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Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher

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On 2013-10-23, Sandman <mr@sandman.net> wrote:
> Right, so Thunderbird is a crap application and Unison is pretty but
> rudimentary. So back to slrn and the good old days! So, for you out
> there that use this client, let me ask you some questions so I can get
> back on track. More questions will probably come.
>
> I've started the score file, and I wanted to group scores, is this
> correct:
>
>   [*] 
> 	Score: 200 
> 	{:: 
> 		References: @irc\.sandman\.net>$ 
> 		References: <mr([^ ]*)@([^ ]*)individual.net>$ 
> 	}
>
> I.e. that's a scoring for people replying to my posts, and looking at
> the docs, the double colon means that only one of the items need to
> match. I was unable to make it work it seems, or maybe I'm doing
> something wrong there.

Assuming the References lines are correct, it seems like you are doing
the right thing.

I'm going to read the docs and do some tests and report back here when I
get a minute.

> What (command line) editor do you use? Do you use one that is
> "post-aware". My editor of choice, pico, doesn't know what a usenet
> post is and can't colorize the text in any meaningful way. But others
> may.

I'm using vim with the "syntax on" option. Quoted content is colored;
though I'm not sure whether it's using slrn or some other color
settings. I am fairly familiar with vim's basic editing commands, and
don't mind using it for posting. GUI editors aren't suitable for me,
because I access slrn remotly through a terminal; otherwise, I'd
probably try TextWrangler.

Like you, I'm curious what better editors others out there might be
using.

> How do you navigate the references of a post? Say I'm in a discussion
> and need to go back in time before the loaded article set, using
> references was a grrat way to do it in MT-NewsWatcher. Can it be done
> legantly in slrn?

Indeed. From the FAQ:

<http://slrn.sourceforge.net/docs/slrn-FAQ-3.html>

"How can I retrieve read articles from the same thread?

If you want to read the ``parent'' of the article you are currently
reading (e.g. because the author did not quote enough material to
understand his message), ``ESC p'' will attempt to find it, using the
``References'' header line.

It is also possible to find all ``children'' of a given article using
``ESC Ctrl-P'' (note that this does not work with all servers) and,
using a recursive combination of both, to reconstruct the entire thread
tree. This is done by pressing either ``ESC 1 ESC p'' or ``ESC 2 ESC p''
- the second alternative can be much faster, but the first is more
  likely to find all articles even if some articles contain incomplete
``References''."

I'll probably end up memorizing both ESC p and ESC 1 ESC p! slrn seems
to be quite capable to me so far. It should be a suitable replacement to
MT-NewsWatcher, with even more functionality geared to my needs. I am
not displeased. : ) 

> That's it for now, I'll add more questions as they pop up :)

Same here. So far, so good.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM
filter.  I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client if you
want me to see your posts.

JR

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slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-23 19:37 +0000
  Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Mike Dee <mikedee@emteedee.invalid> - 2013-10-23 22:59 +0000
    Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-26 23:14 +0000
      Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 14:05 +1300
        Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-10-27 18:02 +1100
          Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 21:09 +1300
            Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-10-27 19:33 +1100
          Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-27 09:12 +0000
            Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-28 00:57 +1300
              Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-27 13:39 +0000
              Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 20:28 +0000
                Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-28 10:58 +1300
          Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 20:13 +0000
            Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-10-28 10:35 +1100
          Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-27 20:37 +0000
    Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 19:37 +0000
      Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-10-27 23:16 +0000
        Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 01:10 +0000
  Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-24 03:12 +0000
    Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-24 05:32 +0000
      Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-24 06:51 +0000
  Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2013-10-24 18:15 +0000
  Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-26 23:07 +0000
    Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-27 02:41 +0000
      Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 20:07 +0000
        Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-27 20:35 +0000
          Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 21:24 +0000
  Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 19:32 +0000
    Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-27 22:00 +0000

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