> On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, David Combs wrote: > > I tried ":m", thinking that that would, for every marked thread, > > execute "m" (mark unread) on it. > > First off, your terminology is a little off. Articles get selected for > reading, not marked. The docs refer to marking only with respect to an > article's unread status, which is completely separate from it's > selection status. > > The '*' indicates that a thread has some selected articles and some > non-selected articles, so something did a search and marked individual > articles as selected. These selected articles are already unread, so > running ":m" does nothing. If you run ":-" all articles will become > unselected, which I believe is what you want. Before I go and try that, I located, within trn's various context-dependent output "help" screens, all the descriptions of the minus-sign "-" you've just suggested, and here's what I came up with (perhaps with some duplicatons): |--------- the minus-operator, suggested in Wayne's ":-" | v - Set a range, as in d - f. Repeats the last marking action. - Set a range, as in d - f. Repeats the last marking action. - Go to previously displayed article. - Go to previously displayed article. [dkc: toggles back&forth] - Set a range, as in d - f. Repeats the last marking action. - Set a range, as in d - f. Repeats the last marking action. - Set a range, as in d - f. Repeats the last marking action. - Go to previously displayed article. - Go to previously displayed article. > However, if the selections are happening each time you enter the group, > then you have a memorized command for the group that is selecting > articles. Press Ctrl-K from inside the group and check out what is > there. You'll probably want to edit the file and remove whatever > command that is generating too many selections. > > > Oh, I eventually tried removing, from .newsrc, all the article-numbers > > for that newsgroup, before which I had exited trn. > > The .newsrc file determines the read/unread status of the articles in > each group, and has nothing to do with selection. Auto-selection > commands are stored in each group's memorized-command file (aka "kill > file"). > > ..wayne.. So, I guess it'd be safest for me *wait* for an explanation of how the above-described "-"-op will via some hidden magic make those articles become UN-selected. Thanks, Wayne! David ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf
