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Re: Starting New Topic With trn

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From: David Sternlight
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 18:12
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Though the bug has been fixed in trn, Pete Holsberg asks "how is a thread
determined?"

In the listing of messages, each thread has an access letter, then
a series of topics and messages for that thread. Usually there is
one topic, but sometimes (with the old bug) more than one for a
particular access letter.

Now, when one starts a new topic, it gets a separate access letter, and
hence a separate thread. With the old system, you couldn't easily
read the changed topic material--you had to read the entire thread's
new stuff (unless you wanted to get fancy with commands); now you can.

That's the advantage--spin-off topics are given a life of their own.
The disadvantage (a trivial one to me) is that the spin-off topics
are no longer hooked to the topic from which they're spun off, as
I understand the way trn works.
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References: <1992Oct26.103005.4006@kithrup.COM> <1992Oct26.192802.11598@netcom.com> <1992Oct27.172248.26949@mccc.edu>

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From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
Subject: Re: Starting New Topic With trn
Message-ID: <1992Oct28.181209.6099@netcom.com>
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
References: <1992Oct26.103005.4006@kithrup.COM> <1992Oct26.192802.11598@netcom.com> <1992Oct27.172248.26949@mccc.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 18:12:09 GMT
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