Re: Query next article - feature suggestion

On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:19:32 -0500,
J.B. Nicholson-Owens <[email protected]> wrote:

> This could be done with a macro, if I understand what you're asking for.
[...]
> This macro file defines a function which will run when you hit the
> spacebar (the default keybinding for the article_page_down intrinsic
> function.  If you set the query_next_article variable to whatever you
> prefer for articles too long to read all at once, this function will
> reset that variable to 1 when you press spacebar on an article you're
> reading in its entirety.  The query_next_article setting you chose
> will be reset before this macro stops running, so your other macros
> and preferences should not be disturbed by using this macro.
>
> The name of the function matters, so unless you are willing to change 2 
> lines of code, don't alter the name of the function.  I named it this 
> way so that others can see what I'm aiming to build upon.
>
> I haven't tested this because it's somewhat inconvenient for me to do at 
> this moment, but if you'd care to share whatever error you get I'll try 
> to fix the error.  There might be an off-by-one or off-by-two error 
> because I'm using a slightly cheesy way to determine if you're seeing 
> the entire article.


Wow, this is absolutely perfect: It does exactly what I had in mind, and
I've found no errors so far! I really should learn SLANG.

Thanks a million, J.B.!

Andrew


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