Release 6.4.0 known problems
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Prog:	nn
Title:	G= in merged groups

	When searching for a subject or author in a merged group using
	G = .... only the group of the most recently accessed article
	is searched.

Prog:	nnmaster
Title:	initial collection of news should use get_article_list

	Explicitly requesting all articles in the range min..last is
	wasteful.  A better method would be to use the get_article_list
	method used by expire method 1.

Prog:	stdio
Title:	handling of network errors

		stdio is not well suited to handle network problems, and it is
	known to be slow as well.  A replacement is needed.
	
Prog:	aux.sh
Title:	RECMAIL must work

	If the RECMAIL fails for some reason, the user is told so via
	mail - using RECMAIL.  It is checked during installation that
	the RECMAIL program exists, but not that it works.

Prog:	nnmaster
Title:	Changes to GROUPS file should be detected automatically

	It shouldn't be necessary to stop the master, run nnmaster -G,
	and restart the master if GROUPS is changed.

Prog:	nn
Title:	.newsrc and select line length limited to 8k

	There shouldn't be any limit on the length of lines in these
	files.

Prog:	nn
Title:	Cannot reload init file

	It should be possible to reload the init file or other files
	to have variable settings and presentation sequence on the
	fly.
	
Prog:	nn
Title:	macro syntax and init file differs

	The syntax of macros shouldn't differ from the normal init
	file syntax.

Prog:	nn
Title:	The confirm-entry function is done after menu collection

	It should be done before spending time on collecting the menu.

Prog:	database
Title:	keywords and summary are not stored in the database

	Kill/select is not possible on keywords or summary, since they
	are not in the database.  The summary could also be used on
	the menu to annontate articles with identical subjects.

Prog:	nn
Title:	Cannot follow thread in References: line

	This is one of the major new facilities planned for 7.0.
	
Prog:	nn
Title:	Cannot go to "previous article" if it was in another group.

	A "history menu" is planned for rel. 7.0 to overcome this.


Prog:	nn - menu
Title:	The , and / keys should scroll the menu rather than wrap around

	It would be more logical that way.

Prog:	nn - options
Title:	The -s and -n options cannot be combined.
	
	It could be useful to search for a specific subject from
	a specific sender.
	
Prog:	nn - mail-format
Title:	The "From " line could be more informative in mail-folders.

	It should contain the poster's name rather than the group's
	name.

Prog:	nn
Title:	Should look for more news before exiting.

	News which has arrived in already read groups during news
	reading is not seen until the next invocation of nn.

Prog:	nn
Title:	Shell layers are not supported.

	^Z is eaten by nn so shell layers don't work.
