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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
Date: Mon,  1 Jun 2009 14:47:06 -0400
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Subject: [9fans] nedmail h doesn't move dot
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a coraid employee noticed the following odd behavior
from nedmail

> Do you think it's intentional that h doesn't move dot in nedmail?
>
> For example, I can do "3s foo", and dot moves to 3.  Then I can
> say "d" to delete message 3.
>
> If I say "3h", though, I can't just use "d" to delete message 3.
> The h command didn't move dot.
>
> In the ed manpage they discuss the setting of dot, but I don't
> think the subject is covered in the nedmail manpage.

it's trivial enough to fix the problem, but there seems to be a
reason behind this quirk.  does anyone know what it might be?

- erik