From: da...@space.mit.edu (John E. Davis)
Subject: SLRN 0.8.7 released
Date: 1996/03/26
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summary: Version 0.8.7 of slrn is available
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Version 0.8.7 of the slrn newsreader is available from space.mit.edu in
pub/davis/slrn. Slrn is also available in Europe at ftp.uni-stuttgart.de in
/pub/unix/misc/slang.
For images of slrn in action, see the slrn web page at
http://space.mit.edu/~davis/slrn.html.
The main new features in this release include a `configure' script to
facilitate building slrn under Unix systems and `thread selectors'. The
thread selectors allow one to move to any header visible on the screen with
one or two keystrokes. More detailed changes follow below.
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
* 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
Here is a brief list of changes/additions:
Changes since 0.8.6
0. Under Unix there is a new `configure' script for building slrn.
1. ``Header Numbers'' add for more efficient article selection. This is
enabled by default and may be disabled by adding
set use_header_numbers 0
in your .slrnrc file. In addition, the color of these numbers may be
controlled via something like
color header_number "green" "white"
The numbers appear at the left margin of the header window. To goto a
particular numbered header, e.g., 12, simply press `1' then `2' followed
by RETURN, SPACE, etc...
2. The function ``xpunge'' has been added for article mode. The default
binding of this function is to the `x' key. It removes already read
articles from the list.
3. If slrn does not read the active file, then it will now attempt to use
the `xgtitle' command to query the server for newsgroups matching a
pattern. (This affects the `L' key in group-mode).
Changes since 0.8.5
-1. New distribution structure
0. Thanks to Jay Maynard (jmayn...@nwpros.com), slrn now runs under OS/2.
Since this is the first OS/2 version, it should be regarded as ALPHA.
1. New .slrnrc configuration variable: prompt_next_group. If 0, slrn will
not provide the opportunity to use up/down arrow keys to select the next
group. Instead, pressing a key that performs a goto next group action,
e.g., the Next-Group mouse button, will simply put you in the headers of
the next group in the group list.
2. When the mouse is clicked on a button at the top of the display, the
button will ``flash''. The color that is used to simulate the flash may
be specified by using, e.g.,
set color menu_press blue yellow
in your .slrnrc file.
3. New groups are displayed with an `N' in the flags column.
4. `ESC 1 L' will hide unsubscribed groups (`L' with a prefix argument).
5. The `?' key may be used in help mode to re-start help.
6. OS/2 port thanks to Jay Maynard <jmayn...@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu>.
Note: this port is still considered to be in its alpha stage.
7. slrn will nolonger run unless the user has a username and a FQDN.
8. New article mode functions (Thanks to Alain.Kn...@imag.fr (Alain Knaff)):
fast_quit % quit news reader from article mode
skip_to_prev_group %
None of these function have default bindings.
9. When replying, slrn will warn the user if the email address appears
invalid.
10. New configuration variable:
set use_metamail 0
If non-zero, metamail will be called to process MIME articles that
slrn does not support.
Changes since 0.8.4
1. Small bug fixes (nothing major).
2. Cosmetic change where one can more easily see the progress of the
download of tagged articles. In addition the server name is printed on
the top status line.
3. The `*' (toggle_header_tag) function has been changed. If used on a
collapsed thread, it will tag the entire thread. In addition, after
pressing `*', the pointer moves down one header.
4. -m command line option forces XTerm mouse reporting to be turned on.
5. When the mouse is enabled, ``buttons'' also appear on the top status
line. Simply click on them with the mouse. Perhaps in the future,
these buttons will become menus.
Changes since 0.8.3
0. The slrn makefile has changed. Now it asks for a location to put slrn
object files and it asks for the location of the slang library file.
The nice thing about this is that it is easy to compile slrn under
multiple architectures. The down side is that some makes will not work
with the Makefile. If your make fails, use Makefile.old. Since I do
not plan to continue support for Makefile.old, please look into
installing GNUmake.
