flash@cs.qmc.ac.uk (Flash Sheridan) (02/14/89)
^G searches for the next Subject: line in an article, but searches what I've already read: the current screen. It should start searching what I _haven't read. Defining space ^G as a macro would help a bit, if I could get it to work; dd^G is too slow. Fiddling with -d4 shouldn't matter. -- From: flash@cs.qmc.ac.uk (Flash Sheridan) Reply-To: sheridan@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk Portal,MacNet: FlashsMom
ulmo@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Brad Allen) (02/17/89)
> ^G searches for the next Subject: line in an article, but searches > what I've already read: the current screen. It should start That's not a bug, that's a personal preference. I suggest you make local modifications or program your own news reader if you really feel about these things. As it is, I happen to prefer it the way it is. My particular reason is that I expect to see the entirety of every message, including the whole header, without fail, in a consistent fasion, and ^G does just this, without any questions or bugs involved. What you suggest is unintuitive, and significantly harder to program. It's also prone to much human error: I decide not to read something, so I hit ^G, not knowing that rn (under your scheme) just skipped over something that I wanted to read.