Action of view-file at EOF is misfeature

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From: tdw%computer-lab.cambridge.ac.uk
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 1990 14:42

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I use view-file a lot (from dired mode), and have come to the
conclusion that its behaviour at the end of the file is a bad
mis-feature.  It displays "End.  Type \\[exit-recursive-edit] to quit
viewing." in the minibuf (that's OK), but then nearly any key you type
quits viewing, not just `ESC C-c' or `q'.  In particular, most view-mode
commands which normally result in reverse motion quit.  

IMHO, this is wrong.  If I type a reverse motion command (like DEL), I
clearly want to review the file, not exit, even if I happen to be at
EOF!  

Tim
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