1. .newsrc file is now created in mode where only user has read permission
to it.
2. If a prefix argument is given to the subscribe/unsubscribe commands, the
user will be prompted for a group pattern which will be used, e.g.,
pressing `ESC 1 s' and entering `*linux*' at the prompt will result in
a subscription to all newsgroups of form `*linux*'.
3. If a prefix argument is given to the `K' (create_score) function, the
editor will be called to edit the score file-- no questions asked.
4. New .slrnrc variable: query_read_group_cutoff
Whenever slrn enters a group with `query_read_group_cutoff' or more
unread articles in it, it will prompt for how many to read. The default
is 100. If set to 0 or less than 0, slrn will not prompt at all, i.e.,
set query_read_group_cutoff 0
5. It is now possible to have articles automatically wrapped by adding 4 to
the wrap flags value. See the slrn.rc file.
6. VMS changes: some patches added, ``makefiles'' fixed
Changes since 0.8.2
1. If slrn cannot find a fully qualified domain name, it will not run.
This name can be specified in the .slrnrc file so there is no excuse for
not having one. There are too many articles already floating around
usenet with bad hostnames and I do not want slrn to contribute to this.
2. Bug in authorization fixed
3. Oops. If one were editing a file from within slrn and the window was
resized, slrn would re-draw the window! That is fixed.
4. article wrapping added-- press `w' in article mode to wrap/unwrap. The
variable `wrap_flags' may be used to control whether or not headers or
quoted material is wrapped, e.g.,
set wrap_flags 1 % Wrap headers
set wrap_flags 2 % Wrap quoted material
set wrap_flags 3 % Wrap headers and quoted material
The default is to wrap everything (3).
5. slrn may be started as in `slrn -h server.name:XXX' where XXX in an
integer that represents a port number.
6. `set sendmail_command' may be used in the .slrnrc file to specify an
alternative mail program. The default is:
"/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -t -oem -odb"
See config.h for selecting a different default.
7. ESC u in group mode may be used to Un-Catchup on a group.
--
John E. Davis Center for Space Research/AXAF Science Center
617-258-8119 MIT 37-662c, Cambridge, MA 02139
http://space.mit.edu/~davis
From: jmayn...@k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Subject: slrn 0.8.7.1 for OS/2 released
Date: 1996/03/31
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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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From: da...@space.mit.edu (John E. Davis)
Subject: ANNOUNCE: slrn0.8.8.1 released
Date: 1996/05/06
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slrn version 0.8.8.1 has been released. It is available from:
ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slrn/
as well as from the following European mirror sites:
ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/unix/misc/slang/
ftp://ftp.prz.tu-berlin.de/pub/unix/news/reader/slrn/
Although 0.8.8.1 is primarily a bug fix release, it does have several new
features. Here is the changes.txt entry for this version:
0. Bug fixes (hangup, connection aborts, article/header percentage counts,
etc..)
1. Oops. Forgot to provide a way to turn off video attributes. Now you can
use `none', e.g.,
mono headers none
2. New variable for group descriptions: group_dsc_start_column
set group_dsc_start_column 40
causes descriptions to start in column 40.
3. Now possible to color descriptions via:
color description blue white
mono description bold
4. ^G abort of header retrieval.
5. New variable:
set lines_per_update 50
sets the granularity of slrn's percentage meters.
6. Spoiler support provided by Olly Betts (o...@mantis.co.uk). The .slrnrc
variable `spoiler_char' may be used to specify the character used to
hide the text. The default is '*':
set spoiler_char '*'
7. .slrnrc `ignore_quotes' specifier can take up to 5 regular expression
patterns, e.g.,
ignore_quotes "^ *[:=|+>]" "^ *[A-Za-z]>"
specifies two patterns.
8. Certain compiler symbols such as NO_DECODE have been renamed and moved to
the new file: features.h
--
John E. Davis Center for Space Research/AXAF Science Center
617-258-8119 MIT 37-662c, Cambridge, MA 02139
http://space.mit.edu/~davis
From: jmayn...@k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: slrn0.8.8.1 released
Date: 1996/05/06
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On 6 May 1996 02:54:02 GMT, John E. Davis <da...@space.mit.edu> wrote:
>slrn version 0.8.8.1 has been released.
The OS/2 version has been released, as well. The .ZIP file, with the
executable program, the configuration files, and the documentation, may
be FTPd from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu, in /incoming, as slrn0881.zip. The file
will also be uploaded to ftp.cdrom.com when they get their OS/2 archives
back online after a disk failure.
The following OS/2-specific problems have been corrected since the public
release of 0.8.7.1:
0. The X-Newsreader header now correctly identifies the OS/2 version of
slrn.
1. If a home directory was specified by the user, the default filename
supplied for saving and decoding files had both the home directory and the
download (or decode) directory in it. Now, only the download (or decode)
directory will be supplied.
2. Better documentation in readme.os2 for the "Unable to find a fully-
qualified hostname" error message and the default location of the signature
file.
3. A simple sendmail configuration file has been provided. This file, once
customized, will allow the normal OS/2-provided sendmail to send outgoing
mail messages by way of an SMTP relay host.
4. The default location for temporary files was defaulting to \tmp on the
current drive. Now, the directory in the TMP environment variable is used.
5. A silly bug: the newsgroup description file wasn't being read with the
same name used to create it.
6. A couple of messages were clarified for OS/2 users.
7. slrn will no longer attempt to create an rn-style lock file.
Please report any problems with this version to me at jmayn...@nwpros.com.
--
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"Are we going to push it to the edge of the envelope?" -- Pinky
"No, Pinky. We may, however, reach the sticky part." -- The Brain
From: s106...@cs.tut.fi (Anssi Saari)
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: slrn0.8.8.1 released
Date: 1996/05/08
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jmayn...@k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
:>On 6 May 1996 02:54:02 GMT, John E. Davis <da...@space.mit.edu> wrote:
:>>slrn version 0.8.8.1 has been released.
:>The OS/2 version has been released, as well.
Yes, but is the OS/2 source available? I don't think the sources that
come with the "normal" distribution are the ones you used to compile
that, are they? Especially since they seem to need some things deleted
before they compile with EMX :(
--
Anssi Saari - s106...@cs.tut.fi
From: jmayn...@k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: slrn0.8.8.1 released
Date: 1996/05/09
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On 8 May 1996 18:00:03 GMT, Anssi Saari <s106...@cs.tut.fi> wrote:
>Yes, but is the OS/2 source available? I don't think the sources that
>come with the "normal" distribution are the ones you used to compile
>that, are they? Especially since they seem to need some things deleted
>before they compile with EMX :(
The OS/2 sources are essentially the same as the Unix, etc. sources. I don't
get the distributions before anyone else does, so there are usually a few
minor fixes that need to be applied...but I'll be happy to pass along a file
suitable for feeding to the Unix patch command with all of the changes I've
made from the release version to the one used to build the distributed binary.
(The sources are still usable after the patches are applied to make the
program for Unix, and I forward all patches I make to John for inclusion in
the released sources.) I don't include that in the distribution .ZIP file
simply because there is no standard program for OS/2 that is capable of
applying those changes. (If someone can prove me wrong, I'll be happy to
start including it.)
The slang library used in the released slrn 0.8.8.1 is a completely
unmodified copy of slang 0.99-31. The patch file for slrn is 154 lines long,
but that's before the fix John mentioned (and for which I'll be releasing an
updated slrn0881.zip today, hopefully).
I use EMX 0.9b to compile slrn and slang. I'm not completely sure how I got
to a usable configuration, though; I downloaded it three times before I had
enough pieces to compile the code, with all the networking stuff and such. I
didn't modify any of it. I also use dmake 4.0, with the dmake configuration
file from 3.something (this was before I discovered that EMX supplied one).
--
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http://k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity.
"Are we going to push it to the edge of the envelope?" -- Pinky
"No, Pinky. We may, however, reach the sticky part." -- The Brain
From: dav...@csource.blaze.net.au (David Nugent)
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: slrn0.8.8.1 released
Date: 1996/05/09
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On 9 May 1996 16:36:31 GMT, Jay Maynard <jmayn...@k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu> wrote:
>On 8 May 1996 18:00:03 GMT, Anssi Saari <s106...@cs.tut.fi> wrote:
>>Yes, but is the OS/2 source available? I don't think the sources that
>>come with the "normal" distribution are the ones you used to compile
>>that, are they? Especially since they seem to need some things deleted
>>before they compile with EMX :(
>
>The OS/2 sources are essentially the same as the Unix, etc. sources. I don't
>get the distributions before anyone else does, so there are usually a few
>minor fixes that need to be applied...but I'll be happy to pass along a file
>suitable for feeding to the Unix patch command with all of the changes I've
>made from the release version to the one used to build the distributed binary.
>(The sources are still usable after the patches are applied to make the
>program for Unix, and I forward all patches I make to John for inclusion in
>the released sources.) I don't include that in the distribution .ZIP file
>simply because there is no standard program for OS/2 that is capable of
>applying those changes. (If someone can prove me wrong, I'll be happy to
>start including it.)
Please do include them, Jay.
Yes, there is a 'standard program' available, being of course the
port of Larry Wall's patch program itself. As with OS/2, UNIX boxes
also do not have a special program supplied with the operating system
that apply the context/unified diffs that patch works with. It is an
add-on in any environment.
Patch is widely available and most people who work with emx and are
proficient will be quite familiar with it and have it available (if
not, it is easily obtained). It is also common for ports of UNIX
programs to OS/2 (or any environment, for that matter) to include
patches with a port that requires modification of the distribution
source code. Browse through the /unix directory on hobbes for any
number of examples.
BTW, nice port to OS/2. I like it. :-)
>The slang library used in the released slrn 0.8.8.1 is a completely
>unmodified copy of slang 0.99-31.
Yes, by virtue of the OS/2 jed port, which I also use regularly. :)
>The patch file for slrn is 154 lines long, but that's before the fix
>John mentioned (and for which I'll be releasing an updated slrn0881.zip
>today, hopefully).
Great, I'll look for it.
A couple of things I did want to modify myself were:
1) Make ^Z work? I realise that this does a bg (suspend) under
UNIX, but under OS/2 the usual thing is to substitute a shell.
Jed already does this.
2) Allow the sender name to be passed on the mailer command line
(it is not clear from the documentation if it should be doing
this already, but in any case it does not seem to work by using
%s) so that I can mail from slrn. I don't use sendmail, and
certainly don't WANT to use sendmail under OS/2 since I already
have and make use of small, fast and efficient (words which could
never describe sendmail!) smtp mailer that'll quite happily hand
off any mail piped to it to a local mail server.
Actually, it would be even better for slrn to support SMTP
internally, even as an option with the UNIX version, so I'd be
tempted to include that as well. Interfacing to the world is
much easier if you don't need to rely on external programs which
may not be there.
Regards,
David
From: jmayn...@k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: slrn0.8.8.1 released
Date: 1996/05/09
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On Thu, 9 May 1996 19:05:22 GMT, David Nugent <dav...@csource.blaze.net.au> wrote:
>Yes, there is a 'standard program' available, being of course the
>port of Larry Wall's patch program itself. As with OS/2, UNIX boxes
>also do not have a special program supplied with the operating system
>that apply the context/unified diffs that patch works with. It is an
>add-on in any environment.
I'm aware that patch is an addon in Unix, having added it to every Unix
system I've installed since 1987; I consider it part of the standard set of
utilities to be downloaded and installed right after the OS is booted for
real.
I wasn't aware of a functional OS/2 port, however. Is there a functional
port of diff that produces either unidiffs or context diffs suitable for
feeding to patch?
>BTW, nice port to OS/2. I like it. :-)
Thanks..but it was easy: John already did the hard part in slang.
>>The patch file for slrn is 154 lines long, but that's before the fix
>>John mentioned (and for which I'll be releasing an updated slrn0881.zip
>>today, hopefully).
>Great, I'll look for it.
It's on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in /incoming as slrn0881.zip.new. The OS/2 archive
at ftp.cdrom.com is still unavailable, unfortunately.
I've included the patch file for 0.8.8.1 at the bottom of this message;
it's 198 lines long. You should be able to save this message, edit out all
but the patch file, and feed it to patch (though the file names I use
depend on HPFS).
> 1) Make ^Z work? I realise that this does a bg (suspend) under
> UNIX, but under OS/2 the usual thing is to substitute a shell.
> Jed already does this.
This one should be easy, though I just fire up another command window if I
need a shell - so I wouldn't have thought of it.
> 2) Allow the sender name to be passed on the mailer command line
> (it is not clear from the documentation if it should be doing
> this already, but in any case it does not seem to work by using
> %s) so that I can mail from slrn. I don't use sendmail, and
> certainly don't WANT to use sendmail under OS/2 since I already
> have and make use of small, fast and efficient (words which could
> never describe sendmail!) smtp mailer that'll quite happily hand
> off any mail piped to it to a local mail server.
This is a change that would apply to at least the Unix and OS/2 versions;
I don't know how it might work for VMS. At any rate, it's not specific
to the OS/2 version.
I chose to use sendmail (and there's a simple sendmail configuration file
supplied with 0.8.8.1), just as I chose to use E.EXE as the default editor,
because I know it will be present on any system on which slrn would be
useful.
> Actually, it would be even better for slrn to support SMTP
> internally, even as an option with the UNIX version, so I'd be
> tempted to include that as well. Interfacing to the world is
> much easier if you don't need to rely on external programs which
> may not be there.
I'd prefer that slrn do SMTP, at least as far as bouncing the message to
a relay host (as the supplied sendmail configuration file does), internally
as well...but that's not the way things are done in Unix, which, after all,
is slrn's home environment and the one whose design philosophy it's modeled
after.
Here's the 0.8.8.1 patch to produce the OS/2 binary in slrn0881.zip.new:
----------8<-----if-you-cut-here-you'll-destroy-your-monitor----->8--------
*** makefile.os2.orig Mon May 06 16:08:05 1996
--- makefile.os2 Mon May 06 16:08:28 1996
***************
*** 8,14 ****
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 1. Choose a C compiler. It must understand prototypes.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! CC = gcc -g -Zmt -DHAS_TERMIOS -DOS2 -D__os2__
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 2. On a few systems, additional libraries are required.
--- 8,14 ----
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 1. Choose a C compiler. It must understand prototypes.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! CC = gcc -g -Zmt -DHAS_TERMIOS -DHAVE_UNISTD_H -DOS2 -D__os2__
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 2. On a few systems, additional libraries are required.
