Subject: Re: PINE Editor needs a SHELL facility

From: "Douglas H. Quebbeman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 18:14:29 GMT

I'd like to thank everyone who informed me of the control-Z command,
which, when used with the -z command line switch, allow me to shell
out from PINE to the UNIX shell. It would be nice if this would work
without having to invoke the POSTPONE command (Control-O) of which
I was already aware, but I suppose I'll just have to get used to it,
or jump back into EMACS (which I haven't used since 1982).

--
-Douglas H. Quebbeman ([email-masked])
"The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away."  -Tom Waits

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From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 11:20:46 -0800

Control-Z should work anywhere in Pine, including the composer... 

|\ |  |\/|  David L. Miller    [email-masked]  (206) 685-6240
|/ |_ |  |  Software Engineer, Pine Development Team   (206) 685-4045 (FAX)
University of Washington, Networks & Distributed Computing, JE-20
4545 15th Ave NE, Seattle WA 98105, USA

On Thu, 9 Feb 1995, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:

> Date: Thu, 9 FEB 1995 18:14:29 GMT
> From: Douglas H. Quebbeman <[email-masked]>
> Newgroups: comp.mail.pine
> Subject: Re: PINE Editor needs a SHELL facility
> 
>

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From: Chip Old <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 23:20:24 -0500 (EST)

> or jump back into EMACS (which I haven't used since 1982).
 
Your message of 9 Feb took a long time to get here!  Methinks the gateway 
has a problem.
 
Instead of messing around with the -z switch, why don't you just alter 
Pine's configuration to allow it any time?  In 3.90 and 3.91, select 
Setup from the main menu, then select Configuration.  Or in earlier 
versions use your favorite text editor to edit your .pinerc file.  In 
either case, you want to enable-suspend.

There is no need to use ^o to postpone a partly-composed message before 
suspending Pine with ^z.  Hit ^z with your message on screen.  When 
you're ready to come back to Pine, enter fg and you'll be right back 
where you left off.
 
EMACS???  Its best left in 1982 where it belongs!  :-)