Re: A couple of newbie questions

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Kevin Monceaux wrote:

> What is the best way to skim through a large binary group, where there might 
> be numerous articles(a.k.a. multiple parts) grouped together.  In SLRN I 
> usually just hold down the <PageDown> and the display scrolls smoothly enough 
> that I can watch for changes in the subjects as they scroll by.  I tried the 
> same in TIN and the display "flickers" quite a bit to the point it's almost 
> unreadable.

tin can be built with termcap, terminfo, curses - the last "should" be
smooth, while the others won't be.  (If curses isn't, the problem could
lie in either tin or curses, though I don't know offhand which is more
likely).

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net