Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 18:23:28 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file://localhost/usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html Message-ID: <19980513182328.57620@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980513035003.16171A-100000@james.hwcn.org>; from Tim Vanderhoek on Wed, May 13, 1998 at 03:51:43AM -0400 References: <19980513100517.25585@welearn.com.au> <Pine.GSO.3.96.980513035003.16171A-100000@james.hwcn.org>
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On Wed, May 13, 1998 at 03:51:43AM -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 1998, Sue Blake wrote:
>
> > Let me guess. It could be a lynx thing. It's very easy to hit enter twice
> > instead of once when following a link. So you don't end up on the page
>
> Not likely. It's easy to abort a message using Lynx by pressing
> Ctrl-G (as stated on the screen when you start the message).
Sending email with lynx is confusing the first time, more so when it
takes you by surprise. I think most people either don't read that
preamble or don't remember it, and who'd think of Ctrl-G. The only other
place I've encountered Ctrl-G is to beep the PC speaker in a DOS
batch file, when there's an editor that'll let you use that character.
> There's also a last-minute chance to abort when it asks something
> along the lines of "Send this message (y/n)?".
Ah yes, I will go along with that one :-)
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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