was@psueclb.BITNET (03/16/89)
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Hi, there:
While I read the news, I feel very inconvenient in switching
between different groups, also in switching between different
articles. Could the operating software be modified a little bit
to suit for my need ?
1: Additional method supplied to enter news group
Like : use 3 letter Abbreviation to stand for a news group
(Since the corresponding number of each group is changing,
each time I have to enter an approximate number to enter one
group, then hit RETURN to go back to main listing to find
the exact number I want. )
2: Additional command to scroll the titles all newsgroups.
(Not only forwarding display, but also arbitarily moving the
current display. e.g. if current reading group is 500,
and I want to know what is title of newsgroup around 300.
How can I get the display around 300 ?)
3:---------------------------------------------------------
Similiar function which handles the titles of all newsgroups
need to be implemented into the subindex ( listing of all
articles ).
There are 300 - 400 articles in the news group I read.
It is very difficult to know the Subject of each articles,
unless I scroll all the way down to search.
4: Please add the " DATE " mark on each articles
I read the news every 2 or 3 days. I do not know which article
that I read before, which one should I began to read.
( Because the articles are purged frequently.
If there is a time mark there, I can use the time to identify
the listings. This DATE may be put in the subindex listing
of each articles, or inside each articles right after the
address.
)
bye !
Walter
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