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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Subject lines, -S and KILL files: a suggestion.
Message-ID: <2984@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 4 Oct 88 02:18:28 GMT
References: <469@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM> <426@gonzo.UUCP> <1490@basser.oz> <112@lucretia.esa.oz> <14940@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
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In article <14940@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (Obnoxious Math Grad Student) writes:
: In article <112@lucretia.esa.oz>, tim@lucretia (Tim Bunce) writes:
: >What I'd like to suggest is that a 'comment' character (for example a semi-
: >colon) be introduced into subject lines. The character, and any text that
: >follows it could be ignored by rn for the purposes of subject searching and
: >KILLing but archiving could proceed unhindered.
: 
: >	e.g.:   Subject: Multi-user, real-time, 3D game; (part 1 of 273)
: >	or      Subject: Re: Original subject line; new comment
: 
: How about parentheses?  After all, it's the comment for "From:"
: 
: ucbvax!garnet!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720

Interestingly enough, you could use the string "- (nf" and it would work
automatically with the current version of rn.

Larry Wall
lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov