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From: argv@turnpike.Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Heller)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush
Subject: Re: Official 7.2.0 Patch Kit, Part01/04
Message-ID: <2413@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 9 Nov 90 00:21:44 GMT
References: <13577@ogicse.ogi.edu> <1990Nov5.221435.23662@robobar.co.uk> <13619@ogicse.ogi.edu> <1990Nov6.171917.5035@robobar.co.uk>
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In article <1990Nov6.171917.5035@robobar.co.uk> ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo) writes:
> Problem is that I use "curses mode" and like to check that my
> complicated pick pattern is right by doing ":pick <complicated pattern>",
> then after letting the stuff flow past (yes, it's a memory mapped screen)
> I say ":pick | whatever".

You should do (and should have done)
:whatever $output
    or
:$output | whatever
(depending on "whatever" is).

Why redo the entire pick when $output already has the message list.

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