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In article  <20080518.1523.80501038snz$@i-m-t.demon.co.uk>
           v$af$ppint@i-m-t.demon.co.uk "ppint. at pplay" writes:

>         - hi; in dipspc article, <1211089452snz@nospam.demon.co.uk>,
>                    pete@nospam.demon.co.uk discovered:
[..]
> >>      "#! rnews <bytesize number>" line up to the start of the
> >>      following article's "#! rnews <bytesize number>" line. yes?
> >
> >Indeed to all the above.  However, my hasty reply was sort of a 
> >pink herring.  Looking at the code a little longer, it appears 
> >that one can simply tell unbatch to ignore article length info 
> >altogether:  just run it with the 'l' (little ell) parameter, 
> 
>         - ooh!  - i can't see that as an option in the unbatch
>         settings' help screen, but it sounds *just* what the
>         doctor ordered *g*

Odd.  Or perhaps maybe not so odd at all; it is *so* easy to add 
new functionality to a piece of software but to fail to update 
the help screens :-(

> >i.e.
> >        unbatch -jl     (I assume you already use '-j')
> 
>         - i do indeed;
> >
> >Problem solved!
> >
>         - and my faith in the natural superiority of the ka9q/
>         dis/snews(johnwash)/pcelm(oak)/etc package (and of dos
>         software more generally) is - well, not so much re-
>         stored, as maintained or even increased - as is that
>         in the abilities and helpfulness of dipspc-ers :-))
> 
>         - many thanks;
> 
>         - drop into IMT for coffee, tea and/or (70%) chocolate
>         any time you're in the area during shop hours - ppint.

Thanks - I'll bear that in mind next time I'm "oop north" ;-)

Pete
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