X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,ac0dd08b91ad19c3 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public From: agnew@cae.wisc.edu (Eric Agnew) Subject: Info: How to use a .sig longer than 4 lines? Date: 1995/05/02 Message-ID: <3o6qqn$6q8@miso.wwa.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 101857852 approved: boba@wwa.com sender: boba@miso.wwa.com references: <3o6197$5ec@miso.wwa.com> organization: University of Wisconsin - College of Engineering newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii yang (y.) cheng wrote: >Is it possable to creat a .signature file longer than 4 lines? Yes, but it will cut off if you have it auto-inserted by your newsreader. In most cases, at least. To get one through without it being auto-truncated, you'll have to insert it manually. You'll probably also want to make sure the file isn't named .signature, otherwise you'll get the full copy as in- serted, as well as a 4-line-truncated copy that would autoatically be added (and chopped) at the end. So, if you have a long sig called ".longsig" you would just insert that file at the end of your post. In vi, that would be :r .longsig from the escape/command mode. For other editors, I have no clue, but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out. I'm guessing you could find a way to automatically work around this, but I'm not sure... I don't write scripts, I just know how to use them... :> I'd be interested in knowing what other kinds of .sig inserters people use, like using a certain .sig for a certain newsgroup, etc. (is that just done manually, too?)... Or if they have a newsreader that's intelligent enough to support different .sig's for this purpose, or not so anal as to chop after 4 lines (is there a flag to override this "option", or is it not an option?) -- URL- http://www.engr.wisc.edu/~agnew (/sp.html) | Smashing Pumpkins FAQ mtnr. "A dreaded sunny day, so let's go where we're happy, and I meet you at the cemetry gates..." -the Smiths, Cemetry Gates