* Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> [12-22-12 09:58]:
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 01:47:24PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> >
> > I have added:-
> > bind index n next-unread-mailbox
> >
> > ... and now I can find new mail in all my (mbox) mailboxes without any
> > stupid requirements for setting access times or whatever to the files.
> > I always thought it should be simple and it is!
[...]
> > It is somewhat slower than 'c' but not really significantly so where
> > all my mail is in local mbox files.
>
> If it is slower, then that might be a good reason why it is not the
> default. In all honestly though, I think people may complain if it was
> made the default, simply because the majority of people are only
> interested in reading new mail. They are probably aware they have old
> unread mail lying around but don't want to be consistently reminded all
> the time.
And, "n" is *normally*:
Table 2.7. Most common pager keys
Key Description
<Return> go down one line
<Space> display the next page (or next message if at the end
of a message)
- go back to the previous page
/-->>>> n search for next match
S skip beyond quoted text
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