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Annotation of 43BSD/contrib/rn/NEW, revision 1.1.1.1

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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