[comp.mail.mh] XMH - Incorporating mail & Table of Contents

grw@cam-orl.uucp (Geoffrey Wiginton) (04/22/91)

BACKGROUND

When mail is incorporated into xmh, the first of the new messages
incorporated is displayed at the _bottom_ of the table of contents (TOC)
with a + sign next to it, if the TOC is already full. Any further
messages are actually off the screen, and must be scrolled to. If
however, the size of the TOC does not suit the font being used, there is
a considerable amount of blank space at the bottom, since the next line
will not fit.
 
PROBLEM

This blank space makes some users think that there is no more mail to be
read, and they do not read it! The scrollbar also appears very close to
the bottom, so there are no obvious indications that there are more
messages available.

QUESTION

Is is possible to arrange that the first new message is at the _top_ of
the TOC, with all subsequent messages below it ? Are there any other
solutions to this problem ??


   			Thanks in advance,
					Geoff