Subject: Re: zooming to all msgs to me?

From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 11:11:11 GMT

On 18 Apr 1997, DearOldDad wrote:
> 
> Well, how about 2 fell swoops? ... type w as in (w)hereis followed by +
> (or any other search criteria for that matter).

That just steps to the next message with + anywhere in the index
line but I want to change the index view so it is just displaying
the messages with a + in the leftmost column.  My guess is that
whatever the solution to this is it will involve using the Z
(ZoomMode) command.  

Thanks,
Nancy

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From: [email-masked] (Orjan Johansen)
Date: 19 Apr 1997 01:02:38 GMT

>whatever the solution to this is it will involve using the Z

I don't think you get it any better than + anywhere in the index.

W + ^X Z

Greetings,
Ørjan.

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From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 13:08:15 GMT

> I don't think you get it any better than + anywhere in the index.

I just tried to do `W + ^X Z' and when I did ^X, pine produced this
message:

 [Command "^X" not defined for this screen. Use ? for help]

Did you really get this to zoom in on all the + messages?  If so,
could you give exact instructions of what you did? 

Thanks,
Nancy

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From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 10:58:45 GMT

On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Nancy McGough wrote:
>
>  Word to search for [] :
>  ^G Help     ^X Select Matches ^Y First Msg
>  ^C Cancel  Ret Accept         ^V Last Msg
>
>  [ ... ]
> 
> Unfortunately, I can't think of a better
> UI right now.

I just thought of a UI that's maybe more clear.  What do you think
of this:

  Text to search for [] :
  ^G Help     ^X Select Msgs Matching Text  ^Y First Msg
  ^C Cancel  Ret Next Msg Matching Text     ^V Last Msg

Reasons this might be more clear:

* "Text" is better than "Word" because some people might
  think that "Word" means you can't include spaces.  ("String"
  would probably be best but lots of people wouldn't understand
  that!)

* Using the word "Msg" in the last four choices helps
  to make it clear what the difference between them is.

* Using the phrase "Matching Text" in the second two makes
  it clear that those two (and only those two) depend on the
  search text.

Just a suggestion!
Nancy 

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