Question: How to use a .sig longer than 4 lines?

Is it possable to creat a .signature file longer than 4 lines?

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yang (y.) cheng <stu...@bnr.ca> wrote:

>Is it possable to creat a .signature file longer than 4 lines?

Yes, but it will cut off if you have it auto-inserted by your newsreader.
In most cases, at least. To get one through without it being auto-truncated,
you'll have to insert it manually. You'll probably also want to make sure
the file isn't named .signature, otherwise you'll get the full copy as in-
serted, as well as a 4-line-truncated copy that would autoatically be added
(and chopped) at the end. So, if you have a long sig called ".longsig" you
would just insert that file at the end of your post. In vi, that would be
:r .longsig
from the escape/command mode. For other editors, I have no clue, but it
shouldn't be too hard to figure out. I'm guessing you could find a way to
automatically work around this, but I'm not sure... I don't write scripts,
I just know how to use them... :>

I'd be interested in knowing what other kinds of .sig inserters people use,
like using a certain .sig for a certain newsgroup, etc. (is that just done
manually, too?)... Or if they have a newsreader that's intelligent enough to
support different .sig's for this purpose, or not so anal as to chop after 4
lines (is there a flag to override this "option", or is it not an option?) 
<shrug>
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In article <3o6197$5e...@miso.wwa.com> stu...@bnr.ca "y." writes:

> 
> Is it possable to creat a .signature file longer than 4 lines?
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No.  It is entirely impossible to create a .sig longer than 4 lines.  Of
course, in the past beings such as the Warlord forged sigs up to 5 lines
long, but for his art he was ostracised, and an alt group was set up to
further condemn him.

Prophet Elijah

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Eric Agnew (agn...@cae.wisc.edu) wrote:
: yang (y.) cheng <stu...@bnr.ca> wrote:
: >Is it possable to creat a .signature file longer than 4 lines?
: So, if you have a long sig called ".longsig" you
: would just insert that file at the end of your post. In vi, that would be
: :r .longsig
: from the escape/command mode. For other editors, I have no clue, 

well, from edt, when you're at the * prompt (after <control-z>), type 
"insert <filename>"

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