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From: storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Newsgroups: news.software.nn
Subject: Re: scroll mode?
Message-ID: <479@texas.dk>
Date: 27 Feb 90 14:42:35 GMT
References: <1990Feb24.232706.8945@pegasus.com> <52621@bbn.COM>
Organization: Texas Instruments, Denmark
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richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) writes:

>Is there a way to get nn to scroll articles rather than page them
>with a clear-screen.  Rn has this option, and I much prefer it.

cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes:

>Actually, the mode I prefer [as long as we're asking...:-)] is page-mode but
>*without* the clear screen: so I can flip to the next page as I'm reading
>the last few lines of the current page, and then just smoothly continue
>reading at the top of the page without any discontinuities...

I agree with Bernie on this - and it is definitely the easiest thing
to make nn do - so I just did it!

In 6.4, there will be a variable "scroll-clear-page" which is set by
default, and causes the screen to be cleared before displaying the next
page of an article.  If it is not set, nn will do as Bernie suggests.

Doesn't make much difference at 19200 baud though (but maybe I'm just
a slow reader :-).

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Kim F. Storm        storm@texas.dk        Tel +45 429 174 00
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