Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!mcvax!guido 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 Lines: 13 Summary: 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. -- Guido van Rossum, "Stamp Out BASIC" Committee, CWI, Amsterdam guido@mcvax.UUCP "The net's like Santa Claus -- it never gives you the right thing."