(fwd) on the tin menu "list thread" option

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From: Igor Sobrado <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: on the tin menu "list thread" option
X-Mailer: nmh version 1.0.4 04/15/2000

Hello.

I found this fact annoying since the tin menu was changed about a year ago.
Now, on a standard 80x24 DEC-VT compatible terminal we can read:

   <n>=set current to n; <TAB>=next unread; /=search pattern; ^K=kill/select
a=author search; c=catchup; ^N=line down; ^P=line up; K=mark read; l=list threa
  |=pipe; m=mail; o=print; q=quit; r=toggle all/unread; s=save; t=tag; w=post

Take a look at the "l" (list thread) option.  As this menu is not using the
last column on the display, there is no way to see the "d" in "thread".
We need to resize the screen, but this way we can post messages that will
not fit on a standard screen.  The menu should look:

   <n>=set current to n; <TAB>=next unread; /=search pattern; ^K=kill/select
a=author search; c=catchup; ^N=line down; ^P=line up; K=mark read; l=list thread
  |=pipe; m=mail; o=print; q=quit; r=toggle all/unread; s=save; t=tag; w=post

instead (please, take a look at the "l" option in the second line).  The
last column is not used in the options menu either.  Don't know how portable
will be using the last column on the screen under different VT emulations
or real terminals, but at least the "h=help" string uses the last column.
Threads in the newsgroups only use 78 columns right now.  Perhaps these
last two columns will improve reading addresses and names from people
posting on the newsgroups.

Cheers,
Igor.
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