X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,5f636f607e74e744 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-16 19:42:17 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: flee@cse.psu.edu (Felix Lee) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii Subject: Answer: What is a "labeled" newsgroup? Date: 15 Sep 1994 18:21:30 -0500 Organization: Penn State Comp Sci & Eng Lines: 108 Sender: boba@wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <35aktq$kmv@gagme.wwa.com> References: <351a0b$e0j@gagme.wwa.com> <356rsk$lep@gagme.wwa.com> <359ges$1ta@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Paul Foerster: >... could you please tell me what a "labeled" newgroup is? a newsgroup where articles are tagged with IDs in the Subject line. rec.arts.tv.soaps has short IDs for the various soap operas, to make it easy for anyone to selectively read or ignore threads about particular soaps. This is a little different than in rec.arts.ascii, because the IDs refer to the topic of the article (a particular soap opera), not the substance of the article (like Question or Answer). Topic rarely changes within a thread, but substance often does. Well, it depends on the group.. To accomodate newsreaders that thread by Subject, maybe put the IDs at the end? Since this is a moderated group and all the articles come from a single source, you shouldn't get truncated subjects unless your local news software does the truncation. I thought I wouldn't like IDs at the end, but I did a trial reformatting of rec.arts.ascii, and I've decided I don't really care, as long as the IDs are easy to spot. Here's a slice of recent subjects, sorted by subject: D 1693: [ 99:Bob Allison ] Info: Code to use Figlet within Emacs D 1695: [ 9:Dennis Monbourqu] LINE: New .sig... I like the border D 1699: [331:Mike Jittlov ] Line: Ascii of Cosmic Cutie.... D 1698: [ 16:Technowonk +p ] Line: Cheque...please :D D 1701: [ 10:Edmund Hon ] Line: Sidewinder D 1706: [ 16:Grace Atwood (N.] REQUEST: Cats or members of the feline family... D 1696: [ 17:Bob Allison ] Re: Talk: Emacs code D 1704: [ 11:Stefan Gromoll ] Request: Anyone have a picture of a monkey? D 1703: [ 18:YourNameHere ] Request: Sig Help, por favor? D 1697: [ 26:William ] Talk: Emacs D 1700: [ 50:Brian Patrick Le] Talk: Emacs D 1702: [ 32:Bob Allison ] Talk: Emacs D 1705: [ 33:Tim Gray ] Talk: Emacs D 1692: [ 43:Grant Severn ] Talk: GIF->ASCII: Is it Art? D 1691: [ 15:Bram Cohen ] Talk: What is Emacs? D 1694: [ 20:Bjorn Svartengre] Talk: What is Emacs? Here's the same, using trailing tags: D 1704: [ 11:Stefan Gromoll ] Anyone have a picture of a monkey? (REQUEST) D 1699: [331:Mike Jittlov ] Ascii of Cosmic Cutie.... (LINE) D 1706: [ 16:Grace Atwood (N.] Cats or members of the feline family... (REQUEST) D 1698: [ 16:Technowonk +p ] Cheque...please :D (LINE) D 1693: [ 99:Bob Allison ] Code to use Figlet within Emacs (INFO) D 1697: [ 26:William ] Emacs (TALK) D 1700: [ 50:Brian Patrick Le] Emacs (TALK) D 1702: [ 32:Bob Allison ] Emacs (TALK) D 1705: [ 33:Tim Gray ] Emacs (TALK) D 1692: [ 43:Grant Severn ] GIF->ASCII: Is it Art? (TALK) D 1695: [ 9:Dennis Monbourqu] New .sig... I like the border (LINE) D 1696: [ 17:Bob Allison ] Re: Emacs code (TALK) D 1701: [ 10:Edmund Hon ] Sidewinder (LINE) D 1703: [ 18:YourNameHere ] Sig Help, por favor? (REQUEST) D 1691: [ 15:Bram Cohen ] What is Emacs? (TALK) D 1694: [ 20:Bjorn Svartengre] What is Emacs? (TALK) Here's the same, using leading, fixed-width tags: D 1693: [ 99:Bob Allison ] info Code to use Figlet within Emacs D 1699: [331:Mike Jittlov ] line Ascii of Cosmic Cutie.... D 1698: [ 16:Technowonk +p ] line Cheque...please :D D 1695: [ 9:Dennis Monbourqu] line New .sig... I like the border D 1701: [ 10:Edmund Hon ] line Sidewinder D 1704: [ 11:Stefan Gromoll ] req Anyone have a picture of a monkey? D 1706: [ 16:Grace Atwood (N.] req Cats or members of the feline family... D 1703: [ 18:YourNameHere ] req Sig Help, por favor? D 1697: [ 26:William ] talk Emacs D 1700: [ 50:Brian Patrick Le] talk Emacs D 1702: [ 32:Bob Allison ] talk Emacs D 1705: [ 33:Tim Gray ] talk Emacs D 1692: [ 43:Grant Severn ] talk GIF->ASCII: Is it Art? D 1696: [ 17:Bob Allison ] talk Re: Emacs code D 1691: [ 15:Bram Cohen ] talk What is Emacs? D 1694: [ 20:Bjorn Svartengre] talk What is Emacs? Fixed-width tags are nice, but they don't work if your newsreader uses a proportional font. Well, it doesn't look so bad if you set it off with parentheses.. D 1693: [ 99:Bob Allison ] (info) Code to use Figlet within Emacs D 1699: [331:Mike Jittlov ] (line) Ascii of Cosmic Cutie.... D 1698: [ 16:Technowonk +p ] (line) Cheque...please :D D 1695: [ 9:Dennis Monbourqu] (line) New .sig... I like the border D 1701: [ 10:Edmund Hon ] (line) Sidewinder D 1704: [ 11:Stefan Gromoll ] (req ) Anyone have a picture of a monkey? D 1706: [ 16:Grace Atwood (N.] (req ) Cats or members of the feline family... D 1703: [ 18:YourNameHere ] (req ) Sig Help, por favor? D 1697: [ 26:William ] (talk) Emacs D 1700: [ 50:Brian Patrick Le] (talk) Emacs D 1702: [ 32:Bob Allison ] (talk) Emacs D 1705: [ 33:Tim Gray ] (talk) Emacs D 1692: [ 43:Grant Severn ] (talk) GIF->ASCII: Is it Art? D 1696: [ 17:Bob Allison ] (talk) Re: Emacs code D 1691: [ 15:Bram Cohen ] (talk) What is Emacs? D 1694: [ 20:Bjorn Svartengre] (talk) What is Emacs? Hmm. Count me as a vote for fixed-width, leading tags. But it's not really that important to me. (which is why I spent all this time playing with it :) --