[9fans] nedmail h doesn't move dot

[9fans] nedmail h doesn't move dot

[erik quanstrom]

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

Re: [9fans] nedmail h doesn't move dot

[Steve Simon]

> Do you think it's intentional that h doesn't move dot in nedmail?

The way I usually use it I would not expect h to move dot.

here is a typical senario for me:

	I view the email
	realise the formatting of the text multipart is badly formatted
	type h to see if I have another choice
	type (say) 22.4|htmlfmt -a to see an alternative layout.

Having said this perhaps my technique has grown from the way it works,
chickens and eggs again.

-Steve

Re: [9fans] nedmail h doesn't move dot

[erik quanstrom]

On Mon Jun  1 16:01:01 EDT 2009, steve@quintile.net wrote:
> > Do you think it's intentional that h doesn't move dot in nedmail?
>
> The way I usually use it I would not expect h to move dot.
>
> here is a typical senario for me:
>
> 	I view the email
> 	realise the formatting of the text multipart is badly formatted
> 	type h to see if I have another choice
> 	type (say) 22.4|htmlfmt -a to see an alternative layout.
>
> Having said this perhaps my technique has grown from the way it works,
> chickens and eggs again.

thanks.  that's a case i hadn't thought about.  by the way,
why h and not H?

in any event it seems that the case of 4h might do what the
user wants while 22.1h might often not.  in particular, this
result is odd

	upas/nedmail
	: 4h
	4    *   2934   6/01 14:48 quanstro@coraid.com              [9fans] nedmail h doesn't move dot
	:

but then again setting . to 22.1 might be odd, too;
at least it is consistent with commands like "p".

- erik

Re: [9fans] nedmail h doesn't move dot

[Steve Simon]

> by the way, why h and not H?

yep, you are right, I was too hasty in my email.

-Steve

Re: [9fans] nedmail h doesn't move dot

[erik quanstrom]

On Mon Jun  1 16:48:00 EDT 2009, steve@quintile.net wrote:
> > by the way, why h and not H?
>
> yep, you are right, I was too hasty in my email.
>

but h would work, but only if there is no sender.
for example, if you had a multipart that's not a
message/rfc-822.

if it weren't for the quirks, i think ned might
disappear.

- erik