Subject: Re: cancelling a letter

From: [email-masked] (Eric M. Kidd)
Date: 29 Nov 1995 15:02:10 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
DJ   JOE <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Each time i'm using a Mac and compose a letter in PINE  i can't get the 
> control c (^C)  command to work.  So whenever I have to cancel a letter 
> I always have a hard time doing so.  If i repeatedly execute the command 
> it ends up ruining my screen and logs me off.
> 
> When i use PC's, however, i don't have this problem.  Does anyone know 
> what i'm doing wrong?

Are you using NCSA Telnet? If so, turn off the mapping of ^C, ^S and ^Q to
break, pause and resume, respectively. Helps with Emacs, too. =)

Cheers,
Eric

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From: [email-masked] (Andrew Toppan)
Date: 29 Nov 1995 06:26:11 GMT

DJ   JOE reshaped the electrons to say:

: Each time i'm using a Mac and compose a letter in PINE  i can't get the 
[...]
: When i use PC's, however, i don't have this problem.  Does anyone know 
: what i'm doing wrong?

Using a Mac?  Sorry, couldn't resist.

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