NN Quick Reference by Nancy McGough, 5 August 1993 NOTES: Default variable settings assumed. Descriptions followed by (*) have more info below. ABBREVIATIONS ============= NG newsgroup space RE regular expression carriage return | or tab delete backspace up arrow down arrow number article ID or range of article IDs e.g.: a or c-h GENERAL COMMANDS ================ ? Help on current mode :post Post an article :help Help menu :x Mark current NG read & quit :man Manual pages for nn :q! Quit & don't update .newsrc CTRL+G cancel current command Q Quit NEWSGROUPS: MOVING BETWEEN ========================== A Advance NG (regardless of subscribed/read status) (*) B Back NG (regardless of subscribed/read status) (*) N Next subscribed NG w/ unread or left articles; seen & selected articles' attributes left as is P Previous visited NG (stack of 1) X If no article selected, next NG; mark all articles read If last pg, next subscribed NG w/ unread or left articles G Go to NG; type NG name or part of name (*) NEWSGROUP ACTIONS ================= U Unsubscribe/subscribe Y List NGs with unread articles MENU: MOVING AROUND =================== ^ Top $ Bottom Next page; seen articles marked seen Next page; seen articles' attributes left as is > Next page; seen articles' attributes left as is < Previous page; seen articles' attributes left as is | / Move cursor up one | , Move cursor down one MENU: CHANGING ATTRIBUTES ========================= Select/deselect article or range of articles . Select/deselect current article * Select/deselect current article's subject = Select articles with specified RE in subject (. selects all) ~ Deselect auto-selected articles ~~ Deselect auto-selected and selected articles @ Reverse selections (selected <--> deselected) + Perform kill file auto selections (useful after ~) J Cycles through 5 possible attribute-change commands L Leave specified articles for later handling :unread Mark current NG unread (as it was when entered) MENU: CHANGING THE DISPLAY ========================== " Cycles through 5 menu formats ( Expand 's subject ) Collapse 's subject :sort is either arrival, subject, lexical, age, or sender MENU: CHANGING THE ARTICLES LISTED ================================== G Go to (a) all articles; (s) subjects w/ RE; or (n) names w/ RE (*) TRANSITIONING FROM MENU TO ARTICLE ================================== If on last pg, display selected articles then continue to next NG If on last pg, display selected articles then continue to next NG X Display selected articles then continue to next NG Z Display selected articles then return to menu % Preview 's article ARTICLE READING =============== Next pg; next article if last pg; next NG if last pg of last article | Previous page ^ Top h Top and show full header $ Bottom d Down half page u Up half page Down 1 line g Go to line D Decrypt/encrypt (rot13) c Compress/uncompress spaces and tabs /RE Go to RE . Repeat last RE search Skip lines beginning w/ same character as current line H Full digest/undigest current subarticle ARTICLES: MOVING BETWEEN ======================== n Next selected article; mark current article read p Previous article viewed (stack of 1) a Advance article on menu (regardless of selection status) b Back article on menu (regardless of selection/viewed status) ARTICLE ACTIONS =============== l Leave article for later action and go to next selected article k Kill subject for this session and go to next selected article w/ different subject * Select/deselect subject (for this session only) K Kill/select subject/author for this and future sessions f Post followup article; can also mail copy r Mail reply to author; can also mail copy to others m Mail article to specified address(es) P Print C Cancel (you must be author); if in folder delete article from folder s Save article with full header o Save article with short header w Save body of article :decode Decode and save uuencoded article TRANSITIONING FROM ARTICLE TO MENU ================================== Z | = Go to menu (*) (*) (*) GOTO QUICK REFERENCE (*) (*) (*) ============================================ The GoTo commands are invoked with A, B, and G. RESPONSES TO (+./~ %=sneN) PROMPT --------------------------------- THESE RESPONES SPECIFY NG OR FOLDER + ./ / ~/ | Current NG @ Archive file for current NG NEXT RESPONSES ASSUME CURRENT NEWSGROUP % Split article into digest (current article or prompt) = Search all articles' subjects for specified RE s Search all articles' subjects for specified string or RE (/) n Search all articles' names for specified string or RE (/) e Search all articles' names and subjects for specified string or RE (/) List newest articles a List all articles RESPONSES TO (juasne) PROMPT ---------------------------- | Default answer (in parentheses) j Jump to newsgroup (must have unread or left articles); don't create new menu level u List unread articles a List all articles s Search all articles' subjects for specified string or RE (/) n Search all articles' names for specified string or RE (/) e Search all articles' names and subjects for specified string or RE (/) For More Information... ======================= man nn | less Read news.software.nn news.announce.newusers news.newusers.questions Get nn FAQ from rtfm.mit.edu in pub/usenet/news.software.nn