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From: cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: wanted: another macro for 'rn'
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Date: 11 Feb 90 14:30:17 GMT
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palmerp@argus.math.orst.edu (Paul A. Palmer) writes:


}I rean news on a SUN running Berkley 4.3 UNIX, with the newsreader 'rn'.

}I read groups by following subject threads with the ^N option (In fact, I load
}rn as 'rn -S' which automatically puts me in ^N mode).
}The problem is, sometimes the threads are LONG. What I'd like to do is to be
}able to determine in advance how long a thread is. With my limited (but slowly
}growing!!) knowledge of macros, I can't find a way to do this.
}Anyone have any ideas on how to construct such a macro? (I realize I could use
}'=' and count them myself, but this is an inelegant solution.)

I know this isn't what you want to hear but...  trying switching to the 'nn'
newsreader.  Available by FTP from someplace [I forget where --- check
news.software.nn for details], will run on your SUN, no sweat, and is very
very nice.  [virtually everyone here at BBN who has tried 'nn' likes it a
*LOT*]

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