Subject: HELP!

From: Angela B <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 15:37:20 -0700 (PDT)

Bet you guys see that a lot :)  Anyway, I am trying to link my news into 
pine because I can't stand the editor that accompanies tin, and because I 
basically prefer pine.  I had it done, but my server somehow managed to 
delete my account, all my mail, and of course my pine config... since 
then I have been trying unsuccessfully to set up a 'newsreader' in pine.  
A friend did it for me last time, and he mentioned that he had set 
something up in pico so that I would be able to access the newsgroups.  I 
have tried all of the things that the pine help suggests, alone or in 
combination, and none have worked.  The auto response to the bug alert 
suggested that I send mail here, I would appreciate any help you could 
give.  Since this is apparently a newsgroup, please reply by email, as I 
cannot actually read news right now :)

Thanks for the help...

Ange

Claudia, how many times do I have to tell you?  Not in the house!!!!!
Lestat - IWTV

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From: [email-masked] (Larry Miller [DT])
Date: 11 May 1995 17:56:18 -0600

Angela B ([email-masked]) wrote:

> basically prefer pine.

I've used both a lot and really prefer tin; news is what it's dedicated
to.  You can have the best of both worlds by having tin use the PINE
editor (pico)-- set up an environmental variable called VISUAL that
contains the full pathname of pico on your system and tin should use that
instead of vi or whatever. 

Larry Miller
Administrador de Redes / Network Administrator
Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, La Paz, BCS Mexico 
[email-masked]