rn COMMANDS

rn COMMANDS




     Different commands are available to you in rn depending on whether
you are already in a newsgroup or reading a specific article. At any
point, typing a lower-case H will bring up a list of available commands
and some terse instructions for using them. Here are some of them:

After you've just called up rn, or within a newsgroup:

c        Marks every article in a newsgroup as read (or "caught up") so
         that you don't have to see them again. The system will ask you
         if you are sure. Can be done either when asked if you want to
         read a particular newsgroup or once in the newsgroup.

g        Goes to a newsgroup, in this form:

            g news.group

         Use this both for going to groups to which you're already
         subscribed and subscribing to new groups.

h        Provides a list of available commands with terse instructions.

l        Gives a list of all available newsgroups.

p        Goes to the first previous subscribed newsgroup with un-read
         articles.

q        Quits, or exits, rn if you have not yet gone into a newsgroup. If
         you are in a newsgroup, it quits that one and brings you to the
         next subscribed newsgroup.

Only within a newsgroup:

=        Gives a list of all available articles in the newsgroup.


m        Marks a specific article or series of articles as "un-read" again
         so that you can come back to them later. Typing

            1700m

         and hitting enter would mark just that article as un-read.
         Typing

            1700-1800m

         and hitting enter would mark all of those articles as unread.


s file   Copies the current article to a file in your News directory,
         where "file" is the name of the file you want to save it to.
         You'll be asked if you want to use "mailbox" format when saving.
         If you answer by hitting your N key, most of the header will not
         be saved.

space    Brings up the next page of article listings.  If already on the
         last page, displays the first article in the newsgroup.

u        Un-subscribe from the newsgroup.

/text/   Searches through the newsgroup for articles with a specific word
         or phrase in the "subject:" line, from the current article to
         the end of the newsgroup. For example,

                 /EFF/

         would bring you to the first article with "EFF" in the
         "subject:" line.

?text?   The same as above except it searches in reverse order from the
         current article.

Only within a specific article:

C         If you post an article and then decide it was a mistake, call
         it up on your host system and hit this.  The message will soon
         begin disappearing on systems around the world.

F        Post a public response in the newsgroup to the current
         article.  Includes a copy of her posting, which you can then
         edit down using your host system's text editor.

f        The same as above except it does not include a copy of the
         original message in yours.

m        Marks the current article as "un-read" so that you can come
         back to it later.  You do not have to type the article number.

Control-N     Brings up the first response to the article. If there is no
         follow-up article, this returns you to the first unread article
         in the newsgroup).

Control-P     Goes to the message to which the current article is a reply.

n        Goes to the next unread article in the newsgroup.

N        Takes you to the next article in the newsgroup even if you've
         already read it.

q        Quits, or exits, the current article. Leaves you in the current
         newsgroup.

R        Reply, via e-mail only, to the author of the current article.
         Includes a copy of his message in yours.

r        The same as above, except it does not include a copy of his
ar       ticle.

s|mail user   Mails a copy of the article to somebody. For "user"
         substitute her e-mail address. Does not let you add comments to
         the message first, however.

space         Hitting the space bar shows the next page of the article, or, if
at the end, goes to the next un-read article.