sahayman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Steve Hayman) (05/21/91)
Here is a handy shell script and rn macro definition that lets you
edit and repost news articles. I like to use this when I've posted
something and notice a typo or want to make some other small correction.
Go to the article with rn, type 'E' . You're placed in the editor looking
at a copy of your article. Make the change you want, write it out.
The script says "Post it? [y/n]" and then "Cancel the original? [y/n]".
and will take care of posting and cancellation for you.
No warranties, etc etc. I like it, it works for me. Your mileage may vary.
put this in your .rnmac file
# Edit. Edit the current article, repost, cancel the original.
E !/u/sahayman/scripts/EditArticle %A '%i' ^M
and here is the EditArticle script. You may need to change the
definition of 'inews' if yours isn't in /usr/lib/news/inews.
#!/bin/sh
# EditArticle
# Edit and re-post the current news message; cancel the original.
# I have an rn macro, "E", that runs this program.
# Based on an idea by ksbooth
#
# Put this in your .rnmac file:
# E !/pathname/of/this/program %A '%i' ^M
#
# steve hayman
# sahayman@cs.indiana.edu
# 1991 05 20
# don't export PATH, we want the original PATH inside the 'vi', for instance
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin
TMP=/tmp/Edit.$$
trap exit 1 2 3 15
trap 'rm -f $TMP' 0
Usage="Usage: $0 article-path message-id"
inews="/usr/lib/news/inews -h"
Orig=${1?"$Usage"}
MessageID=${2?"$Usage"}
# Delete header lines that will not be relevant any more
egrep -v '^(Lines|Message-ID|Path|From|Sender|Date): ' $Orig >$TMP
${EDITOR-vi} $TMP
echo -n 'Post it? [y/n] '
read postit
case "$postit" in
""|y*|Y*) $inews <$TMP
rm $TMP ;;
esac
echo -n 'Cancel the original? [y/n] '
read cancel
case "$cancel" in
""|y*|Y*)
sed -n -e '/^Newsgroups: /p' -e '/^References: /p' \
-e '/^Distribution: /p' \
-e "/^Subject: /s/.*/Subject: cmsg cancel $MessageID/p" <$Orig |
$inews
;;
esac