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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Posting with slrn AND nano
Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 23:28:10 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2021-05-21, Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
> In message <s88h9b$upr$2@dont-email.me> RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2021-05-21, RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 2021-05-21, Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
>>>> In message <slrnsaedfv.aqo.ffuentes@iceland.freeshell.org> ffuentes <ffuentes@sdf-f.spam.org> wrote:
>>>>> Here I have a silly question. Do any of you use nano to post to newsgroups? 
>>>>
>>>> The editor has nothing to do with posting tp newsgroups. YOu can use any
>>>> editor you want. I am sure plenty of people use nano, just as plenty use
>>>> vim, vim, emacs, gvim, and even BBEdit.
>>>>
>>>>> I know slrn has a good example of how to setup vim to post
>>>>> but how can someone post from nano?
>>>>
>>>> set your editor to nano in your .slrnrc.
>>>>
>>>>> I wanna make nano wrap at 72 characters (which can be done with -r)
>>>>> but I also wanna make the cursor to stay in between the response and
>>>>> the header.
>>>>
>>>>> nano -r 72 -S +10
>>>>
>>>>> Is this right? Do any of you have a better idea?
>>>>
>>>> Seems like that should work based on the man page (I don't use nano).
>>>
>>> I don't either — I use the jstar "flavor" of joe (Joe's Own Editor).
>>>
>>> Somehow I figured out the following line (which works for me).
>>>
>>> set editor_command "jstar +%d '%s'"
>>>
>>> At this point I don't know what "+%d" and "'%s'" do — I would have to look 
>>> it up again. I don't have to worry about the 72 character line, as jstar 
>>> just brings in its own settings from its own .jstarc configuration file. I 
>>> don't know right now where the cursor goes when I do a follow up — I'll have 
>>> to check that out and report back. Wherever it ends up I'm used to what it 
>>> does. 
>>>
>>> Sorry I can't be any more help. I've tried nano but could never get "into 
>>> it."
>
>> Just checked, my cursor does stay between the response and he header. So I 
>> guess that's built into jstar (somehow).
>
> It is probably the +%d, but I do not have joe installed on any machine
> and I can’t be arsed looking up a man page online.

You were right — "%d — number of the first line of the message body" 
(Don't know what the plus sign does.)

%s is for the file name.

So could the original poster also use the +%d (or just %d) for nano?

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