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skim 0.6: a fast graphical offline newsreader for slow modem lines
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sat Aug 19 09:48:51 1995
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 19:09:32 +0300
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: skim 0.6: a fast graphical offline newsreader for slow modem lines
From: Rene Pijlman <rpijlman@xs4all.nl>
Reply-To: rpijlman@xs4all.nl
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
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I've uploaded skim version 0.6 to sunsite. You can find it in:
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/skim-0.6.tgz
but it will soon move to:
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/News/readers/skim-0.6.tgz
What is skim?
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Skim is a graphical offline newsreader for Linux, which is designed to
minimize the online time when using a slow modem line (for example, 14K4
Slip or PPP).
Skim is useful when your phone company or Internet access provider charges
for online time, or when conventional newsreaders are too slow.
What's new in version 0.6?
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* skim supports regular expressions to automatically select and kill subjects.
* xskim allows you to use your favorite editor to edit new articles and
replies, instead of the limited builtin editor.
* The user interface is streamlined. Skimming articles in xskim can now be
done with one mouse click per article, instead of three.
* Skim builds it's index files much faster when performing 'skim articles'
and 'skim indexes'.
* When skim retrieves articles, it no longer creates a session with the news
server when no articles are selected in a group.
* Fixed some installation problems and a discrepancy between skim and xskim.
LSM entry
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Title: skim
Version: 0.6
Entered-date: 18AUG95
Description: Skim is a graphical offline newsreader which is designed to
work fast over a slow modem line (Slip/PPP). It supports
quickly fetching 'Subject:' lines, automatic selection and
killing of subjects based on regular expressions, offline
article selection, quickly fetching selected articles,
constructing replies and new articles, posting articles. Skim
has a graphical interface based on TclX/Tk.
Keywords: news, newsreader, NNTP
Author: rpijlman@xs4all.nl (Rene Pijlman)
Maintained-by: rpijlman@xs4all.nl (Rene Pijlman)
Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/News/readers
46KB skim-0.6.tgz
Alternate-site:
Original-site:
Platform:
Copying-policy: GPL
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Good luck,
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