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4 <title>NOFFLE Compatibility Notes</title>
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9 <center>
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10 <h1>NOFFLE Compatibility Notes</h1>
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11 </center>
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13 <p>
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14 <hr>
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15 <p>
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16
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17 Subscribing to groups in "full" mode should work with any news reader.
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18 Caching of articles is unnecessary, since NOFFLE already caches them
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19 and should be switched off.
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20 <p>
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21 Subscribing to groups in "overview" or "thread" mode requires more
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22 from the news reader program:
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23 <p>
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24 <ul>
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25 <li>
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26 It must not cache articles at all (or allow to switch the cache off),
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27 because the article bodies change from the pseudo article
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28 "marked for download" to the real body.
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29 <li>
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30 The reader should rarely open article bodies automatically,
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31 because it will mark them unwantedly for download.
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32 </ul>
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33
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34 Please send me reports on your experiences. If a reader does not work at
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35 all, compile NOFFLE with the -DDEBUG option in CFLAGS. Then you will
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36 see every NNTP command and status line in /var/log/news. Most interesting
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37 is the last line, before the reader (or NOFFLE) hangs :-)
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38 <p>
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39 Here comes a list with news readers that have been tested with NOFFLE,
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40 especially with regards to subscribing to groups in "overview" or "thread"
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41 mode.
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42 <p>
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43
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44 <h2>kexpress 0.2.0</h2>
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46 I found no way to disable caching, apart from writing a
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47 wrapper script, which removes all files from the cache after
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48 terminating kexpress:
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49 <p>
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50 <pre>
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51 #!/bin/bash
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52 # kexpress wrapper, save as /usr/local/bin/kexpress
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53
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54 /opt/kde/bin/kexpress $@
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55 rm $HOME/.kde/share/apps/kexpress/data/*
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56 </pre>
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57 <p>
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58
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59 <h2>krn 0.4.0</h2>
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60
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61 Set "Options/NNTP Options/Connect on Startup,Connect without asking"
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62 and "Options/Expire options/Article bodies/Read=0,UnRead=0"
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63 Sometimes the article bodies remain in the cache, the following
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64 wrapper script helps:
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65 <p>
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66 <pre>
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67 #!/bin/bash
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68 # krn wrapper, save as /usr/local/bin/krn
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69
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70 /opt/kde/bin/krn $@
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71 rm $HOME/.kde/share/apps/krn/cache/*
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72 </pre>
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73 <p>
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74 Articles can be marked as read/unread without opening with the
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75 middle mouse button.
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76 This version of krn is still unstable.
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77
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78 <h2>netscape 3.04</h2>
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80 No cache problems, netscape caches the article overviews, but not
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81 the bodies.
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82 It is best to use "Options/Show only Unread Messages" and to keep
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83 requested articles in unread state until their bodies
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84 are downloaded.
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85 For avoiding unwanted opening of articles one should first
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86 "Message/Mark Newsgroup read", then open the wanted articles
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87 one by one and mark them as unread again ("Message/Mark as Unread")
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88 immediately after opening.
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89
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90 <h2>netscape communicator 4.0.5</h2>
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91
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92 Same as with netscape 3.04, but automatically opens
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93 the first article of a listed group and
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94 marks it for download thereby. If this bothers you,
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95 choose "View/Hide message".
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96 This version of netscape still seems to be unstable for reading
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97 news.
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98
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99 <h2>netscape communicator 4.5</h2>
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101 As with 4.0.5 "View/Show/Message" can be used to switch off
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102 automatic message display (and marking for download).
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103
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104 <h2>pine 3.96, 4.05</h2>
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106 Ok.
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107
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108 <h2>slrn 0.9.5.2</h2>
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109
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110 Ok. You can change some keybindings, by saving the following
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111 script to ~/.slrn.sl and adding "interpret .slrn.sl" at the end
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112 of your ~/.slrnrc
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113 <p>
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114 <pre>
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115 % SLRN script for better interplay with NOFFLE news server.
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116 % Redefines some keys for opening articles without modifying flags.
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117 define my_article_linedn()
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118 {
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119 variable flags = get_header_flags();
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120 call ( "article_linedn" );
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121 set_header_flags( flags );
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122 }
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123 define my_scroll_dn()
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124 {
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125 variable flags = get_header_flags();
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126 call ( "scroll_dn" );
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127 set_header_flags( flags );
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128 }
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129 define my_hide_article()
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130 {
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131 variable flags = get_header_flags();
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132 call ( "hide_article" );
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133 set_header_flags( flags );
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134 }
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135 definekey( "my_article_linedn", "\r", "article" );
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136 definekey( "my_scroll_dn", " ", "article" );
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137 definekey( "my_hide_article", "h", "article" );
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138 </pre>
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139 <p>
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140
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141 <h2>tin pre</h2>
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142
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143 Call with "tin -r" or "rtin". 'K' marks articles/thread as
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144 read without opening them. '-' marks them as unread.
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145
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146 <h2>Emacs Gnus</h2>
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148 Some versions of Gnus freeze up when retrieving active
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149 groups. Since NOFFLE's log files in DEBUG mode show nothing unusual,
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150 I believe that this is a bug in Gnus. Sometimes it helps to remove
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151 all ".newsrc" and similar files on ones home directory and restarting
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152 Gnus.
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155 Here is a proposal for changing some key-bindings.
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156 <p>
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157 <pre>
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158 ;; Customising Gnus for use with the NOFFLE news server
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159 ;;
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160 ;; <return> tick and open article
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161 ;; for reading/marking for download
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162 ;; <space> scroll article text circular
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163 ;; for avoiding automatic opening of next article
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164 ;; <d> mark article as read and go to next line
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165 (defun my-gnus-summary-tick-and-open(n)
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166 "Tick and open article, so that NOFFLE marks it for download"
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167 (interactive "p")
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168 (gnus-summary-scroll-up n)
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169 (gnus-summary-mark-article nil gnus-ticked-mark t)
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170 )
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171 (defun my-gnus-summary-next-page(n)
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172 "Next page of article, but do not open next article automatically"
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173 (interactive "p")
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174 (gnus-summary-next-page 10 t) ;; Call with argument `circular'.
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175 )
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176 (defun my-gnus-summary-mark-read-next-line(n)
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177 "Mark article as read and go to next line"
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178 (interactive "p")
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179 (gnus-summary-mark-article-as-read gnus-read-mark)
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180 (next-line n)
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181 )
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182 (defun my-gnus-summary-mode-hook ()
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183 (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "\r"
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184 'my-gnus-summary-tick-and-open)
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185 (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map " "
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186 'my-gnus-summary-next-page)
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187 (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "d"
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188 'my-gnus-summary-mark-read-next-line)
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189 )
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190 (add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'my-gnus-summary-mode-hook)
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191 </pre>
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195 <small><i>
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196 Last modified 4/99,
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197 <a href="mailto:markus.enzenberger@t-online.de">Markus Enzenberger</a>
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198 </i></small>
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