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Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?
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Doug Kaufman |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"? |
Date: |
Wed, 24 Mar 1999 23:30:59 -0800 (PST) |
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Chuck Martin wrote:
> But less *does* use ? for a backward search, just like vi. N means
> "repeat last search, but in the reverse direction," which means that
> if your last search was already a reverse search (initiated by a ?),
> then N will search forward through the file. I vote for using a ?, as
> others have suggested, to avoid confusion for those of us who are used
> to both vi and less.
I would like to urge keeping "?" for help. I also use vi and less and
feel comfortable with this use of the "?" key. But please remember
that many lynx users are not sophisticated computer users. Using "H"
is not intuitive for help (especially if vi keys are on and "h" is the
same as a left arrow). Anyone sophisticated enough to be familiar with
the vi and less use of "?" can map it using the KEYMAP facility in
their own lynx.cfg file to backward search (assuming they are not in a
restricted login).
Doug
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- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, (continued)
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, dickey, 1999/03/23
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, Henry Nelson, 1999/03/24
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, Webmaster Jim, 1999/03/24
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, John Bley, 1999/03/24
- Re: lynx-dev lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, Kim DeVaughn, 1999/03/24
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, David Combs, 1999/03/24
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, Chuck Martin, 1999/03/25
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?,
Doug Kaufman <=
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, Eduardo Chappa L., 1999/03/25
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, Philip Webb, 1999/03/25
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, John Bley, 1999/03/26
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, David Combs, 1999/03/26
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, Eduardo Chappa L., 1999/03/26
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, Chuck Martin, 1999/03/26
Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, Henry Nelson, 1999/03/25