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From: storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Review of NN, a Usenet news reader
Keywords: rn, .newsrc, b&d
Message-ID: <374@texas.dk>
Date: 27 Jul 89 07:39:08 GMT
References: <1836@papaya.bbn.com> <1150@sequent.cs.qmc.ac.uk> <1050@unocss.UUCP> <402@laas.laas.fr> <2794@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
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asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) writes:

>In article <402@laas.laas.fr> ralph@nastassia.laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) writes:
>>One reason that we have never bothered installing NN was for its
>>non-standard .newsrc file format.  By the way, has this been changed
>>in version 6.3, or the succeeding patches.  Thanks.

>In maybe 6.4 or so, whenever Kim gets to it, NN will support leaving certain
>articles unread (right Kim?), which will probably nead a different format,
>maybe even the *standard* .newsrc file format.

nn 6.4 (or perhaps even 6.3.5 if I find the time in the next few days)
will support leaving individual articles unread.  But the implementation
is based on the existing "saved selection" files - not the .newsrc.

>  What's the big deal about
>having a different format anyways?  If you use NN why even need to bother with
>RN?

I have asked time and again for somebody (who needs it) to write full
.newsrc support for nn if they really think it is that important!
Just as you say, I have lived with nn's "non-standard" .nn/rc file for
5 years now, because I don't bother about a .newsrc I don't ever use!

But nn can maintain your .newsrc to *some* extent...
-- 
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!