heiby@mcdchg.UUCP (Ron Heiby) (05/03/88)
Although this doesn't actually kill the article, it is possible to tell rn to "hide" the normal inclusion lines. The HIDELINE variable can be set to something like "^>" and any line beginning with a "greater-than" symbol will be hidden when you view the article. You can even use "|" to hide more than one pattern. The hidden lines can be viewed by restarting the article with the 'v' command. -- Ron Heiby, heiby@mcdchg.UUCP Moderator: comp.newprod & comp.unix "I believe in the Tooth Fairy." "I believe in Santa Claus." "I believe in the future of the Space Program."
gmp@rayssd.ray.com (Greg Paris /exaflop meatbop/) (05/06/88)
In article <7531@mcdchg.UUCP> heiby@mcdchg.UUCP (Ron Heiby) writes: > Although this doesn't actually kill the article, it is possible to tell > rn to "hide" the normal inclusion lines. The HIDELINE variable can be > set to something like "^>" and any line beginning with a "greater-than" > symbol will be hidden when you view the article. You can even use "|" > to hide more than one pattern. The hidden lines can be viewed by restarting > the article with the 'v' command. This is a nice feature of rn, but it's not good enough. I don't have a problem with included text per se, so I don't want to hide all included text by default. (I do use HIDELINES to hide multiply-included text, though.) What I want to be able to do is automatically (and with as little overhead as possible) junk articles that contain predominately more included text than original text. The 50% rule is probably extreme, but articles that contain 75% or more included text are nearly always not worth reading (my opinion). Another possibility might be to have a HIDELINES-like variable that will come into play after N contiguous lines of included text. -- Greg Paris /exaflop meatbop/ <gmp@rayssd.ray.com> {att,decuac,gatech,necntc,sun,uiucdcs}!rayssd!gmp