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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
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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 Datta  e-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"