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- From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
- Subject: Re: Back out from the quit (y/n) ?
- Message-ID: <Bz9E57.Du9@chinet.chi.il.us>
- Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
- References: <1992Dec9.091824.27043@irfu.se> <1992Dec14.022922.22902@rtsg.mot.com> <1ghumeEINNsvg@uni-erlangen.de>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:05:30 GMT
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- In article <1ghumeEINNsvg@uni-erlangen.de> horst@faui63.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Horst Luehrsen) writes:
- >>I would like something like this too. Every once in a while I'll type "s" when
- >>I meant "d" and the only way out without typing a valid name is the
- >>"^\" (QUIT signal).
- >
- >No! Just type <backspace>, then <return>.
-
- Yes, lots of places let you back out by making the address/subject/filename
- or whatever blank. This should be better documented (perhaps it should
- show below the prompt for beginning users), and a consistant method of
- backing out from the other prompts should be added, especially for the
- quit command.
-
- Les Mikesell
- les@chinet.chi.il.us
-