Subject: .addressbook won't prYnt in 3.91

From: [email-masked] (Chip Davis)
Date: 4 Nov 1994 20:44:09 GMT

When I try to prYnt my .addressbook in Pine 3.91, it gets about half-way 
down the page, then skips about a page-worth of entries before 
continuing.  I checked .addressbook for something unusual at the point 
where it skips, but all's well.  If I drop back to Pine 3.89 and prYnt 
the same .addressbook, it comes out perfect.  I'm encountering no other 
printing anomalies associated with attached-to-ANSI printing.

Is this a known bug?
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Chip Davis : [email-masked] : Rexx Language Association : Team OS/2
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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 17:58:11 -0800 (PST)

Chip,
Do you have the feature "preserve-start-stop-characters" set?
If not, what happens when you do?

-teg

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From: [email-masked] (Chip Davis)
Date: 7 Nov 1994 18:52:48 GMT

Thanks, Terry.  That did the trick.  I saw the help for that feature, but 
since I wasn't having the garbled output to the screen symptom, I didn't 
think that was my problem.  It might not be a bad idea to add a mention 
of the 'attached-to-ANSI' problem to that help entry.

Is there a downside to setting that feature on?  I figure it's not the 
default for some reason.

Thanks again for the quick response and solution.

-Chip-

On Mon, 7 Nov 1994 01:58:11 GMT, Terry Gray ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Do you have the feature "preserve-start-stop-characters" set?
: If not, what happens when you do?

: On 4 Nov 1994, Chip Davis wrote:
: > When I try to prYnt my .addressbook in Pine 3.91, it gets about half-way 
: > down the page, then skips about a page-worth of entries before 
: > continuing.  I checked .addressbook for something unusual at the point 
: > where it skips, but all's well.  If I drop back to Pine 3.89 and prYnt 
: > the same .addressbook, it comes out perfect.  I'm encountering no other 
: > printing anomalies associated with attached-to-ANSI printing.

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 20:20:10 -0800 (PST)

Chip,
The downside to setting the "preserve-start-stop-characters" feature 
(and the reason it's not the default) is that if someone accidentally 
types a Ctl-S (XOFF), or line noise is interpreted as one, then Pine
will mysteriously freeze with no warning, unless/until a Control-Q
is received.

If you have the option of configuring your equipment and comm software for
h/w flow control, then you can have the best of both worlds... But if you 
have a device or software that requires software flow-control, there is no
alternative but to accept this risk. 

-teg

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From: Dieter Simader <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 10:02:18 -0700 (MST)

I have noticed that the answer flag does not show up when I reply to 
message and then move the message to another folder.

any remedies, other than moving the mail first and then replying?

dieter