Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!William From: William December Starr Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: Killing a screenful? Message-ID: <13570@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Date: 17 Aug 89 04:38:26 GMT References: <15069@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <13558@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Reply-To: wdstarr%charon.local@charon.mit.edu Organization: Charles, VT Chamber of Commerce Lines: 20 In article <13558@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>, wdstarr%charon.local@charon.mit.edu (i.e., me) said: > >Is there any command or keystroke combination I can use to abort the >filling up of my screen with stuff I don't want (other than being >clever enough to derive an article's interest to me from its subject >line, I mean)? David Dattae-mailed me the solution: >You can hit [control] C during the printing of the text (in 'rn') I >also needed the exact same thing as I usually do the same thing. And it works -- be aware, though, ^C kills the printing of the _entire_ article-in-progress, not just the printing of the current screenful. And, incidentally, this _isn't_ in TFM. -- William December Starr, Poly Sci major & Future Lawyer of America (hah!) Best email address: "wdstarr%charon.local@charon.mit.edu" Alternates: "wdstarr%lynx@northeastern.edu" & "wdstarr@lynx.northeastern.edu"