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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 22 Sep 1994.
Talk: Signature probs

Talk: Signature probs

In article <35s74f$24...@gagme.wwa.com> Bob Allison, bob...@wwa.com writes:
>    Some systems have a 4 line limit.  In that case you need to insert
the 
> sig yourself.  On most unix based systems, you press the control-R keys 
> at the same time.  It prompts you for a file.  You type a file name or 
> full path name, and it inserts that file.  That's what I do, not
because 
> my system limits the sig size, but because I like to pick the sig from
a 
> number of them.

Bob,
   Shame on you... what are you trying to do to us.... On most unix based
systems control-R does pretty much nothing!!!!!

To read in a file in vi, ex, ed the command is ":r <filename>"
on emacs it is control-x control-r <filename>

all other editors you're on your own.


Respectfully,

-- Rudrik 'control-r redraws my Vax screen, does that count' GreyShadow

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From: Rudrik Greyshadow <gre...@uchicago.edu>
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