*** group.c.orig Mon May 06 16:08:04 1996
--- group.c Mon May 06 16:08:27 1996
***************
*** 935,940 ****
--- 935,941 ----
slrn_fclose (fp); fp = NULL;
#ifdef unix
+ # ifndef __os2__
/* Try to preserve .newsrc permissions and owner/group */
if (stat_worked)
{
***************
*** 945,950 ****
--- 946,952 ----
}
else
(void) chmod (file, 0600 );
+ # endif
#endif
Slrn_Groups_Dirty = 0;
***************
*** 1965,1971 ****
--- 1967,1977 ----
#ifdef VMS
sprintf (file, "%s-dsc", Slrn_Newsrc_File);
#else
+ # ifdef __os2__
+ sprintf (file, "ds-%s", Slrn_Newsrc_File);
+ # else
sprintf (file, "%s.dsc", Slrn_Newsrc_File);
+ # endif
#endif
*** misc.c.orig Mon May 06 16:08:06 1996
--- misc.c Thu May 09 11:39:04 1996
***************
*** 211,217 ****
--- 211,223 ----
{
char *home;
#ifndef VMS
+ # ifndef __os2__
if ((*name == '/') || ((*name == '.') && (*(name + 1) == '/')))
+ # else
+ if ((*name == '/') || (*name == '\\') || (*(name + 1) == ':') ||
+ ((*name == '.') && (*(name + 1) == '/')) ||
+ ((*name == '.') && (*(name + 1) == '\\')))
+ # endif
{
strcpy (file, name);
return;
***************
*** 383,389 ****
--- 389,400 ----
free (f);
}
#else
+
+ #ifndef __os2__
char *dir = getenv ("TMPDIR");
+ #else
+ char *dir = getenv("TMP");
+ #endif
#ifdef VMS
if (dir == NULL) dir = "SYS$LOGIN:";
***************
*** 544,550 ****
va_list ap;
char *v;
! if (SLang_Error) return -1;
while (1)
{
--- 555,561 ----
va_list ap;
char *v;
! /* if (SLang_Error) return -1; */
while (1)
{
***************
*** 570,575 ****
--- 581,587 ----
ch = SLang_getkey ();
slrn_clear_message ();
+ SLang_Error = SLKeyBoard_Quit = 0;
}
v = valid_chars;
***************
*** 595,601 ****
char ch, rsp;
char *fmt;
! if (SLang_Error) return -1;
va_start(ap, str);
(void) vsprintf(buf, str, ap);
--- 607,613 ----
char ch, rsp;
char *fmt;
! /* if (SLang_Error) return -1; */
va_start(ap, str);
(void) vsprintf(buf, str, ap);
*** slrn.c.orig Mon May 06 16:08:06 1996
--- slrn.c Mon May 06 16:08:29 1996
***************
*** 203,212 ****
}
#ifndef VMS
/* If defined, an rn style lock file will be created if .newsrc is the newsrc
* file.
*/
! # define SLRN_USE_RNLOCK
#endif
--- 203,214 ----
}
#ifndef VMS
+ # ifndef __os2__
/* If defined, an rn style lock file will be created if .newsrc is the newsrc
* file.
*/
! # define SLRN_USE_RNLOCK
! # endif
#endif
***************
*** 781,787 ****
{
slrn_exit_error ("\
Unable to find a fully qualified hostname. You will have to specify a\r\n\
! hostname in your .slrnrc file (slrn.rc on VMS).\r\n");
}
if ((NULL == Slrn_User_Info.username)
|| (0 == *Slrn_User_Info.username)
--- 783,789 ----
{
slrn_exit_error ("\
Unable to find a fully qualified hostname. You will have to specify a\r\n\
! hostname in your .slrnrc file (slrn.rc on VMS and OS/2).\r\n");
}
if ((NULL == Slrn_User_Info.username)
|| (0 == *Slrn_User_Info.username)
*** startup.c.orig Mon May 06 16:17:14 1996
--- startup.c Mon May 06 16:17:09 1996
***************
*** 694,697 ****
return NULL;
}
!
--- 694,706 ----
return NULL;
}
! #if SLANG_VERSION < 9932
! #ifdef __os2__
! void SLtt_set_mono (int obj, char *what, SLtt_Char_Type mask)
! {
! obj;
! what;
! mask; /* shut the compiler up */
! }
! #endif
! #endif
----------8<-----if-you-cut-here-you'll-destroy-your-monitor----->8--------
--
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
http://k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity.
