would not always auto-redisplay menu files when the user hits 'Q' (or 'N'
or Ctrl-C) at auto-pause prompts:

When displaying a "message" (e.g. file), if the console abort flag is set
before a single line has been displayed, clear the abort flag. This most
likely means a pause (hit a key) prompt was automatically displayed due to
a clear screen code in the message/file and the user hit 'Q' or 'N' or
Ctrl-C at the prompt. In this special case, don't treat that as an
"abort message" command and keep displaying the message/file.

Once one or more lines in the message/file have been displayed, then the
behavior is the same as before: a console abort (even as a result of an
auto-pause prompt key) will stop the display of the current message/file.