Customizing nn for your own needs

You can create/enlarge a file named  .nn/init to customize your own
use of  nn (the network news reader).   I reproduce my own  .nn/init
below.  All material after '#' in any line serves as commentary, and is
not actually required in the file.     

Note,  ~/   means a user's own root directory

For more information, review the manual for nn by entering  this command
at the pegasus prompt:       man nn 
     

=========Louie Crew's  'init' file, which must appear on the subdir '.nn':

set mail /usr/mail/lcrew        #This will likely already be in your file
set mail-format  #This forces nn to save in format readable by mm, mailx....
set mail-record ~/.nn/mymail  #Tells nn where to save letters I write w/ nn
set news-record ~/.nn/mynews  #Tells nn where to save my postings on nn
set quick-save    #Automatically saves/appends to the files I specify here   
set nooverlap  #lets me scroll w/o repeating any lines from screen to screen
set stop 9    #lets me see only the 1st 9 lines, then all; speeds previews
set window 6  #controls the size of previews initiated at menu /w  % command
#Next 6 ll. define MACRO 0, which lets me review all my own postings in a grp
define 0    
echo "You are choosing all of your own messages"
'G'
" "
"nLouie Crew"
end
#Next 6 lines define MACRO 1, which speeds my choosing items by subject
define 1    
'G'
" "
prompt "Choose the subject by which to select articles in this group" 
"s"input 
end
#       Note:  The rest of the file is controlled by the first word, 'sequence'
#              This sets up the sequence that I want to use when I use
#              nn.   No more commands may appear in 'init':  the sequence
#              list must be at the end of the file
sequence
#The next 3 lines tell nn to put all test groups at the end, where I won't read
>test
>.test
>junk
#In all the others, the group name comes first, followed by an optional file
#                   to which I tell nn to save messages I choose from the group
clari.news.bulletin ~/News/clari 
clari.news.briefs ~/News/clari 
ru.newark.announce ~/News/rutgers  
ru.newark.general ~/News/rutgers   
ru.newark.andromeda  ~/News/rutgers    
ru.newark.fdc  ~/News/rutgers    
ru.newark.micros  ~/News/rutgers    
ru.newark.trouble  ~/News/rutgers    
ru.announce  ~/News/rutgers    
ru.colloquia  ~/News/rutgers    
ru.general  ~/News/rutgers    
ru.library.msl  ~/News/rutgers    
ru.qa.mail  ~/News/qa.mail
systems.advanced  ~/News/computers 
nj.events ~/News/rutgers
nj.general ~/News/rutgers
soc.religion.christian  ~/News/religion 
talk.religion.misc  ~/News/religion   
ru.opinions  ~/News/religion    
bit.listserv.mbu-l  ~/News/mbu         
bit.listserv.tesl-l  ~/News/academic    
bit.listserv.rhetoric  ~/News/academic    
clari.news.group.blacks  ~/News/clari       
clari.news.issues.civil_rights  ~/News/clari       
clari.news.religion  ~/News/religion   
clari.news.law.supreme  ~/News/clari       
trial.newsgroups  ~/News/religion    
news.announce.newgroups  ~/News/computers 
# My last line assures that I get to peek at any new groups and decide whether
#            I will add them or ignore them
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