Re: more new user questions (OT)

2000-09-20 Thread Thomas Fernandez 

Hi Mark,

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:12:56 +0100GMT (20/09/2000, 04:12 +0800GMT),
Mark Aston wrote:

 ROTFL

  and I use slrn, but I sure would not recommend it to an OE convert:-)

S Oh, why not g?

MA A short(!) extract from the tin manual follows; Note the highly
MA misleading use of the word "easy" in the description, I rest my case:-)

You forgot to mention that it runs under unix and not Windows. There
are two corollaries to that:

- You cannot use the mouse.
- It is in black and white.

:-)

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Re: more new user questions (OT)

2000-09-19 Thread Mark Aston 

Hi Susanne,

Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 8:08:29 PM, you wrote:

 ROTFL

  and I use slrn, but I sure would not recommend it to an OE convert:-)

S Oh, why not g?

A short(!) extract from the tin manual follows; Note the highly
misleading use of the word "easy" in the description, I rest my case:-)


tin, rtin, tind - A Usenet newsreader



SYNOPSIS
   tin  [[-h|-H|-V] |  [[[-a] [-dlnq|-Q] [-ArzX]] [[-R|-S] -s
   News-dir]   [-cuvUZ]   [-N|-M   address]   [-o|-w]][-D
   debug-level]   [-G  article-limit]  [-f  newsrc-file]  [-g
   server] [-m Mail-dir]  [-p  port]  [-I
   index-dir] [newsgroup[,...]]]

   rtin  [[-h|-H|-V] | [[[-a] [-dlnq|-Q] [-AzX]] [-cvZ] [[-S]
   -s News-dir] [-N|-M address] [-o|-w]] [-D debug-level] [-G
   article-limit]  [-f newsrc-file] [-g server] [-m Mail-dir]
   [-p port] [newsgroup[,...]]]

   tind  [[-h|-H|-V] |  [-d|-P|-v]   [-D   debug-level]   [-G
   article-limit] [-f newsrc-file] [-I index-dir]]

DESCRIPTION
   tin is a full-screen easy to use Usenet newsreader. It can
   read news  locally  (i.e.,  /var/spool/news)  or  remotely
   (rtin or tin -r option) via a NNTP (Network News Transport
   Protocol) server. It will automatically utilize NOV  (News
   OVerview)  style  index  files if available locally or via
   the NNTP XOVER command.

   tin has four separate levels of operation: Group selection
   level,  Group  level,  Thread level and Article level. Use
   the `h' (help) command to view  a  list  of  the  commands
   available at a particular level.

   On startup tin will show a list of the newsgroups found in
   $HOME/.newsrc. An arrow '-' or highlighted bar will point
   to  the first newsgroup. Move to a group by using the ter­
   minal arrow keys (terminal dependent) or `j' and `k'.  Use
   PgUp/PgDn  (terminal  dependent)  or  Ctrl-U and Ctrl-D to
   page up/down. Enter a newsgroup by pressing RETURN.

   The TAB key enters the next newsgroup with unread  arti­
   cles.


   Many more pages of obscure options follow this


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