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From: taylor@hplabs.HP.COM (Dave Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: expunging deleted mail
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Date: 5 Apr 88 04:49:03 GMT
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Mike Khaw asks for:

> I'd prefer an option that would make Elm use more of the screen for
> message headers ... It's tedious "paging" through 10-header screens 
> if you have a large folder.

To which Bill McGarry adds:

> Very often, I pick up my mail at 1200 baud and it takes forever to
> repaint the screen.  How about an option to specify how many lines
> of message headers to display?  Better yet, allow the option to
> change depending upon line speed (similar to what "rn" does).

Well, the first one is easy - try turning "menu" off (either from
the Options screen or within your ".elmrc" file).

The second request is something I can sympathize with, Bill.  I
also run Elm on slower-speed terminals (I'm at 2400 baud right
now, for example).  What I've done to help this, and I believe
it is in version 1.7 of the package, is to allow you to perform
most of the common actions while displaying the body of a 
message on your screen (eg. you could send m)ail, r)eply, f)orward,
s)ave, etc etc while at the "10 lines more: " prompt).  This
helps immensely with the slow screen repainting problem since 
you need never return to the main index page 99% of the time.

As far as specifying the number of lines to display, well, I can't
help but think that we're getting into some hardcore `creeping
featurism' [more so than my usual coding, right?  *grin*] and that
it is a feature that would cost more in code size & complexity than
it would be worth to the vast majority of Elm users.  But perhaps
I'm wrong?  ??

Anyway, back to my corner...
						-- Dave Taylor