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Message no. 1
From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: Gaddamned Piece of shit terminal/reply function
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 17:32:01 GMT
Sorry about that last post of mine. 1) you can't cancel reply/extract here.
2) once I tried to remove the bits I wanted to remove, it turns out this
term is broken and won't select. Piece of Shit.

Now, as for racism from Insects: I think it's just statistics. Humans
outnumber the other races by a pretty wide margin (except in Srun parties).

J Roberson
Message no. 2
From: "Well for starts you have the fraggin' thing in backwards."
Subject: Re: Gaddamned Piece of shit terminal/reply function
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 07:45:36 -0400
J Roberson wrote:

>Sorry about that last post of mine. 1) you can't cancel reply/extract here.
>2) once I tried to remove the bits I wanted to remove, it turns out this
>term is broken and won't select. Piece of Shit.

What type of system are you on?

-Dave
Message no. 3
From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Gaddamned Piece of shit terminal/reply function
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 09:39:10 -0600
>What type of system are you on?

VMS. Whenever I'm in mail and type "reply/extract" it brings up the editor
and when I exit it (after making changes in what I'm replying to) sends it
on its merry way. HOWEVER, I can't cancel it--it says "Ctrl-C ignored" even
after 3 or 4 times.

Oh well. Once I figure out Eudora I won't have to play with the term. Of course,
Eudora won't help at home until 1) I get my own machine and 2) they put in SLIP
connections here.

J Roberson
Message no. 4
From: Robert Sunderlage <87902166@******.UWW.EDU>
Subject: Re: Gaddamned Piece of shit terminal/reply function
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 12:47:20 CST
=> VMS. Whenever I'm in mail and type "reply/extract" it brings up the editor
=> and when I exit it (after making changes in what I'm replying to) sends it
=> on its merry way. HOWEVER, I can't cancel it--it says "Ctrl-C ignored"
even
=> after 3 or 4 times.
I'm on the same type of machine you are. (I think) All you need to
do is hit Ctrl-Z and then at the * prompt type in "quit" to cancel.
Ctrl-Z and then type in "exit" to send the message. Ctrl-Z and
then type "c" will put you back in the editor if for some reason you
want to do that. (I do, because when someone sends out a message and I
receive it WHILE I'm in edit, it screws up my screen. This will
refresh it.)

Try it. Send a message to yourself and see if it works. I hope I
helped you out!

Cyclops

PS- All the Ctrl-Z combinations above are seperate commands starting
from within the editor.

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Message no. 5
From: "Well for starts you have the fraggin' thing in backwards."
Subject: Re: Gaddamned Piece of shit terminal/reply function
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 11:00:04 -0400
J Roberson wrote:

>VMS. Whenever I'm in mail and type "reply/extract" it brings up the editor
>and when I exit it (after making changes in what I'm replying to) sends it
>on its merry way. HOWEVER, I can't cancel it--it says "Ctrl-C ignored" even
>after 3 or 4 times.
>
>Oh well. Once I figure out Eudora I won't have to play with the term. Of course,
>Eudora won't help at home until 1) I get my own machine and 2) they put in SLIP
>connections here.
>


Ok so thwap me with a wet carp if I am wrong but using cntrl-y should ABORT it
totally. Which editor are you in? line editor or full screen (either tpu or
eve)?

-Dave
Message no. 6
From: "One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.
Subject: Re: Gaddamned Piece of shit terminal/reply function
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 14:59:14 EST
About the whole reply/ext thing: If you type ctrl-z, it will just send the
message as it. Whoever mentioned ctrl-y was the winner! Congratulations! Only
one other thing though: when you do that, the machine will create a .tjl file
on your account. You don't want those files. Delete them. Ctrl-y will interrupt
just about enything. The ctrl-z stuff holds true for the normal editor, but not
mail (at least not around here).

Exciting stuff, heh? Next week we'll be coving the Commodore 64's basic
functions, stay tuned...
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Message no. 7
From: Loki <jek5313@******.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Gaddamned Piece of shit terminal/reply function
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 14:18:41 -0600
> J Roberson wrote:
>
> >VMS. Whenever I'm in mail and type "reply/extract" it brings up the
editor
> >and when I exit it (after making changes in what I'm replying to) sends it
> >on its merry way. HOWEVER, I can't cancel it--it says "Ctrl-C ignored"
even
> >after 3 or 4 times.
> >


WEll, J, I'd reply to you in person, but I don't have you aliased yet on my
machine.
What you're dealing with is EDT, a line- and full-screen editor for Vax.
What you want to do to get out of the editor is to type CTRL-Z to get to the
command prompt, which is a '*'. Then, type "exit" if you want to keep your
changes, or "quit" if you just want the hell out and don't care what happens.


Try it.
Message no. 8
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Gaddamned Piece of shit terminal/reply function
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 12:43:21 -0800
This is a test of the VAX/VMS mail editor.
Message no. 9
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Gaddamned Piece of shit terminal/reply function
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 12:45:23 -0800
Just as I expected!

You finish typing your message and hit Control-Z.
This puts you at the * prompt.
Now type exit to send or quit to not send.
Isn't that simple?
Message no. 10
From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Gaddamned Piece of shit terminal/reply function
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 22:03:21 -0600
>You finish typing your message and hit Control-Z.
>This puts you at the * prompt.
>Now type exit to send or quit to not send.
>Isn't that simple?

Ah, quit. Simple, yes. Known? no. Hey, I'm not required to support VMS. :)
Still, why can't you cancel it?

J Roberson
Message no. 11
From: Undocumented Feature <JHURLEY1@******.BITNET>
Subject: Re: Gaddamned Piece of shit terminal/reply function
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 14:07:06 -0400
$
$About the whole reply/ext thing: If you type ctrl-z, it will just send the
$message as it. Whoever mentioned ctrl-y was the winner! Congratulations! Only
$one other thing though: when you do that, the machine will create a .tjl file
$on your account. You don't want those files. Delete them. Ctrl-y will interrupt
$just about enything. The ctrl-z stuff holds true for the normal editor, but not
$mail (at least not around here).
$
$Exciting stuff, heh? Next week we'll be coving the Commodore 64's basic
$functions, stay tuned...

Ahah. you must be using the EVE editor. (I assume from your comments, anyway.
Has a line near the bottom of the screen saying Buffer: .... in reverse video?)
You can get a command line by sending a ^B to the editor. when you get that,
type quit. It will ask you if you want to abandon the buffer changes. Say
yes.



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