root@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US (Mark J. Bailey) (06/12/89)
Hi,
I was just playing around in my mailbox using Elm 2.2 PL8 when I accidentally
hit the e)dit command. I have it enabled because it is useful to me, but at
the same time, hitting the edit command on a *very* large mailbox and, in my
case, vi couldn't handle the whole thing (Xenix 386's whimpy vi), I had a
thought and thought I would suggest it here. Since the edit command is touchy
enough to have Configure ask whether you want it engaged to begin with or
not, why not add a intermediate gate that would double check the user's
intentions before invoking the user's editor of choice? This option could
have a flag(s) much like those for 'alwaysdelete' and 'ask' (say 'editask=on')
and it could ask 'Edit current mailbox (=/jones)? (y/n) y' or something.
Again, for sites that need edit enabled to begin with, accidentally invoking
the edit command can be an annoying interruption, and for other less
experienced users on the same system, it can be a real mess. This way, at
least some sort of double check might save a lot of headaches. And for
those of us lazy enough when it comes to answering many of Elm's (y/n)
questions, a flag, 'alwaysedit=ON', could be used to futher simply the
process.
For what it is worth....
Mark.
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