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From: wmartin@brl-vgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.news
Subject: Re: Basenotes in Responses - (nf)
Message-ID: <2609@brl-vgr.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 17-Mar-84 13:38:17 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 17 13:38:17 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 18-Mar-84 08:28:04 EST
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It looks like most people who include basenotes are using some sort
of software or editor that puts a ">" on the left margin of the 
included passage. So why not put a new comand in the next version
of readnews that would IGNORE any line beginning with ">" and not
display it to the reader? Then everybody could have the news 
displayed the way they want!

Put the comand at the individual item display command level (where
you now type "n<CR>" or "<CR>" to skip or read an item), so the
reader can detect a series or group with included basenotes and
read or reject them at will.

Myself, I usually don't like basenotes -- I can remember enough to
know what is being discussed, as long as the subject is informative
and the item itself well-written. (Items like "That's right!" don't
qualify...)

Make the machine do the work -- that's what it is for.

Will Martin