NEW FEATURES WITH RN 4.3 New commands TAB (pager) scan for end of quoted text. && (anywhere) set or display macros. Q (art level) exit this newsgroup but stay on it. x (ng level) exit rn without changing .newsrc. New switch -=TERM-switch apply switch if terminal is TERM. New environment variables RNMACRO name of your macro and keymap file, if any. SUBJLINE controls format of = article listing. New % interpolations. %I inclusion indicator (-F argument). %m current mode of rn (newsgroup, pager, etc.) %z length of current article. %"prompt" prompt for input from keyboard. %`command` same as shell backquotes. ^char now produces control-char. Macros and Keymaps You may now define macros of any reasonable length and map those macros onto your keyboard in any way. You can completely remap the keyboard if you wish. Macros may contain % interpolations. Global RNINIT file You can now set pseudo-environment variables on a system-wide basis in the file %X/INIT. You don't have to recompile rn when you want to try something different. Pnews Can append your .signature if you like. Now knows how to mail to moderators. Runs somewhat faster now when invoked with -h. Will use %x/distributions if it exists. Doesn't ask for Distribution on local newsgroups. Doesn't ask for editor if EDITOR or VISUAL is set. Terminal handling -L switch uses erase-to-end-of-line to leave info on screen as long as possible. rn -c will not flush typeahead in your login script now. In multi-character commands, \ now quotes the next character. Support for non-line-buffered machines. Certain V7 machines will appreciate the speedup. Configure Lets the poor people without job control do shell escapes. Now remembers your old answers and uses them for defaults. Searches much more widely for libraries. Looks for Mcc or cc -M if it needs to. Finds pg if it needs to. (Note, pg users: you can use macros to reverse the sense of CR and SP in rn now.) Figures out where manual pages go. Figures out where mail is spooled. Looks for ioctl.h, if any. Determines if you have a builtin echo that works differently than /bin/echo. Asks if your mail takes Internet addresses. Works reasonably on more systems, such as "Pyramids". Miscellaneous Commands may be typed directly to a help menu or subject list without having to type 'q' first. - command on first displayed article of a newsgroup takes you out to the previous newsgroup. (Someday it will take you to the previous article in the previous newsgroup.) You can now easily get into a newsgroup with a KILL file and no unread articles. The catchup command at the top level now asks for confirmation. Interpretation routines now check for output buffer overflow. The pager no longer get hung up on non-initial ^L. The negative unread articles bug was fixed. Numerous small bug fixes.