balinsky@tove.umd.edu (andrew balinsky) (10/03/89)
I am a new user of news, and I would like to know from someone out there how I append a quote, disclaimer, etc. to the end of my news postings. I am using rn and vi as my editor. Also, I would like to know how I can get back to articles that I have already read. Once I read an article it usually disappears from the list of articles. Is there a way that I can list all articles whether read or unread? Finally, is this newsgroup the right place for me to be posting questions like this? Thanks, Andrew Balinsky
mikes@lakesys.lakesys.com (Mike Shawaluk) (10/03/89)
In article <19939@mimsy.UUCP> balinsky@cs.umd.edu (andrew balinsky) writes: >I am a new user of news, and I would like to know from someone out there how >I append a quote, disclaimer, etc. to the end of my news postings. I am using >rn and vi as my editor. Well, there are several ways. First, if your version of rn posts articles via Pnews, it should give you a couple of questions, like: This program posts news to many machines throughout the country. Are you absolutely sure that you want to do this? [ny] Prepared file to include [none]: Typing the name of a file to the second question will get that file included at the end of whatever you are posting. Alternately, you can create a file called .signature in your home directory, and that file will be automatically tacked on to your article, but AFTER you exit vi, and tell the Pnews program that you indeed want to send the article. And, if all else fails, you can always put your cursor to the spot where you want the inclusion, and tell vi to read in a file at that position, via the :r filename command. >Also, I would like to know how I can get back to articles that I have already >read. Once I read an article it usually disappears from the list of articles. >Is there a way that I can list all articles whether read or unread? Again, there have been several macros given to do just this; simply go back and reread those articles to see how it's done. Oh, you say you don't know how? :-) :-) Sorry, couldn't resist... If my memory serves me, this is the command you would type to rn: ?.?r:= The jist (sp?) of the above command is to search backwards for "." (which matches any article?), and the "r" tells it to list articles which have already been read. Actually, my choice to do this function would be: ^-$ m:= which would have the added bonus of marking all of the articles in the newsgroup as unread, so that you could reread them using the regular rn browsing commands. >Finally, is this newsgroup the right place for me to be posting questions >like this? Yep. -- - Mike Shawaluk "Rarely have we seen a mailer -> DOMAIN: mikes@lakesys.lakesys.com fail which has thoroughly -> UUCP: ...!uunet!marque!lakesys!mikes followed these paths." -> BITNET: 7117SHAWALUK@MUCSD
tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) (10/04/89)
In <19939@mimsy.UUCP> balinsky@tove.umd.edu (andrew balinsky) writes:
andrew> I am a new user of news, and I would like to know from someone
andrew> out there how I append a quote, disclaimer, etc. to the end of
andrew> my news postings. I am using rn and vi as my editor.
Someone suggested creating a .signature file and then answer yes to
rn's question regarding whether to append the file; if you do this be
warned that some other part of the posting process might already be
picking up your .signature. It would be best to test out in a local
group (umd.test?) and see how many times your .signature appears.
As a possibly unnecessary plug for common net courtesy regarding
signature files, and not at all desiring to see the argument rehashed
here, it is suggested that you not have a long signature (four lines
is the suggested maximum, less is better).
andrew> Also, I would like to know how I can get back to articles that
andrew> I have already read.
A number of tricks have been posted here recently to accomplish this;
generally you would want to use ?.? to search backwards, and use
perhaps the r or m modifiers to include all unread articles, and then
the = command to display a summary line for each. For example,
"$?.?m:=" might give you the behaviour you desire. It goes to the end
of the group, searches backwards and marks every article temporarily,
and then lists their subjects, in reverse order.
andrew> Finally, is this newsgroup the right place for me to be
andrew> posting questions like this?
Yes. We're thinking of renaming it news.rn.questions instead though,
to more accurately reflect 90% of the articles' subject matter.
(Yes, ":-)")
Dave
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