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- From: bt@irfu.se (Bo Thide')
- Subject: Re: Back out from the quit (y/n) ?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.080504.13910@irfu.se>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 08:05:04 GMT
- References: <1992Dec14.022922.22902@rtsg.mot.com> <1ghumeEINNsvg@uni-erlangen.de> <U5T98AL@math.fu-berlin.de>
- Organization: Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden
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- In article <U5T98AL@math.fu-berlin.de> guckes@math.fu-berlin.de (Sven Guckes) writes:
- >horst@faui63.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Horst Luehrsen) writes:
- >
- >>>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>.
- >
- >A much easier way is this:The command "^u" (control-u).
- >This will clear the input line.
- >Then type enter - yes, enter an _empty_ line as your answer as to where
- >to save the article(s).
- >ELM then will not do anything.
- >
- >Sven :)
-
- This does *not* work in elm2.4 PL13 on the "Quit" line.
-
- If I have answered the Quit question with an "n":
-
- Command: Quit Move read messages to "received" folder? (y/n) n
-
- I have found no way to change the last "n" to "y". More important, if I
- had typed "y", there is no way I can correct it to "n". The result is
- that messages are moved from /usr/mail to my "received" box and I have
- to go to "received" and manually move them back to /usr/mail. It
- happens to me all the time and is very tedious and very annoying. A
- reason why I often type "y" instead of "n" is that if I have marked some
- messages for deletion *then* I have to type "y". This elm inconsistency
- is very frustrating.
-
-
- Bo
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