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From: fbp@cybvax0.UUCP (Rick Peralta)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: How to get ">" symbol when referring to articles?
Message-ID: <441@cybvax0.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 17:08:14 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  3 17:08:14 1985
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In article <9556@brl-tgr.ARPA> you write:
>> Is there an elegant way to get the ">" symbol before articles when
>> referring to other people's postings?
>
>Some of the news software (e.g., "postnews") does this automatically.
>Also try
>	1,$s/^/> /
>or some appropriate modification of this.

Try 'rn'.  It is usefull, powerfull, cheap and entertaining !
It was posted in net.sources a while ago.  It comes complete
with in's own installation show.


				     Rick
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