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This article is from the rec.arts.tv.soaps FAQ, by Margaret D. Gibbs gibbsm@ll.mit.edu with numerous contributions by
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10. gnus Newsreader Information (rec.arts.tv.soaps)
(Written by John P. Mann, mannj@ll.mit.edu)
Due to the lack of information on the gnus news reader in the FAQ, I
thought it would be useful to post this information. I figured out
how to only read the articles with certain Subject(s). Instead of
using the standard gnus KILL file format:
(gnus-kill "Subject" "AMC")
..
..
..
(gnus-kill "Subject" "Y&R")
(gnus-expunge "X")
Use the following format which marks all articles to be killed, and
unmarks only the ones you want to read:
(gnus-kill "Subject" "")
(gnus-kill "Subject" "GL" "^[U")
(gnus-kill "Subject" "ALL" "^[U")
(gnus-expunge "X")
The tricky part is getting the escape key (^[) into the file. This
depends on the editor you are using. For emacs you just type Ctrl-Q
and then hit the escape key. For vi, you use Ctrl-v instead. I
assume that any gnus user is in emacs, so those two editors should be
sufficient for everybody.
I find this method much nicer, because I don't have to sift through
ridiculous posts about gays in the military, etc... I feel missing
a few GL posts because the poster didn't include GL in the subject
is a small price to pay.
By the way, in case someone doesn't know how to use KILL files in
emacs, just look in the info pages of emacs. The KILL file generally
goes in your News directory and is named rec.arts.tv.soaps.KILL
You can edit it while reading news by typing Esc-k (also known as
M-k).
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