VARIABLES Certain variables can be toggled with the specified command line options. also-subgroups Group names in sequence includes subgroups as well append-signature-mail Explicitly append .signature to outgoing mail append-signature-post Explicitly append .signature to posted articles attributes Article attribute symbols auto-junk-seen Automatically mark seen articles read auto-preview-mode Enter preview mode when selecting an article on menu backup Keep backup of rc file (-B) backup-suffix STR String to append to backup file names (.bak) bug-report-address Mail address for the :bug command case-fold-search String and pattern matching is case independent (! -i) collapse-subject Offset at which long subjects are compressed columns N Screen width comp1-key KEY Completion key 1 (space) comp2-key KEY Completion key 2 (tab) confirm-append User must confirm saving in existing files confirm-auto-quit User must confirm quit after reading last group confirm-create User must confirm creation of new files confirm-entry User must confirm entry to groups confirm-entry-limit N - confirm only for groups with more than N unread art. confirm-junk-seen Ask for confirmation before marking seen articles read confirm-messages User must confirm all messages with return (-W) cross-filter-seq Show cross posted articles in first group in sequence cross-post Show cross posted articles in all groups (-X) data-bits N Screen output is 7 or 8 bits date Show article dates (-D) decode-header-file FILE Save file for headers of :decoded articles decode-skip-prefix N Automatically unshar uuencoded articles if N>0 default-distribution DISTR Default answer when asking for distribution default-save-file FILE Default save file (for + abbreviation) delay-redraw Do not redraw screen immediately after : commands edit-patch-command Allow user to edit command used by :patch before exec edit-print-command Allow user to edit command used by :print before exec edit-unshar-command Allow user to edit command used by :unshar before exec edit-response-check Don't send articles if they are not edited. editor CMD Use speficied editor instead of $EDITOR entry-report-limit N Give entry report for groups with >N unread articles erase-key KEY Erase last input character or completion expert Give less output expired-message-delay N Wait for N seconds after telling article is expired. flow-control Toggle between raw and cooked to enable flow control flush-typeahead Flush typeahead before reading each command folder DIR Folder directory fsort Sort folders in subject order (nofsort = -f) header-lines LIST Customized article header format help-key KEY Completion help key (?) include-art-id Include article-id in ".... writes:" line in follow-ups include-full-header M command includes full header in mailed articles. included-mark STR Prefix on included lines in replies (>) keep-unsubscribed Keep unsubscribed groups in .newsrc kill Enable/disable auto kill/select (nokill = -k) kill-key KEY Delete input line key layout N Menu layout N (-LN) limit N Limit number of presented articles to N (-aN) lines N Screen length long-menu Use all lines on the menu screen macro-debug Trace the execution of all macros mail Mailbox file to check for arrival of new mail mail-format Folders are created in mail compatible format mail-header STRING Extra header lines to include in posted mail mail-record FILE Save all replies in FILE mail-script FILE Use FILE instead of aux script when mailing mailer CMD Use CMD to send outgoing mail mailer-pipe-input 'mailer' reads standard input/takes file argument mark-overlap Underline last line from prev page to show overlap min-window Minimum size of preview window, clear if smaller mmdf-format Folders are written in MMDF format monitor Print all characters when reading article new-group-action N Specifies how NEW groups are handles -- see :man news-header STRING Extra header lines to include in posted articles news-record FILE Save all posted articles in FILE news-script FILE Use FILE instead of aux script when posting articles newsrc FILE Specify alternative .newsrc file nntp-cache-dir DIR Alternative directory for nntp cache files nntp-cache-size N Max number of different files in cache. old N Show read articles also (-xN, or -x if N is omitted) orig-to-include-mask N Specifies which header fields are placed in Orig-To: overlap N Display last N lines on next page when reading pager CMD Screen pager used by (v)iew action patch-command CMD Command used by :patch command preview-continuation N Specifies what to do after preview of one article preview-mark-read Previewing an article marks it read printer CMD Default print command (e.g. lp -s) query-signature Ask for confirmation before appending .signature quick-count Use quick method to count unread articles in .newsrc quick-save Save in default save file without asking re-layout N Presentation of Re: prefixes on menu subjects record FILE Set both news-record and mail-record to FILE repeat Do not truncate repeated subject lines repeat-group-query Cause 'nn -g' to repeat group query (-r) report-cost Report cost of session on exit response-check-pause N Wait N seconds after mailing/posting for error check response-default-answer STR Default answer to action prompt retain-seen-status Retain articles' seen status between invocations retry-on-error N Retry N times if open of article fails save-counter FMT Format of the save counter (e.g. .%02d) save-counter-offset First value of save counter save-report Display number of lines saved scroll-clear-page Scrolling clears page before drawing next page select-on-sender Should = command on menu match on sender or subject select-leave-next Ask to mark leave-next articles selected on entry shell CMD Shell to use for ! command. shell-restrictions Restricted environment silent Do not print "No news" etc. slow-mode Minimize screen output slow-speed SPEED 'on slow' clause is true for this and lower speeds sort Sort articles on menu (-q) sort-mode N Default sort mode for menus and :sort command spell-checker CMD Spelling checker for edited messages (one arg) split Split digests (-d) stop N Stop printing of articles after N lines (-lN) subject-match-limit N Treat subjects matching in N characters as identical subject-match-offset N Skip N characters of subjects before comparison subject-match-parts Treat subjects matching upto first digit as idential suggest-default-save Show default save file name on prompt line. tidy-newsrc Automatically remove garbage from .newsrc time Show current time on prompt line (-T) unshar-command CMD Command used by :unshar command for unpacking unshar-header-file FILE Save file for headers from unshared articles unsubscribe-mark-read Unread articles are marked read by (U)nsubscribe. update-frequency N Write .newsrc for every N groups use-selections Use select file visible-bell Use visible bell if defined in termcap/terminfo window N Preview window size is N lines (-wN) word-key KEY Delete last component (word) of input (^W) wrap-header-margin Fold long header lines over multiple lines