1 10/20/82  forum request:  reset, rs
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 3 Syntax:  rs {trans_spec}  {-control_arg}
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 5 
 6 Function:
 7 Resets the user's "current" or "highest transaction seen" index to
 8 the specified transaction number.  The "highest transaction seen"
 9 is only maintained for pre-MR11 version meetings.  For current version
10 meetings, seen switches should be used.  Type "help switch_on" or
11 "help switch_off" for more information.
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13 Argument:
14 trans_specs
15    is a transaction specifier which determines the value of the transaction
16    number that the index will be reset to.  Only one transaction specifier
17    may be given.  Type "help trans_specs" for information on transaction
18    specifiers.
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21 Control arguments:
22 -current
23    sets the current transaction index to be the specified transaction.
24    (Default)
25 -highest
26    sets the highest seen transaction index to the specified transaction.
27    This control argument only applies to pre-MR11 version meetings.
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30 -new
31    makes the specified transaction the first "new" transaction. This is
32    equivalent to "reset -highest trans_num-1".  This control argument
33    only applies to pre-MR11 version meetings.
34 -next
35    makes the specified transaction the "next" transaction. This is the
36    same as "reset trans_num-1".
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39 Notes:
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41 The "current transaction index" is a logical pointer to a transaction in a
42 meeting.  Many forum requests, including print and write, use the value of
43 this index if no transaction specifiers are supplied.  It is initially set to
44 the value of the"non_deleted last_seen transaction" when the user enters a
45 meeting.  The "non_deleted last_seen transaction" index is a logical pointer
46 to the non_delete highest numbered transaction that the user has listed,
47 printed or written to a segment.  This index is used when detemining which
48 transactions are 'new'.