DP Tool Club 31/CDASC_31_1996_juillet_aout.iso/internet/rnr214.zip/RNR.FAQ

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rnr:  Frequently Asked/Answered Questions and Important Tidbits

:: what happened to rusnews?

   I just changed the name.  I'm no longer the sole author, and the
   old name was stupid anyway.

   also, rnr sounds like the English `r and r', for `rest and relaxation'.

:: how much does rnr cost?

   nothing.  I already have a job, and don't want another one.
   plus, my insurance would go way up if I used this computer for
   money-making.  enjoy.

:: why can't I...  or how can I...  or how do I...

   check the `?=help' screens on both the browser and selection screens
   (or look at the source in rnrselb.pas).  if you still can't find a
   key to do what you want, and it's not mentioned in the rnr.fut
   todo list, send me mail.  the worst I can do is say I don't have time.

:: why haven't you taken ... from the todo list and done it yet?

   it might be because I didn't have any time.  or maybe it's
   because I'm not interested in it, and I didn't know anyone was
   really hyped for it.  send me mail.

:: why, when I only read one article out of 10, does rnr later
   tell me that there are no new articles?  I can still get to them
   with <G>oto <a>ll.

   this is a limitation of the `join' file format, which tracks only
   the highest number of news that has been seen.  if the one article
   you saw was article 10, articles 1 through 9 are also marked as
   read by implication.  if you use --make-space-like-x, even if you
   only read article 1, the `10' will still be put in your join file.

:: why, sometimes after I've read a group, and go back into it, there
   are `new' articles shown which I've already seen (I think)?

   do you have --make-space-like-x in your rnr.rc file?  if you read
   articles 1 and 3 in a group which has 1 through 5, the next time you
   go through you'll be presented with 4 and 5 (but not 2) unless you
   either press shift-x or use --make-space-like-x.

:: why, when I hit `N' does it bring up articles even when I didn't
   select any?

   you had some antikilled - just hit `N' again (to jump to the next
   group) and everything will be fine.  it's hard to guess (when `N' is
   hit) if I should act on it or not when there's been no non-antikilled
   selection.  anyway, hitting `N' the second time is usually easy enough
   to do since your fingers are right on those keys anyway

   use --warn-auto-antikill if this is a problem

:: why do I see my own posts?

   if you don't want to see someone's posts, put them in your killfile.

   with crossposting, Followup-To:, multitasking systems/networks, and
   the join file format, stripping them out any other way would be
   impossible to implement (in a way other than just killing all your
   articles, but the killfile already does that)

:: why do I see replies before the questions?

   a few possible reasons:  waffle's rnews is broken (in regards to
   continuation lines), thus stripping References: data, thus resulting
   in news not being ordered correctly.  or the subject line might
   have changed on the reply, making it appear to be in a different
   thread entirely (which then got displayed before the thread in which
   the question was asked). or the space-saving in the threading data
   might have caused an inaccurate ordering due to hash collisions.

   also, people who have software that trims Subject: lines at 25 chars
   (QWK comes to mind, but there are others!) don't help either.

   some people's software change the Subject: line when posting followups
   (by changing `  ' to ` ', say), and that also hurts.

:: why can't rnr find my news?

   make sure you aren't using the old FORUM lines in your forum set files
   - it was last used in v1.63 of waffle.  use the new DEFAULT lines.

:: why does rnr die right after `columns: 80' is printed?

   try running it with --ignore-mouse

:: why does rnr say every article is from `(could not read file)',
   with the same thing for a Subject:, but I can read the articles fine?

   try running it with --no-filemode

:: why doesn't <G>oto <f>aq select anything?

   maybe all the FAQs posted to that group have expired.  or maybe the
   group's FAQs aren't yet crossposted to news.answers .

:: in what newsgroup is it polite to discuss rnr?

   comp.bbs.waffle, comp.os.msdos.mail-news, or possibly both.  but if
   you want to make sure I see a question, mail it to me.  with rnr
   itself, you can do this by adding a line that says
   `CC: [e-mail]' up in the headers,
   like right after the Newsgroups: line.

:: does it really frost you when people leave out an `l' in `Russell'
   or the `h' in `Schulz' or add a `t' somewhere?

   yeah.

:: why don't you capitalize the first words in your sentences?

   for speed.

   I just got used to typing that way a long time ago.  I still obey the
   other capitalization rules, though.