orr@taux01.UUCP (Orr Michael) (11/15/89)
Ok, I give up. I RTFM, I tried what looked reasonable - It's beyond me.
I have a problem of using commands in the tool mode. Say I want to see
messages from a certain user. How do I convince the tool mode to show me
these messages ?
The only thing I found that comes close is the following tiresome procedure:
1. define a PFKey to 'pick -f certain_user'
2. press the PFK
3. type in the 'range' window the resulting msg numbers.
There must be a better way.
Moreover, this does not work for all commands. setting a PFK to 'sort d'
and pressing it gives no visible response unless I do it in the "range"
window, in which case the escape sequence for that PFK is echoed.
I'll appreciate any help, by e-mail or by posting. Thanks.
Michael Orr
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Disclaimer: Opinions, come home. All is forgiven. Papa.schaefer@ogccse.ogc.edu (Barton E. Schaefer) (11/16/89)
In article <2880@taux01.UUCP> orr@taux01.UUCP (Orr Michael) writes: } } I have a problem of using commands in the tool mode. Say I want to see } messages from a certain user. How do I convince the tool mode to show me } these messages ? No easy way. Sort by author and page forward until you get to those messages, then read them sequentially. You can try fkey <some key> 'pick -f certain_user | type' <press key> but I'm not sure what that will do (I don't use tool mode much, I'm answering cuz I bet Dan doesn't have time); probably the first N messages will just flash by at high speed and leave you looking at the last one. } Moreover, this does not work for all commands. setting a PFK to 'sort d' } and pressing it gives no visible response There's a menu selection for sorting, use that. The sort HAS happened when you bind an fkey to do the sort, but tool mode never updates its picture of the header display unless you use the menu selection. (This means that if you "sort d" from an fkey and then select a message to display from the header subwindow, you'll probably get a different message displayed than the one whose header you clicked on.) -- Bart Schaefer "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has schaefer@cse.ogc.edu tried to contact us." -- Calvin (soon to be cse.ogi.edu)