Subject: .signature files

From: [email-masked] (Lori Fox)
Date: 10 Dec 1994 03:12:02 GMT

I would like to create a signature file and use it *only* when I use 
pine.  Is there a way to do this ?  If so, I would be grateful for 
instructions, preferably in little baby steps suitable for someone who 
punched data cards when she took a college course involving computers.

    Thanks.

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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 18:26:42 -0800 (GMT)

> punched data cards when she took a college course involving computers.

	When "she took a college course"?  Does that mean you want to
have the respondents limited to female college graduates?  :-) :-)

	Well most programs rely on a parameter or setting to define
the file to be used as the "signature" source.  What you can do is
define it as .pinesig within pine and .elmsig within elm and .whateversig
in whatever.

	Yes, I'm very familiar with punch cards.  50% isn't bad.

					Ed
					
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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 20:24:11 -0800 (GMT)

> have the respondents limited to female college graduates?  :-) :-)

	OH....you said "for someone...."  I knew that since I've
 been living outside of the US for so long my grammer was starting to
suffer.....but I didn't know it was having an effect on my ability
to read!!  Oh, well maybe the fact that I'm familiar with punch cards
is also a good excuse....   No?  Fine...I'm going back to watch tapes
of David Letterman....hummmm...I wonder.......

				Ed

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From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
Date: 12 Dec 1994 04:03:39 GMT

[email-masked] (Lori Fox) writes:
>pine.

Here's an excerpt of my Signature and Finger FAQ which I'll be posting real 
soon now.  To have a signature that's used only by Pine name it something
like .sig.pine and then specify that in the signature-file variable.

Let me know if you have suggestions for improving these instructions,
Nancy

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 Date: 09 Dec 1994 23:01:11 GMT
 From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
 Subject: ... ... 1.1.1 Pine 3.90 and Later
 Followup-To: comp.mail.pine
 
 Pine automatically appends ~/.signature (if it exists) to your messages.  
 To change Pine's signature features:
 
 1. From the Main Menu type s for Setup
 2. Type c for Configuration
 3. To change the value of the signature-at-bottom feature:
    a) Spacebar and arrow down to the signature-at-bottom variable
    b) Type x to set/unset this variable.
 4. To change the name of your signature file:
    a) Arrow down to the signature-file line
    b) Type c for Change Value
    c) Type the path and name of the file you want to use for your
       signature.  Note that ~ can be used for your $HOME directory.

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 Date: 09 Dec 1994 23:01:12 GMT
 From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
 Subject: ... ... 1.1.2 Pine 3.89 and Earlier
 Followup-To: comp.mail.pine
 
 Pine automatically appends ~/.signature (if it exists) to your messages.  
 To change Pine's signature features in Pine 3.89 (and earlier versions) you 
 need to edit your ~/.pinerc file directly.
 
 Type...                 In order to...
 =======                 ==============
 cd                      Change to your home directory (i.e., $HOME or ~)
 pico .pinerc            Use the pico editor to edit your .pinerc file.
 ^w                      Search for . . .
 feature-list            . . . ``feature-list''

 Edit your .pinerc so that it contains this line:
 
 feature-list=signature-at-bottom
 
 If you want more than one feature in your feature-list then they need to
 be comma separated like this:
 
 feature-list=old-growth,
 	signature-at-bottom

 If you want to use a file other than ~/.signature for your signature
 edit the following line:
 
 signature-file=
 
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From: [email-masked] (Lucio Chiappetti)
Date: 16 Dec 1994 07:59:27 -0600

In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.941210181829.23876A-100000@hobbes>, [email-masked] (Ed Greshko) write:
|> On 10 Dec 1994, Lori Fox wrote:
|> 
|> > instructions, preferably in little baby steps suitable for someone who 
|> > punched data cards when she took a college course involving computers.
|> 
|> 	When "she took a college course"?  Does that mean you want to
|> have the respondents limited to female college graduates?  :-) :-)
|> 

   Typical of languages like English who oblige to put a pronoun
   subject before the verb, in order to tell it is 3rd person
   (he/she/it took). This misunderstanding could be easily avoided
   in Latin origin languages where the 3rd person of a verbal form has
   its own ending, and one does not need the subject ("took" would be
   enough in such case)   :-) :-) :-)

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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 11:36:31 -0800 (GMT)

>    enough in such case)   :-) :-) :-)

	Or, as I pointed out in a later post, had I turned my brain on
that evening...there would have been misunderstanding.  :-) :-)

					Ed