Subject: Re: marking text on a Mac?

From: [email-masked] (Dennis Kessler)
Date: 7 Jul 1996 14:17:03 -0700

[email-masked] (Sloan Garrett) did write:

> Please excuse me if this question has been posted a million times, but
> something's always bugged me about Pine. The command for placing a mark
> for editing text is ^^, or control-shift-6 on my LCIII, running System
> 7.1. Of course it's never worked. Is there a key combination that would,
> or is the hardware simply not compatible? 
> 
> All other editor commands work for me, except ^@ or ^[SPACE] either of which 
> are supposed to advance the cursor one word.
> 
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I believe it's "esc-esc" then ^.  I know it begins with "esc-esc".

  Dennis Kessler
  http://www.primenet.com/~dkessler

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From: [email-masked] (Sloan Garrett)
Date: 7 Jul 1996 20:56:34 GMT

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From: Chip Old <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 21:27:12 -0400 (EDT)

> are supposed to advance the cursor one word.
 
What software are you using on your Mac when you access Pine?  If it's
NCSA Telnet, make sure you have the latest version (2.7b4).  Among other
things, 2.7b4 fixes both of the problems you described.
 
In the mean time, use "ESC ESC ^" instead of "Ctrl-^" to set a marker.
 
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From: [email-masked] (Jie Yuan)
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 08:39:56 -0400

> are supposed to advance the cursor one word.

As other netters said, it depends on which terminal emulation software you
use.  

If you use Comet from the Cornell U., you simply hold down the control key
while typing the 6 key (no shift).  I use this same key combination on
hard-wired VT100 terminal, SGI terminal, and in Comet.  Comet is available
from info-mac and is a freeware.

Jie
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