Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsstat.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!utcsstat!laura From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news.b Subject: Re: another problem with colon Message-ID: <671@utcsstat.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Jun-83 17:15:51 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsstat.671 Posted: Tue Jun 14 17:15:51 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jun-83 21:26:33 EDT References: rayssd.20, <270@sask.UUCP> Organization: U. of Toronto, Canada Lines: 17 I would rather if the VERY FIRST TIME you type something wrong in response to the colon you saw that obnoxious message but that subsequently it NEVER was printed again. If you have a CHRONIC_CONFUSED_BY_COLONS or something in your enviornment then you could get the message every time. I am very tired of seing this message at 1200 baud -- my hand is conditioned to type space to more whenever input stops and I want it to continue. Even if whitespace was ignored when a : appearswould be some help, but I think that long, chatty, error messages are only second to errors thatin obnoxiousness. They also perpertrate the notion that the manual is meant as an excellent paperweight but not intended to be read. Of course, the idea of reading an inch of lpr output (the size of the 2.10 news documentation including how to install it) may strike terror in the hearts of mere mortals. Laura Creighton utzoo!utcsstat!laura