Re: Is there a way to tell Tin v1.6.2 to only download XX number of posts?

I hope I am understanding it correctly. I have to be in a group with a 
list of threads to use G? If so, then how about before I hit enter on a 
newsgroup? I would like to get a prompt to get ALL new posts or the limit. 
Something like Mozilla and Netscape's newsreaders do. Is that possible?


On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Urs [iso-8859-1] Janßen wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 04:05:14AM -0800, Phillip Pi wrote:
> > Hi Urs. Thanks for the quick reply. Is there a wayto change the limit on 
> > the fly I am using Tin? I would hate to restart Tin everytime I want to 
> > change the limit.
> 
> yes, in the ways mentioned in the manual:
> 
> |   GROUP INDEX COMMANDS
> |      GroupToggleGetartLimit 'G'
> |                 Toggle article/group limit.
> 
> |   GLOBAL OPTIONS MENU AND TINRC CONFIGURABLE VARIABLES
> |       Number of articles to get (getart_limit)
> |           If  getart_limit  is  >  0  not more than getart_limit
> |           articles/group  are  fetched  from  the   server.   If
> |           getart_limit  is  < 0 tin will start fetching articles
> |           from  your  first  unread  minus  absolute  value   of
> |           getart_limit. Default is 0, which means no limit.