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Annotation of 43BSD/contrib/rn/NEW, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1:                    NEW FEATURES WITH RN 4.3
        !             2: 
        !             3: New commands
        !             4:        TAB (pager)     scan for end of quoted text.
        !             5:        && (anywhere)   set or display macros.
        !             6:        Q (art level)   exit this newsgroup but stay on it.
        !             7:        x (ng level)    exit rn without changing .newsrc.
        !             8: 
        !             9: New switch
        !            10:        -=TERM-switch   apply switch if terminal is TERM.               
        !            11: 
        !            12: New environment variables
        !            13:        RNMACRO         name of your macro and keymap file, if any.
        !            14:        SUBJLINE        controls format of = article listing.
        !            15: 
        !            16: New % interpolations.
        !            17:        %I              inclusion indicator (-F argument).
        !            18:        %m              current mode of rn (newsgroup, pager, etc.)
        !            19:        %z              length of current article.
        !            20:        %"prompt"       prompt for input from keyboard.
        !            21:        %`command`      same as shell backquotes.
        !            22:        ^char           now produces control-char.
        !            23: 
        !            24: Macros and Keymaps
        !            25:        You may now define macros of any reasonable length and map those
        !            26:        macros onto your keyboard in any way.  You can completely remap the
        !            27:        keyboard if you wish.  Macros may contain % interpolations.
        !            28: 
        !            29: Global RNINIT file
        !            30:        You can now set pseudo-environment variables on a system-wide basis
        !            31:        in the file %X/INIT.  You don't have to recompile rn when you want 
        !            32:        to try something different.
        !            33: 
        !            34: Pnews
        !            35:        Can append your .signature if you like.
        !            36:        Now knows how to mail to moderators.
        !            37:        Runs somewhat faster now when invoked with -h.
        !            38:        Will use %x/distributions if it exists.
        !            39:        Doesn't ask for Distribution on local newsgroups.
        !            40:        Doesn't ask for editor if EDITOR or VISUAL is set.
        !            41: 
        !            42: Terminal handling
        !            43:        -L switch uses erase-to-end-of-line to leave info on screen as long
        !            44:                as possible.
        !            45:        rn -c will not flush typeahead in your login script now.
        !            46:        In multi-character commands, \ now quotes the next character.
        !            47:        Support for non-line-buffered machines.  Certain V7 machines will
        !            48:                appreciate the speedup.
        !            49: 
        !            50: Configure
        !            51:        Lets the poor people without job control do shell escapes.
        !            52:        Now remembers your old answers and uses them for defaults.
        !            53:        Searches much more widely for libraries.
        !            54:        Looks for Mcc or cc -M if it needs to.
        !            55:        Finds pg if it needs to.  (Note, pg users: you can use macros to
        !            56:                reverse the sense of CR and SP in rn now.)
        !            57:        Figures out where manual pages go.
        !            58:        Figures out where mail is spooled.
        !            59:        Looks for ioctl.h, if any.
        !            60:        Determines if you have a builtin echo that works differently than
        !            61:                /bin/echo.
        !            62:        Asks if your mail takes Internet addresses.
        !            63:        Works reasonably on more systems, such as "Pyramids".
        !            64: 
        !            65: Miscellaneous
        !            66:        Commands may be typed directly to a help menu or subject list without
        !            67:                having to type 'q' first.
        !            68:        - command on first displayed article of a newsgroup takes you out to
        !            69:                the previous newsgroup.  (Someday it will take you to the
        !            70:                previous article in the previous newsgroup.)
        !            71:        You can now easily get into a newsgroup with a KILL file and no
        !            72:                unread articles.
        !            73:        The catchup command at the top level now asks for confirmation.
        !            74:        Interpretation routines now check for output buffer overflow.
        !            75:        The pager no longer get hung up on non-initial ^L.
        !            76:        The negative unread articles bug was fixed.
        !            77:        Numerous small bug fixes.

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