Yapp tricks discovered

Try this address to see just today's posts.

Here's the address I use: http://www.spring.com/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/austen/since/-1/new This just gives me the posts I haven't read, without making me scroll down to the bottom of the file. NOTE: The first time I set it to this, it reset everything as unread. I then waded through all the topics to set them back to read, and now it works like a charm!

But are you still able to get to the bottom/origin of a topic if you wish to? If so, this seems very neat and time saving. Thanks!

Once you get into a topic, you can use the redisplay box at the bottom to get pretty much anywhere within it. You can type in a response number as a starting point, or you can use a negative number (eg: -4) to show the last 4 responses, or you can use 10-16 to show that range of responses.

Much obliged Joan, too. You are always so generous and share your knowledge freely. I am saving lots of wisdome from this board and have word docs full of it. To study at home soon on my own pc that just arrived. Hope to improve my mind then.

Actually, Ann, I just discovered that I lied. I thought "-4" gave 4 messages, because when I tried it, that was what I got - but today I discovered that it was just a coincidence - what "-4" really gets you is the past 4 days' worth! Still useful, but not as specific as I thought it would be.

from Dave Thaler: tem 39 entered Wed, Dec 18, 1996 (22:49) by Dave Thaler (thaler@armidale.ann-arbor.mi.us) Status of new release Here's an update on latest Yapp developments... The following bugs are fixed: - minor security hole in "source" command - duplicate responses are now prevented - cfcreate and cfcreate shell scripts now work right on System V platforms - commands embedded inside seps now work again - After posting from the web, all responses are displayed starting from the last one seen (requested here by Anna) The following features are added: - added macros so that the "browse all" web page shows a "NEW" icon next to new items (suggested here by Joan) - you can now change your name in each conference. Also, if you set it to "none", it will always be the same as your global fullname. - added support for ulist includes (requested by Trinity College) to help manage private conference user lists - Added support for ".cfjoin" files (global default and/or per user) to be executed the first time you join a new conference (requested by Drizzle) - "fixto" command (currently from Unix only) allows marking all responses as read up to a specified date, unlike the current "fixseen" which marks entire items (requested by Drizzle) - You can now mark everything as read from the web (requested here by Joan) Things not done yet: - Allowing responses to responses from the web (requested here by Amy) - Updating the help files and/or admin guide to document the new features If there's anything you've suggested that you don't see listed above, please mention it again in case I missed it. I'm thinking about doing a release within the next couple of days with just the things already done, plus hopefully the documentation. Any more features/changes would delay the release. Questions/comments?

Post your comments in the yapp conference. Only two more days to make changes that will be incorporated into the next release.

We wtill don't have this working!