"Are we going to push it to the edge of the envelope?" -- Pinky
"No, Pinky. We may, however, reach the sticky part." -- The Brain
From: jmayn...@k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: slrn0.8.8.1 released
Date: 1996/05/09
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On Thu, 9 May 1996 19:05:22 GMT, David Nugent <dav...@csource.blaze.net.au> wrote:
> I don't use sendmail, and
> certainly don't WANT to use sendmail under OS/2 since I already
> have and make use of small, fast and efficient (words which could
> never describe sendmail!) smtp mailer that'll quite happily hand
> off any mail piped to it to a local mail server.
I'll point out here that I share your sentiments about sendmail, and would
be happy to change my philosophy about mailing...Does the "small, fast, and
efficient" SMTP mailer you mention exist for OS/2, or is it simple enough
that the port would be fairly easy? I place sendmail configure file hacking
on the same level as writing COBOL, and wouldn't mind getting away from it.
--
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
http://k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity.
"Are we going to push it to the edge of the envelope?" -- Pinky
"No, Pinky. We may, however, reach the sticky part." -- The Brain
From: jmayn...@k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Subject: FREEWARE: slrn 0.8.8.2 for OS/2 released
Date: 1996/05/29
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Submitted by: jmayn...@k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
The OS/2 version of the slrn newsreader, version 0.8.8.2, is now available in
binary form. It is in the incoming directories of ftp.cdrom.com and
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu as slrn0882.zip. This version has all of the features of the
Unix version, and works, to the best of my knowledge, just as that version
does as far as possible in the OS/2 environment.
This version was compiled directly from the sources available from John E.
Davis' FTP site. If you wish to compile it yourself, you should have no
problems, assuming you have a working EMX 0.9b and dmake setup.
On my to-do list for the 0.8.9 release are two items: translation from ISO
8859-1 (Latin-1) to IBM code page 850, for European users who want to actually
read Latin-1 text, and having the slrn suspend key sequence invoke a shell. I
have code for the former, and the latter should be simple.
Here's the original announcement of 0.8.8.2 from the program's author, John E.
Davis. Please direct questions about slrn in general to him, and about the
OS/2 port to me at jmayn...@nwpros.com.
Version 0.8.8.2 of the slrn news reader has been released. It is available
from ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slrn/ as well as the European mirror
ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/unix/misc/slang/. The news reader is supported
on Unix, VMS, and OS/2 systems. (In addition to the slrn sources, you will
also need a copy of version 0.99-30 of the slang library. This library is
also available in the same directory as slrn.) Some GIF images of slrn in
action are available from http://space.mit.edu/~davis/slrn.html.
New features in this version include:
o Base 64 decoding
o Simple interface to WWW browser of your choice (X and non-X). This means
that accessing a URL is one keystroke away (`U').
o Ctrl-G abort of article/group transfers.
o Customizable video attributes on monochrome terminals. Any slrn object
that is customizable on a color terminal can be customized on a monochrome
terminal. For example, in your .slrnrc file, use
mono cursor reverse blink
to make the slrn cursor (->) appear in blinking reverse video.
See changes.txt for more information.
Here is a brief summary of slrn features:
* Runs under Unix, VMS, and OS/2
* Fast on slow modem connections. Many users claim it to be the fastest
newsreader available.
* Simple interface to WWW browser (lynx, netscape,...)
* True referenced-based threading
* Built-in support for MIME
* Score (Kill) file support with scores that can be set to expire
* Draws a colored thread tree using line drawing characters
* Easy uu/base64 decoding of multi-part articles
* 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.
- Monochrome attributes
On non-color terminals, monochrome attributes may be specified for
subject titles, headers, status lines, etc.
- Server -> newsrc mappings
* Smart screen updating
* Online help which is also customizable
* Automatic reconnect if server drops connection
* Compile with TERM support under Linux
* XTerm mouse support with clickable buttons
- --
John E. Davis Center for Space Research/AXAF Science Center
617-258-8119 MIT 37-662c, Cambridge, MA 02139
http://space.mit.edu/~davis
--
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