This section is an overview of features that are hidden from the user most of the time, but still offer a lot to the way THOR functions. Most users probably won't need any of these features mentioned here, but experienced users might find them useful.
Selecting conferences from a conference string gadget
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm comp.sys.amiga.applications comp.sys.amiga.announceNow, by entering just "c" and then pressing the Return key, all conferences starting with "c" in their name will come up in a list where one or several can be selected. In this case, all conferences will match. If you enter "c.s.a.d", only one conference matches the pattern, namely "comp.sys.amiga.datacomm", so this conference will replace the pattern entered into the string gadget. What THOR does when entering "c.s.a.a" is simply to expand this string to "c*.s*.a*.a*" and then perform a pattern match on all conferences in the conference list on the current system. However, if we have conferences separated with a slash, like "THOR/Support", the short way to enter this conference' name would be "t s". Using the cursor up/down keys while a conference string gadget is active will cycle through the available conferences, starting with the conference matching the pattern in the gadget. Entering "*" will open a window with a list of all available conferences on the current system.
Crossposting to several conferences
Crossposting to several users
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