STEP ONE: To change your default editor to pico
Pico your "~/.profile". Type in the text as below.
| export EDITOR=pico |
Save it by pressing "Ctrl-X".
STEP TWO: Updating your .profile
Run your profile by the command . ~/.profile in the
command prompt.
STEP THREE: Subscribe to Newsgroups
The first time you bbs, you would see some welcome messages and
announcements. After that, you would see a blank screen.
Group Selection (news.comp.nus.edu.sg 0) h=help
<n>=set current to n; TAB=next unread; g,/=search pattern; c)atchup;
j=line down; k=line up; h)elp; m)ove; q)uit; r=toggle all/unread;
s)ubscribe; S)ub pattern; u)nsubscribe; U)nsub pattern; y)ank in/out
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You need to press 'y' to yank in newsgroups and press 's' to subscribe them.
Group Selection (news.comp.nus.edu.sg 40) h=help
1 643 SoC.rec.moods :) :( :| :P 8)
2 87 SoC.acad Forum/ Feedback
3 85 SoC.acad.level1 Lvl 1000 modules discussion
u 4 SoC.acad.level2 Lvl 2000 modules discussion
u 5 SoC.acad.level3 Lvl 3000 modules discussion
u 6 SoC.acad.level4-6 Lvl 4000 - 6000 modules discussion
u 7 SoC.comp.applications Software Applications
u 8 SoC.comp.games Games Discussions
u 9 SoC.comp.hardware Hardware Discussions
u 10 SoC.comp.os.unix Unix Forum
u 11 SoC.comp.os.windows DOS/ Win 3.x/ 9x/ NT
u 12 SoC.comp.programming Programming
u 13 SoC.comp.others Other Computer Issues
u 14 SoC.rec.entertainment TV/ Movies
u 15 SoC.rec.food Food
u 16 SoC.rec.hobbies Hobbies
<n>=set current to n; TAB=next unread; g,/=search pattern; c)atchup;
j=line down; k=line up; h)elp; m)ove; q)uit; r=toggle all/unread;
s)ubscribe; S)ub pattern; u)nsubscribe; U)nsub pattern; y)ank in/out
Subscribed to SoC.acad.level1
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STEP FOUR: Viewing articles
Now, I am showing what you would see when you are
viewing the test folder.
Group Selection (news.comp.nus.edu.sg 40) h=help
X 36 SoC.rules BBS Rules
-> 37 SoC.test Testing Corner
38 SoC.others Others
X 39 SoC.mail_migration Q&A for migration of mails
40 SoC.cf.new_services New Servers (SunFire 4800)
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SoC.test (12T(B) 26A 0K 0H ) h=help
1 35 10Jul2002:BBS:Stat:Post:User 4.30amDaily
2 125 10Jul2002:BBS:Stat:Post:User:Detail 4.30amDaily
3 21 10Jul2002:BBS:Stat:Post:Group 4.30amDaily
4 97 10Jul2002:BBS:Stat:Post:Group:Detail 4.30amDaily
5 38 10Jul2002:BBS:Stat:Post:Name 4.30amDaily
6 3 2 testing netscape einstein
7 13 624 14Mar2002:BBS:Stat:Post:User Amateur
8 39 11Jul2002:BBS:Stat:Post:User 4.30amDaily
9 141 11Jul2002:BBS:Stat:Post:User:Detail 4.30amDaily
10 24 11Jul2002:BBS:Stat:Post:Group 4.30amDaily
11 111 11Jul2002:BBS:Stat:Post:Group:Detail 4.30amDaily
-> 12 42 11Jul2002:BBS:Stat:Post:Name 4.30amDaily
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Fri, 12 Jul 2002 04:30:09 SoC.test Thread 12 of 12 Lines 42 11Jul2002:BBS:Stat:Post:Name No responses 4.30amDaily <[email protected]> at By JnZ with LockSmith Tweaks Newsgroups: SoC.test Message-ID: <agkpsh$ih8$5@SoC> NNTP-Posting-Host: sf3.comp.nus.edu.sg 4.30amDaily at By JnZ with LockSmith Twe hardy soc00 Amateur at Amateur tanyeefa soc01 Darvwing Duck at Darkness Vault darvinku soc00 Dong Men Xia Yu at SoC, NUS leemingf soc01 D at SoC, NUS liyongbo iscs99 |
STEP FIVE: Posting an article
I am going to post an article for testing. Please do this only in the test
folder. Press "w" in the Article level and "testing 123" in the subject
field, you should see something like the below.
11 111 11Jul2002:BBS:Stat:Post:Group:Detail 4.30amDaily
12 42 11Jul2002:BBS:Stat:Post:Name 4.30amDaily
Post subject [Re: casting object J ...]> Testing 123
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From: Lifeless Bodoh <[email protected]> Subject: Testing 123 Newsgroups: SoC.test Followup-To: Organization: ITE Summary: Keywords: -- Java is better than C++.. Java is better than C++.. Java is better ... -- Prof Yuen [ Read 14 lines ] ^G Get Help ^O WriteOut ^R Read File ^Y Prev Pg ^K Cut Text ^C Cur Pos ^X Exit ^J Justify ^W Where is ^V Next Pg ^U UnCut Text^T To Spell |
Type in whatever text you want as shown. Press "Ctrl-x".
From: Lifeless Bodoh <[email protected]> Subject: Testing 123 Newsgroups: SoC.test Followup-To: Organization: ITE Summary: Keywords: This is a lifeless test. -- Java is better than C++.. Java is better than C++.. Java is better ... -- Prof Yuen Save modified buffer (ANSWERING "No" WILL DESTROY CHANGES) ? Y Yes ^C Cancel N No |
Type 'y' to save the buffer and press the Enter key.
--
Java is better than C++.. Java is better than C++.. Java is better ...
-- Prof Yuen
File Name to write : /home/stu99/lukmengs/.article.18351
^G Get Help ^T To Files
^C Cancel TAB Complete
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Press 'p' to post it.
q)uit, e)dit, i)spell, g) pgp, p)ost, p(o)stpone: p |
STEP SIX: Viewing your posted articles
You need to go out of the article level and press "shift-y" first.
37 SoC.test Testing Corner
38 SoC.others Others
X 39 SoC.mail_migration Q&A for migration of mails
40 SoC.cf.new_services New Servers (SunFire 4800)
Reading groups from active file...
Reading groups from newsrc file...
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Enter the folder again and you would see something similar to this.
SoC.test (1T(B) 1A 0K 1H R ) h=help
1 * 6 Testing 123 Lifeless Bodoh
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Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:53:30 SoC.test Thread 1 of 1 Lines 6 Testing 123 No responses Lifeless Bodoh <[email protected]> at ITE Newsgroups: SoC.test Message-ID: <aglud9$rih$1@SoC> NNTP-Posting-Host: sf3.comp.nus.edu.sg User-Agent: tin/1.4.5-20010409 ("One More Nightmare") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.8 (sun4u)) This is a lifeless test. -- Java is better than C++.. Java is better than C++.. Java is better ... -- Prof Yuen |
Following-up to an article
Press 'f' to the article that you want to follow-up.
T 41 of 41, R 2/3 (p 2), Phoenix Hawk: Re: motivation.. %% If potential helpers perceive themselves to be capable in a %% particular situation, they are more likely to help, and the help is more %% likely to be effective. hee.. nevermind *>8P xQ -- Events later this year will prove your life isn't as bad as it could be. |