bossert@dataio.UUCP (John Bossert) (12/17/84)
This is a set of diffs for the vnews manual page. Included are
descriptions of the %s option for NEWSBOX and the features that
Bill Sebok fixed....
*** vnews.1.old Mon Dec 17 10:18:36 1984
--- vnews.1 Mon Dec 17 10:38:34 1984
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*** 21,27
interface, most vnews commands do not have to be terminated
by a newline.
.LP
! Vnews uses the first 22 lines of the screen to display
the current article. Line 23 is the secondary prompt line,
and is used to input string arguments to commands. Line 24
contains several fields. The first field is the prompt
--- 21,28 -----
interface, most vnews commands do not have to be terminated
by a newline.
.LP
! .I Vnews
! uses the first 22 lines of the screen to display
the current article. Line 23 is the secondary prompt line,
and is used to input string arguments to commands. Line 24
contains several fields. The first field is the prompt
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*** 71,78
.B x
command will not restore it to its original contents.)
.PP
! .B vnews \-s
! prints the newsgroup subscription list.
.PP
.I vnews
maintains a
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.B x
command will not restore it to its original contents.)
.PP
! .I Vnews
! \-s prints the newsgroup subscription list.
.PP
.I Vnews
maintains a
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.B vnews \-s
prints the newsgroup subscription list.
.PP
! .I vnews
maintains a
.I .newsrc
file in the your home directory that specifies all news articles
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.I Vnews
\-s prints the newsgroup subscription list.
.PP
! .I Vnews
maintains a
.I .newsrc
file in the your home directory that specifies all news articles
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.PP
If
.B NEWSBOX
! is set, the <filename> you specify when you save or write a file
! will be prepended with NEWSBOX unless <filename> is an absolute pathname.
.PP
If
.B NEWSRC
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.PP
If
.B NEWSBOX
! is present and equal to "directory", a request to save an article as
! "filename" will cause the article to be saved as "directory/filename".
! If
! .B NEWSBOX
! is set to "directory/%s", a request to save an article in newsgroup
! "newsgroup" as "filename" will save it in the pathname
! "directory/newsgroup/filename".
! The portion of the pathname defined as $NEWSBOX must already exist.
! The subdirectories corresponding to news groups
! will be created as necessary.
.PP
If
.B NEWSRC
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which is executed with the text of the article as standard input.
If the first character of the file name is `/', it is
taken as the full pathname of a file.
! If $NEWSBOX (in the environment) is set to a full pathname,
! and the file contains no `/', the file is saved in $NEWSBOX.
! Otherwise, it is saved relative to $HOME.
.IP ug
Unsubscribe to the current group. This is a two character
command to ensure that it is not typed accidentally
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which is executed with the text of the article as standard input.
If the first character of the file name is `/', it is
taken as the full pathname of a file.
! If $NEWSBOX (in the environment) is set and the file name
! is not an absolute pathname,
! the file is saved relative to $NEWSBOX.
! If $NEWSBOX is not set, the file is saved relative to $HOME.
.IP ug
Unsubscribe to the current group. This is a two character
command to ensure that it is not typed accidentally
--
John Bossert
Data I/O Corporation
Redmond, WA
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