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5.2.1 Reader Functions for Navigation

Function: down, bound to: Down

Scrolls the text of the current message down.

Function: up, bound to: Up

Scrolls the text of the current message up.

Function: help, bound to: Alt-H

Displays online help on available keyboard commands.

Function: next, bound to: Right

Go to the next message in this area.

Function: previous, bound to: Left

Go to the previous message in this area.

Function: first, bound to: Home

Go to the very first message in this area.

Function: slast, bound to: End

Go to the very last message in this area.

Function: link_to, bound to: Ctrl-Right

Go to the message that is a reply to this message. If there is more than one reply to this message, you will be presented a select box.

Function: u-next, bound to: Ctrl-I

Go to the message that is a reply to this message. If there is more than one reply to this message, this function does not present a select box, but simply jumps to the first of all replies.

Function: link_from, bound to: Ctrl-Left

Go to the message that this message is in reply to (if any).

Function: next_area, bound to: +

Go to the next message area.

Function: prev_area, bound to: -

Go the the previous message area.

Function: list, bound to: Alt-L

This will display a list of all messages in this area. You can navigate through this list with the cursor keys, tag entries by pressing space, and apply a subset of the functions of the message reading mode (like delete, move, etc.) to the tagged messages. You can leave the list by pressing either Enter, which will position you to the message that was selected in the list when pressing Enter, or by pressing Esc, which will position you to the message that was active before entering the message list mode.

Function: last, not pre-bound to any key

Go to the last read message in this area (the message right before the first unread message).

Function: astart, not pre-bound to any key

Go to the message that was active when you entered this message area.

Function: home, not pre-bound to any key

Go to the first message in the current reply-chain.

Function: back, not pre-bound to any key.

Goes back to where you were in the reply chain before using the link_to or link_from functions. Untested.


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