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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: wishlist
Message-ID: <2353@utcsrgv.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Sep-83 11:51:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 28 11:51:06 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 28-Sep-83 12:40:08 EDT
Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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When the next version of news comes out, I would like it if there were
a command to update the .newsrc file, just like quitting and typing
readnews again (which is a pain, particularly because articles posted
to multiple groups can then get displayed again).

One of the most annoying things in readnews is when it dumps
core or otherwise dies, and you have to plow through all the
junk you just spent an hour reading, hitting the 'n' key.
Also, readnews sometimes gets stuck on a LONG search (particularly
if you request 'N net.whatever' and net.whatever is a large group;
it doesn't use the same algorithm as if you simply got to net.whatever
in the normal course of things), and hitting rubout only gives you
the choice between Abort? (i.e., don't update .newsrc for all work
done so far) and resuming the interminable search (while you go
and have a cup of coffee).

I should say that I think that overall, the news software is great,
and I appreciate all the work that Mark and the others have put into
it. My criticism is purely constructive.

Dave Sherman
Toronto
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