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slrn 0.8.7.1 for OS/2 released
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Maynard)
Sun Mar 31 05:48:22 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 31 Mar 1996 04:20:28 GMT
From: jmaynard@k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Reply-To: jmaynard@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu
Reply-to: jmaynard@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu
Submitted by: (Jay Maynard)
Source: (Jay Maynard)
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I have ported slrn 0.8.7.1, an online NNTP-based newsreader, to OS/2. I have
uploaded a binary distribution file to ftp.cdrom.com, and will also upload to
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu once some space is cleared in the incoming directory. The
file will eventually be moved to network/tcpip. The distribution file is
slrn0871.zip, and contains all you'll need to get started. I have only tested
with Warp Connect and Warp with the Internet Access Kit. I don't know if it
will work with OS/2 2.1 and TCP/IP version 2; reports will be appreciated.
Here's a description of slrn, from the author, John E. Davis, of MIT:
SLRN is an NNTP newsreader with the following features:
* Runs under Unix, VMS, and OS/2
* True referenced-based threading
* Score (Kill) file support with scores that can be set to expire
* Draws a colored thread tree using line drawing characters
* Multiple server support
* Multiple windows
- Header summary window showing threads
- Article window
* Customizable
- Keybindings
- Colors
For example, the default colors, say, using a color xterm such as
rxvt, shows the top status bar in blue on white, the author's name in
the header summary window as magenta on white, the thread tree as red
lines connecting subject titles, the window status lines appear as
yellow on blue, the article headers in the article window are cyan on
white, the quoted text appears as red on white, and the body of the
article appears as blue on white.
- Server -> newsrc mappings
* Built-in support for MIME (not on OS/2, yet...JM)
* Smart screen updating
* Online help which is also customizable
* Automatic reconnect if server drops connection
* Fast on slow modem connections. It does not read the whole active file
like many other newsreaders.
* Compile with TERM support under Linux
* XTerm mouse support with clickable buttons
* Easy uudecoding of articles (and handles multipart postings, too...JM)
(end of original description)
The OS/2 changes have been incorporated into the source code, and you can
recompile it if you have EMX 0.9b; the source code is available for FTP from
space.mit.edu, in pub/davis/slrn. You'll also need the slang source, available
from the same place.
This is only the second public release of this program. As such, and because
slrn itself is still in its infancy, please use caution when first checking it
out. Bug reports are welcomed.
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