km@emory.UUCP (Ken Mandelberg) (01/10/86)
My finger is faster than my eye, and I frequently type
"n" before realizing that I really do want to read the
article that just appeared. Normally this is ok, I can
just backup an article with "-". However, if I skip the
last article in a newsgroup, "-" won't work.
Any suggestions?
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Ken Mandelberg
Emory University
Dept of Math and CS
Atlanta, Ga 30322
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km.emory@csnet-relay ARPANETedg@micropro.UUCP (Ed Greenberg) (01/13/86)
In article <1565@emory.UUCP> km@emory.UUCP (Ken Mandelberg) writes: >My finger is faster than my eye, and I frequently type >"n" before realizing that I really do want to read the >article that just appeared. Normally this is ok, I can >just backup an article with "-". However, if I skip the >last article in a newsgroup, "-" won't work. > >Any suggestions? >-- >Ken Mandelberg When you hit "-" on the first article in the newsgroup, you should go back to the "0 articles in net.foobar -- read? [ynq]" prompt. Net.foobar should be the group you're interested in. Hit y, and you get a "what next" prompt. Hit P (note capital) and you should go to the last article in the newsgroup, read or not. Please note that I work in "brief" mode, so my prompts above are a bit different from yours. Also, if "P" doesn't work, try "^P" or "p" though, by my recollection, "P" is the one that doesn't care whether the article has been read or not. Good luck. RN is neat! Much appreciation and kudos to it's author. -e -- Ed Greenberg | {hplabs,glacier}!well!micropro!edg MicroPro International Corp. | {ucbvax,decwrl}!dual!micropro!edg San Rafael, California | {lll-crg,ptsfa}!micropro!edg
brown@nicmad.UUCP (01/14/86)
In article <1565@emory.UUCP> km@emory.UUCP (Ken Mandelberg) writes: >My finger is faster than my eye, and I frequently type >"n" before realizing that I really do want to read the >article that just appeared. Normally this is ok, I can >just backup an article with "-". However, if I skip the >last article in a newsgroup, "-" won't work. At the "x unread articles in 'newsgroup' [yn]" type g and then the name of the newsgroup you flew past. Don't press return after the g, immediately enter the newsgroup name. Then, when it says 0 news articles, etc, enter y. Then, do a 'P' at the next prompt. I also skip an article, yours was just one of them, that is the last in the newsgroup. I Hope this helps, as it works for me. -- ihnp4------\ harvard-\ \ Mr. Video seismo!uwvax!nicmad!brown topaz-/ / decvax------/