Info: Tin program

And if the previos message didn't satisfy... (Again, this applies to the 
tin program.)


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Another Q&A session with Dionisio (Origin: Aug 8, 1994)

Gwennis Mooncat (gwe...@infinet.com) wrote:
}...or is there some way to make different .sigs that i can call up when i
}want them?  the other method would always randomize, unless i read it
}wrong.

Yes, there's a way to have signatures designed for individual news groups.
and...

}now, how do you change the line in the header?  in case i want it to say
}"gwennis needs help, apply below?"

...this can be done at the same time too! (Should you want a different
header for different groups.)

'cd' to '.tin' and look for a file named attributes. 'pico attributes' and
BE CAREFUL. tin looks at "attributes" when you first start it up.  (You'll
see "reading attributes...") Any line starting with "#" is ignored.
REMEMBER that.

Read down through the stuff that is already in "attributes". This is stuff
you CAN do, but don't necessarily NEED to do. When you get to the end of
the "#"'d lines, you can type in whatever you like. AGAIN, BE CAREFUL. As
I said, tin looks at this file. I've done some experimentation, and it'll
ignore some typos and just not do what you wanted. However, I didn't press
things either. Give the thing a second look before you save your
modifications.

Basically, you MUST tell it what newsgroup you want (We'll use this one
for an example), what you want it to do in this group, and how you want it
done.

(Example:

To change the header, we add:

newsgroup=infinet.general
organization="blah, blah, blah")

"organization" is what changes the header. (Note: you do not need the
quotes. Anything after the "=" is automatically included.)

To change the signature files for the various groups, we just use the
proper command and then tell it what file we want to use. (Its pretty
obvious, just look. <g>)

Just be sure those files you're telling tin to look for actually exist. :)

Also, desire to change the header when <f/F>ollowing-up a message? At the
top of the message you're composing after you hit "f" or "F", you'll see:

Subject: kjhfaditysfiughzf,mjbsfitzd gudyh
Newsgroups: sdfds.hguuyi,ytuytuyt.ioxfhg,tutrurty.fdgdf.wrxz

...and a few other things. "Organization: fkgdfuthri" may, or may not,
exist. If it does, just change what follows after it. (Be sure to leave a
space after the ":" or you'll get yelled at and forced back into the
editor. <g>) If "Organization: " doesn't exist, tack it on.

Words of caution/education:

A space MUST follow the ":"

Headers can only be so long. If you see that your header gets truncated,
you've found the length barrier. <G>

You can't have any blank lines seperating the stuff at the top of the
message if you want tin to do what you want. Nor can you put a blank line
at the very top of your message.

(Example:

Subject: hfdhgfdkjghf
Newsgroups: fdhgfh.uioiu.ewr
Organization: fjhgjkhtrf

...is ok.

Subject: fljg.fkjgfdgj
Newsgroups: fdgdfg.yuuy.opiop,reret.yu.sr.ytuuuy

Organization: fgdsgsyy

..isn't ok. You wont get yelled at, but your header wont change. Instead
you'll see "Organization: fgdsgsyy" at the very top of your posted message.)

Please experiment on infinet.test with this. If you discover problems,
<r>eply to me via emial and I'll take a look. (But I'll get grumpy if I
see you've done something I told you NOT to do.)

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