2. Move in the list

This step moves the selection in the list of messages, then in the tree of accounts and folders. Start from the screen of step 1.

In the list

The list has the focus when tt starts. Press these keys and look at the bottom bar after each one. It reads Personal │ message N of 200 │ …; the table gives the message part:

Press	The bar says
j	message 2 of 200
5j	message 7 of 200
G	message 200 of 200
gg	message 1 of 200
Ctrl-d	message 15 of 200
3G	message 3 of 200

• j and k go to the next and the previous message. Down and Up do the same.
• A number before a key is a count: 5j moves five messages.
• G goes to the last message, gg to the first. With a count, 3G goes to the third.
• Ctrl-d and Ctrl-u move half a page. The bar shows 15 with a terminal of 30 rows. A taller terminal moves more.

In the tree

Press gg to go back to the first message, then Ctrl-w. The focus moves to the tree, on Personal.

• Press h. Personal closes and its folders go away.
• Press j. The selection goes down to Work.
• Press l. Work opens.

In the demo the list keeps the same made-up messages whatever you select in the tree. With real accounts, an account shows the messages of its INBOX, and a folder its own.

Checkpoint

You should see the tree like this:

▸ Personal         │N  Ada Lovelace        Subject 0: weekly report
▾ Work             │   Grace Hopper        Subject 1: lunch on Friday
    INBOX         3│   Alan Turing         Subject 2: the build is green
    Reports        │N  Margaret Hamilton   Subject 3: invoice
  Chat             │   Linus Torvalds      Subject 4: a question about the release

▸ marks a closed account and ▾ an open one. Press Ctrl-w again to give the focus back to the list.

All the keys of the list and the tree are on Keys and counts.

Next: 3. Read a message.