[GRLUG] Email clients and console

[Topher]

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011, Michael Mol wrote:

>> It's possible to switch to vim for the editor if you wish, but after 15 
>> years it would be hard for me to remember.  :)
>
> I think I'll have to; it's not easy to delete whole lines when 'dd' isn't 
> handy. :)

ctrl-k does that in Alpine, and ctrl-u pastes  ctrl-^ sets a marker for 
you to grab a span of lines.

>> I've had issues running Alpine under Screen.  It chewed up some 
>> characters I think.  It's been a long time.
>
> screen can do that sometimes, sometimes it's a bug in ncurses, and 
> sometimes it's a bug in one's terminal configuration. I fix these things 
> as I notice them and can track them down.

I just quit using screen for it.  :)

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