I'm using trn version 4.something.

I accidentally hit backslash (\) while in the thread selector. This
brought me to a prompt of "Cmd:". I have no idea what sort of commands it
is looking for at this point. What is?

I couldn't find anything in "man trn" about this.

Note: Hitting ^G at this prompt makes it go away (with some kind of err msg).

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Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:

>I'm using trn version 4.something.

>I accidentally hit backslash (\) while in the thread selector. This
>brought me to a prompt of "Cmd:". I have no idea what sort of commands it
>is looking for at this point. What is?

It allows the user to call an outside program or the output of the current
function can be redirected to other than standard output.

>I couldn't find anything in "man trn" about this.

>Note: Hitting ^G at this prompt makes it go away (with some kind of err msg).

Just hit the Enter key to make it go away.

In article <u298j9$vvpg$2@dont-email.me>,
Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm using trn version 4.something.
>
>>I accidentally hit backslash (\) while in the thread selector. This
>>brought me to a prompt of "Cmd:". I have no idea what sort of commands it
>>is looking for at this point. What is?
>
>It allows the user to call an outside program or the output of the current
>function can be redirected to other than standard output.

Could you explain further what this means?

Can you give a sample use?

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Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:
>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:

>>>I'm using trn version 4.something.

>>>I accidentally hit backslash (\) while in the thread selector. This
>>>brought me to a prompt of "Cmd:". I have no idea what sort of commands it
>>>is looking for at this point. What is?

>>It allows the user to call an outside program or the output of the current
>>function can be redirected to other than standard output.

>Could you explain further what this means?

>Can you give a sample use?

I apologize. It's for INTERNAL commands. Most of the commands conflict
otherwise with the letters and numbers in use for articles.

g means go to or subscribe to a newsgroup. But the letter "g" is already
in use to select something in the selector.

If I'm in the newsgroup selector and I wish to subscribe to a group (or
go to a newsgroup I've already subscribed to)

\gcomp.misc

then I can get to it. Normally I don't have a use for it at the article
or thread selector.