On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, David Combs wrote:

> Certain sites you want to read "bottom up", ie from the ^E "bottom
> of html-'page'", moving towards top.
> 
> EG: reading a news-site, where oldest items drop off the
> bottom, newest ones queued in at top.  You want to start
> at bottom (of list of links) so as to get to it before
> phone rings etc and you have to get off computer and when
> you return and log back in, oldest one is now FOREVER GONE.
> 
> When browsing a site that way, bottom to top, and I do
> "b" to go to next-upper-screenful, cursor
> , cursor there is reset to the TOP link on THAT screen-full.
> 
> What I'd like is for cursor to be set to BOTTOM link.

I'd just use Up Arrow or '<' (UP_LINK) enough times.

> Just for thought and comment: when I've gotten NEAR the top, let's say
> current screen is one HALF a screen from the top, and my cursor
> is currently at a link either at the top of THIS screen-full
> or just down a bit from the top link --
> 
> -- what would be nice (I guess!) is if when I do a 'b' (or better,
> maybe, only 'B'), for the cursor to STAY at the current item
> after the 'B'.

The '(' key (or whaever you have mapped UP_HALF to) does that.
Or try the Insert key (or whatever you have mapped UP_TWO to).

   Klaus





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