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In this section we will discuss three important files: your kill
file, the `.newsrc' file, and the .nn/init file.
As was mentioned earlier, you can use the K command to kill a
subject permanently. Articles of this subject heading will no longer
be displayed. nn also has an auto-select feature where you can
specify that certain articles automatically be marked as selected.
nn will ask you several questions after you press K. The
first one is whether you would like to `k'ill or `s'elect.
The next question asks if you wish to perform the action based upon
`s'ubject or `n'ame. If you choose name then you must enter
the name.
You will then be asked if you wish for this to apply to the current `g'roup only or `a'll groups. The final question is how long should this entry remain in your kill file. Each question has a default answer which will be used if RET is pressed. In addition, pressing RET in reply to the first question will perform a default action of killing all articles with the same subject for 30 days.
nn will use the
same `.newsrc' that rn uses (see section How to read news, for
more info), but nn does not use the
`.newsrc' file to determine what order to display the groups.
You can switch from rn to nn and retain the same newsgroup
subscriptions you used to have.
The .nn/init file allows you to customize nn. You can
set certain variables, define macros, customize your article header
presentation, remap keys, and indicate the desired presentation
sequence of articles. Unfortunately, a detailed discussion of the
nn/init file is beyond the scope of this course. Interested
users should consult the manual page for nn.
The default init file is located in `/usr/local/lib/news/nn/init'. If you copy this to your `.nn' directory with the command
cp /usr/local/lib/news/nn/init ~/.nn/init
You can then edit it. This is a very good way to put the critical news groups as the first groups you read.
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