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[Bob Hilliard <hilliard@flinet.com>]

Kai Grossjohann <grossjohann@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

> BH> When I press DEL (from either buffer) I get an error message that
> BH> the buffer is read only.  How can I make the article scroll back one
> BH> page?
> 
> With the point in the summary buffer, this should work. What does C-h k
> DEL say? You don't have a strange setup with BS and DEL screwed up,
> don't you?

Hi,

     I don't think I have BS and DEL screwed up by Debian standards -
BS deletes the character to the left of the point and DEL deletes the
character to the right of the point.  This is the key mapping that
Debian is trying to get into all applications.

C-h k DEL yields:
          deletechar runs the command delete-char:

     However, it appears that gnus wants the opposite from the Debian
standard.  BS will scroll back one page.  Now that I know that, I
don't care if gnus thinks it's backwards - it will work for me.

> BH> How can I use gnus to review old (previously read) mail that is
> BH> held in the gnus folders?  My .gnus file is set up for the nnfolder
> BH> secondary-select method.
> 
> C-u RET or SPC from the groups buffer.

     My problem is if I start gnus when there is no new mail, I get an
empty Groups buffer.  If I try C-u RET in that case, I get the
response "No group on current line".  If I have new mail, I can go back
and look at old mail OK.

     Thanks a lot.  Using BS instead of DEL solves my major problem
 
Bob
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