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Article #949Re: Assembling GIF Files
From: Todd M. Swan
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 18:26
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 18:26
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In article <1992Aug7.034609.28522@wam.umd.edu> kkw@wam.umd.edu (Katarina
Wong O'Gara) writes:
> I couldn't find this in the FAQ (in fact, I couldn't find the FAQ at
all)
> but is there some straightforward way to download a GIF file from Usenet
> and strip the headers/footers, concatenate and uudecode using the NeXT?
>
> I know how to do all this in the Mach window, but wonder if there is
some
> especially neat way to do it with NewsGrazer. Any advice?
>
> Also, how does one create a background file (using a GIF or jpeg file,
> if possible) that will stay on in the background when using the machine?
>
> Thanks for any and all help...
Piece 'o cake! All you hae to do is make sure the articles are in order
(control-drag if not) then select them all and press Tools->Uudecode.
When it's done the GIFs icon will appear in the Icon well in the NG
window.
Todd
P.S. To get rid of the double .sig tell NG to Ignore .sig File in
Preferences.
--
"We're only immortal, | Todd M. Swan
for a limited time..." | tswan@trirex.com
-- Neil Peart, | Trirex Systems, Inc.
"Dreamline," Rush | New York, NY - Westport, CT
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!trirex!root From: tswan@trirex.com (Todd M. Swan) Subject: Re: Assembling GIF Files Message-ID: <1992Aug10.182601.13565@Trirex.COM> Sender: root@Trirex.COM (Operator) Reply-To: tswan@trirex.com Organization: Trirex Systems Inc. References: <1992Aug7.034609.28522@wam.umd.edu> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 18:26:01 GMT Lines: 30