brodie@fps.mcw.edu (02/27/90)
A behavior question... (V5.9C). When "deregister"-ing from a newsgroup, the newsgroup "pointer" moves up one group (which is what I would expect) i.e., newsg1 newsg1 newsg2 --> newsg2 --> newsg3 newsg4 newsg4 newsg5 (above shows result of "deregister"ing from newsgroup 3. However, when I "skip" (mark as read) a newsgroup, the pointer always gets reset to the FIRST newsgroup on the list, which can be somewhat annoying (for many reasons, I may not want to read the first few groups NOW..), which means every time I mark a group as read, I then have to scroll down AGAIN to the next group I want to read. WHy is the behavior of these two inconsistent? I'd really like to see the behavior of "skip" behave like "deregister". ANy comments? Geoff? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kent C. Brodie - Systems Manager brodie@fps.mcw.edu Medical College of Wisconsin voice: +1 414 778 4500 FAX: +1 414 778 6694 "My dear, killing you would be like killing the Easter Bunny." -Mr. Kincaid (the "hunter") spoken to Mary Ann ; _Gilligan's Island_
sdroppers@pbs.uucp (Seton Droppers) (03/01/90)
In article <3388.25ea558f@fps.mcw.edu>, brodie@fps.mcw.edu writes: > A behavior question... (V5.9C). > > When "deregister"-ing from a newsgroup, the newsgroup > "pointer" moves up one group (which is what I would expect) > > i.e., > newsg1 newsg1 > newsg2 --> newsg2 > --> newsg3 newsg4 > newsg4 newsg5 > > (above shows result of "deregister"ing from newsgroup 3. > > > However, when I "skip" (mark as read) a newsgroup, the pointer always > gets reset to the FIRST newsgroup on the list, which can be somewhat > annoying (for many reasons, I may not want to read the first few > groups NOW..), which means every time I mark a group as read, I then > have to scroll down AGAIN to the next group I want to read. > > WHy is the behavior of these two inconsistent? I'd really like to > see the behavior of "skip" behave like "deregister". ANy comments? > Geoff? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kent C. Brodie - Systems Manager brodie@fps.mcw.edu > Medical College of Wisconsin voice: +1 414 778 4500 > FAX: +1 414 778 6694 > > "My dear, killing you would be like killing the Easter Bunny." > -Mr. Kincaid (the "hunter") spoken to Mary Ann ; _Gilligan's Island_ I too would like to see the behavior of the SKIP command change. -- Seton Droppers -- "Anything that I say is my opinion and not my employer's." Public Broadcasting Service, 1320 Braddock Pl. Alexandria, VA 22314 (UUCP: ...{vrdxhq,csed-1,ida.org}!pbs!sdroppers) (Voice: 703/739-5100) (VAX/VMS running DECUS UUCP 1.1, ANU News 5.9C)