Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Backing up in 'more' Message-ID: <4111@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 14:33:38 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.4111 Posted: Mon Aug 20 14:33:38 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Aug-84 02:48:54 EDT Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 21 I see news presented on my screen using the "more" utility (under 4.2 BSD). The documentation (manual page) for "more" mentions the use of the "p" command and the "'" (single quote) for backing up and seeing what has been presented before, but that this works only when "more" is reading a file, not from a pipe. The latter seems to be the case in readnews, as these commands don't work. Is there any way to back up and see what has scrolled off the screen when running readnews and "more", aside from doing a "q" and then a "-" to back up to the previous item? I often just want to see the thing that zipped off my screen four lines back, and not wade through the preceeding "n" lines again to get there (at 1200 bps). Advice solicited. Please post or mail. Will Martin seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA (If you use "reply", please replace the automatic address with one of the above. Thanks.)