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From: guido@mcvax.UUCP (Guido van Rossum)
Newsgroups: net.news.b
Subject: Re: reading digests in rn
Message-ID: <6262@mcvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 07:48:31 EST
Article-I.D.: mcvax.6262
Posted: Wed Dec 19 07:48:31 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 05:02:00 EST
References: <1282@dciem.UUCP>
Reply-To: guido@mcvax.UUCP (Guido van Rossum)
Organization: "Stamp Out BASIC" Committee, CWI, Amsterdam
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In article <1282@dciem.UUCP> mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) writes:
>Is there any way of saving an article out of a digest in "rn"?

This is the second time in one or two weeks this question comes around.
The answer is YES, but it hasn't been documented in an obvious place.
Rn's g command searches (in paging mode) for a regular expression;
the ^G command searches for "Subject:", so it is useful for digests.

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	Guido van Rossum, "Stamp Out BASIC" Committee, CWI, Amsterdam
	guido@mcvax.UUCP

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