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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 27 Sep 1994.
Answer: What call do you make to get a random selection???

Answer: What call do you make to get a random selection???

From Alaska <ala...@gate.net> · rec.arts.ascii · 27 Sep 1994 21:29 · View full thread · report
Bruce Laplante (ccb...@gatekeeper.ddp.state.me.us) wrote:

: Danni Bauer (bau...@gtetel.com) wrote:

: : David S. Issel (dis...@nunic.nu.edu) wrote:

: : > +------ Ryan Tucker (rtu...@worf.infonet.net) wrote: -----------
: : > |
: : > | If you're using "tin", there's a way to have tin randomly select a sig 
: : > | out of a directory.  If anyone's interested, I can take a clip out of the 
: : > | man page :-)


: : Simply create a directory in your $HOME directory called  .Sig

: : Any file in that directory will be in the list that tin will use
: : to randomly select a signature. Also, if you create a file in your
: : $HOME called  .sigfixed, that file will ALWAYS be included above
:  
: }snip{

: OK, but what call do you make to get a random selection???
: i.e: I use [ESC] :r filename.sig 

All you have to do is post something and tin will randomly select a file 
in you signature directory and put it at the end of the post.

-Harry
      .---.        .-----------       .__                 __     
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    / /     \(  `-,   -----    \__  \ |  | \__  \  /  ___/  |/ /\__  \  
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  //// / // :    ; ---         (____  /____(____  /____  >__|_ \(____  /
 // /   /  /)   / --                \/          \/     \/     \/     \/ 
/          //..\\      No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings
==========UU====UU======================- Harry Marlin -=====================
          '//||\\`                       Ala...@gate.net
            ''``

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