Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!gatech!bloom-beacon!William From: William December Starr Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Killing a screenful? Message-ID: <13558@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Date: 17 Aug 89 00:40:40 GMT References: <15069@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Reply-To: wdstarr%charon.local@charon.mit.edu Organization: Charles, VT Chamber of Commerce Lines: 17 I've RTFMed, and I don't think that what I'm looking for is in there. Sometimes after I hit the spacebar for "More," I discover that I don't really want more. Unfortunately, I still have to sit there and wait while a full screenful of text is printed on my screen. Seeing as I'm usually logged in at 1200 bd, that takes, um, figure an average linelength of 70 characters, multiply by 23 lines and divide by 120 characters/second = about thirteen seconds = a subjective eternity. 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)? -- 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"