 }
 
 
 void state_room_prompt(User *usr, char c) {
 int i;
+MsgIndex *idx;
 
 	if (usr == NULL)
 		return;
 
 	Enter(state_room_prompt);
@@ -565,10 +566,61 @@
 
 		case 'S':
 			Put(usr, "\027Statistics\n\007");
 			print_stats(usr);
 			Return;
+
+		case 'a':
+			if (usr->curr_room->msgs == NULL) {
+				Put(usr, "\027Again\n"
+					"\022No messages\n");
+				break;
+			}
+			if (usr->curr_msg == NULL)
+				break;
+
+			if (usr->curr_msg != NULL) {
+				Put(usr, "\027Again\n");
+				PUSH(usr, STATE_ROOM_PROMPT);
+				readMsg(usr);
+				Return;
+			}
+			break;
+			
+		case '(':
+			if (usr->curr_room->msgs == NULL) {
+				Put(usr, "\027Read Parent\n"
+					"\022No messages\n");
+				break;
+			}
+			if (usr->curr_msg == NULL)
+				break;
+			if (!(usr->message->flags & MSG_REPLY)) {
+				Put(usr, "\027Read Parent\n"
+					"\022This is not a reply\n");
+				break;
+			}
+
+			for(idx = usr->curr_room->msgs; idx != NULL; idx = idx->next) {
+			if (idx->number == usr->message->reply_number)
+				break;	
+
+				if (idx->number > usr->message->reply_number) {	/* we're not getting there anymore */
+					idx = NULL;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			if (idx == NULL) {
+				Put(usr, "\022Parent doesn't exist!\n");
+				break;
+			}
+			usr->curr_msg = idx;
+			Put(usr, "\027Read Parent\n");
+			PUSH(usr, STATE_ROOM_PROMPT);
+			readMsg(usr);
+			Return;
+			break;
 
 		case 'b':
 		case 'B':
 			if (usr->curr_room->msgs == NULL) {
 				Put(usr, "\027Back\n"