wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) (02/14/90)
I'm somewhat confused by the G command. Often I want to go back to read articles in the same group I am in. If I G<ret>, sometimes I get an equal sign (for a subject regexp) and other times I get the minimenu of: all, unread, subject. What controls which I get, and how can I force the menu to be displayed? Sometimes not even specifying the group by name will do it, and I must exit nn and reenter via nn-g. What am I overlooking? Honest I did RTFM, it's on pages 11,12&13...... -- A host is a host & from coast to coast...wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu no one will talk to a host that's close..............(305) 255-RTFM Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335 is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335
storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm) (02/17/90)
wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) writes: >I'm somewhat confused by the G command. Often I want to go back >to read articles in the same group I am in. If I G<ret>, >sometimes I get an equal sign (for a subject regexp) and other >times I get the minimenu of: all, unread, subject. Actually, it is quite simple: If there are more articles (read or unread) in the group than is presently shown on the menu, the G command will give you the menu, and you can choose whether you want to include some more articles or search for a subject. If there are no extra articles in the group, the only choice you would have on the menu is to search for a subject, so that is what it assumes you are going to do. So it skips the menu, and goes directly to the "enter subject" prompt (the = sign). >What controls which I get, and how can I force the menu to be >displayed? Sometimes not even specifying the group by name will >do it, and I must exit nn and reenter via nn-g. The only other purpose for which you might want the menu to appear to be able to DECREASE the number of articles on the menu. However, that is not possible, so what would you use the menu for? -- Kim F. Storm storm@texas.dk Tel +45 429 174 00 Texas Instruments, Marielundvej 46E, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark No news is good news, but nn is better!
chl@cs.man.ac.uk (Charles Lindsey) (02/19/90)
storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: >If there are more articles (read or unread) in the group than is >presently shown on the menu, the G command will give you the menu, >and you can choose whether you want to include some more articles or >search for a subject. >If there are no extra articles in the group, the only choice you would >have on the menu is to search for a subject, so that is what it >assumes you are going to do. So it skips the menu, and goes directly >to the "enter subject" prompt (the = sign). BUT maybe the reason I typed the G command was that I just "thought" there might be some more, older stuff around (I intended to type All next). But I was wrong, there was nothing above what was already shown. In this situation, the last thing I want to do is to give a subject. I would rather just see the complete menu (unchanged, maybe).
storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm) (02/21/90)
storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: >If there are no extra articles in the group, it skips the menu, and >goes directly to the "enter subject" prompt (the = sign). chl@cs.man.ac.uk (Charles Lindsey) writes: >BUT maybe the reason I typed the G command was that I just "thought" there >might be some more, older stuff around (I intended to type All next). You are right, but for the moment, just answering (return) to the "=" prompt will cancel the G command, so it is fairly easy to "get around" this problem. However, I can see that the current behaviour may cause problems inside a macro, since you don't know whether the G command will give a menu or not. So it should probably be changed to always give the "Number of Articles" prompt. The default action in the "no more articles" case could then be "=". -- Kim F. Storm storm@texas.dk Tel +45 429 174 00 Texas Instruments, Marielundvej 46E, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark No news is good news, but nn is better!