Re: [Xnews] Lines

[John Wunderlich]

m...@tadyatam.invalid wrote in news:Xns9B41C099437metadyataminvalid@MR-BLACK:

> Puzzled -- how does Xnews interpret / report the number of
> lines?
>
> I open a group and see a new (unread) post with 100 under
> Lines.
>
> If I hit Enter (to read the post)
> - the 100 in article list changes to 10
> - the article's headers show Lines: 1
> OR
> If I hit Ctrl+Enter (to see the headers only)
> - the article's headers show Lines: 1
> - article list still shows 100
> - I Alt+Tab to another window and Alt+Tab back to Xnews
> - the 100 in article list changes to 10
>
> BTW, articles with 10 under Lines and Lines: 1 in headers the
> "10" doesn't change.
>
> Any ideas?

This is an old Xnews anomaly...
Going back to March 2002:
<http://groups.google.com/group/news.software.readers/msg/2fe409dc2c787b5d?hl=en%02fe409dc2c787b5d>

In short, if the headers do not contain a "Lines:" line,
it shows up in Xnews as 100
If the header contains a "Lines:" line with a "1" followed by 9 spaces,
then clicking on it will change it to "10"
If the header contains a "Lines" line with a "1" and no spaces,
then it remains a "1".

-- John