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Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?
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Chuck Martin |
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Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"? |
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Thu, 25 Mar 1999 01:06:54 -0500 |
On Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 10:10:19AM -0500, John Bley wrote:
>
> Anyway, since lynx uses less-style '/' for new-search and 'n' for
> next-occurence, I figure it only makes sense to keep 'N' like less.
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.
Chuck
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, (continued)
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, Philip Webb, 1999/03/23
- 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 <=
- Re: lynx-dev 'N' for backwards 'n' like "less"?, Doug Kaufman, 1999/03/25
- 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