Path: utzoo!attcan!ncrcan!tim From: tim@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Tim Nelson) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: List of subjects in an already read group Keywords: do it by magic Message-ID: <1626@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM> Date: 2 Oct 89 14:57:25 GMT References: <1802@draken.nada.kth.se> <9817@cbnews.ATT.COM> Reply-To: tim@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Tim Nelson) Organization: NCR Canada Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario Lines: 44 In article <9817@cbnews.ATT.COM> r4@cbnews.ATT.COM (richard.r.grady..jr,54354,mv,3a018,508 960 6182) writes: >In article <1802@draken.nada.kth.se> ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) writes: >> I require a quick method of peeking at subject lines of an already >> read group... in short I'd like to skip the manual steps involved in >> >> 1. typing g xxx.yyy.zzz -- go to selected group ---- stuff deleted ---- >> 5. typing = -- to get the subject-lines list from >> -- which a selection can be made. ---- stuff deleted ---- > >My approach uses only 3 steps: > > 1. type g xxx.yyy.zzz -- go to selected group > 2. type y -- YES to "0 in xxx.yyy.zzz - read?" > 3. type ?.?r= -- print subjects of all articles (read or not) > >This will print the subjects in reverse order, i.e., most recent first. This seems all well and good, but I just tried it, and not all of the subject lines were printed. The command I use, instead of "?.?r=", is a non-documented command. (At least non-documented as far as I can see in the manual.) I don't know if this is a valid command or if it only works on my system, but it seems to do more than the "=". The command is "D", that is the upper-case d. (I call it shift-d 8-)) This command only seems to work when there is at least one un-read article in a newsgroup, though I can't figure out why. What is displayed is the article number, read status (y/n), and the subject line. If anyone knows more about "D" perhaps you could send me some e-mail, describing this command in all it's uses. later & later, ================= tim (nelson) | uucp ...!uunet!attcan!ncrcan!tim ncr canada | internet tim@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (416) 826-9000 | 6865 Century Ave, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5N 2E2 ================= * Have a good day, and a great forever.