Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!rex!uflorida!shark!markj From: markj.bbs@shark.cs.fau.edu (Mark Rosen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: "Following" these subject messages Message-ID: Date: 17 Apr 91 17:44:34 GMT References: <1417@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> Sender: bbs@cs.fau.edu (Waffle BBS) Organization: Florida Atlantic University Lines: 26 tlglenn@cs.arizona.edu (Ted L. Glenn) writes: > In article <4y2i14w163w@shark.cs.fau.edu>, markj.bbs@shark.cs.fau.edu (Mark R > > The prompt when you enter the "follow" command here says you should > > delete unnecessary text. Is there an easier way to do this than > > one line at a time? I'm tempted to not delete if it would take me > > five minutes to delete each line at a time before I even get to > > enter my reply. Mark. > > > What editor are you using? > > -- > -Ted L. Glenn "Don't worry, be happy!" <--Ack! Pffffhhht! > tlglenn@cs.arizona.edu tlglenn@hacks.arizona.edu > G19382105@ccit.arizona.edu G19382105@ARIZRVAX.BITNET I really don't know what editor I'm using, since I'm just reading the Usenet conference messages on the shark.cs.fau.edu system. The main prompt while looking at messages is "Qs>" for whatever that's worth. One of the available commands is "follow", which automatically quotes the message you're responding to. But it seems to me that I have to delete each line one at a time, rather than in a block. Sorry I don't have any more info, but I'm new at this internet thing, and I'm trying to learn. Mark.