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From: pst+@ir.Stanford.EDU (Paul Traina)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus,news.software.b
Subject: .newsrc sorter/reorderer
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Date: 11 Jan 91 02:47:38 GMT
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I'm looking for a simple hook or function to tidy up my .newsrc (and
the .el file, but that is _less_ important) and reorder it according
to a presentation sequence (similar to nn).

What I'd like to do is feed input like:
	comp.security.announce
	news.announce.important
	comp.protocols
	comp.unix
	alt.sex.bestiality
	rec.humor.funny
	news
	comp
	alt
	rec
	OTHER
	clari
	bit

Into a program/function/whatever and have it reorder my .newsrc file
to follow those conventions.  (with any news heirarchy not explicitly
mentioned showing up in alphabetical order at the OTHER position).

Has anyone done something interesting like this?  (I've already looked
at the way rn's newsetup does things, I wasn't completely impressed.)