annotate docs/NOTES @ 143:7400a8e9d5ba noffle

[svn] NEWS,src/client.c,src/protocol.c,src/protocol.h,src/server.c: Added timeout to Prt_getLn to avoid Noffle hanging if the connection breaks down during a fetch.
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4 1. NOFFLE Compatibility Notes
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23 1.NOFFLE Compatibility Notes
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27 1.1 General
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30 Subscribing to groups in "full" mode should work with any news reader.
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31 Caching of articles is unnecessary, since NOFFLE already caches them and
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34 Subscribing to groups in "overview" or "thread" mode requires more from the
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49 Please send me reports on your experiences. If a reader does not work at all,
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58 Please also send me a short mail, if you successfully used NOFFLE with a
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59 certain version of a news reader for a longer time, so that I can keep this
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60 list up-to-date.
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88 # krn wrapper, save as /usr/local/bin/krn
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113 Same as with netscape 3.04, but automatically opens the first article
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114 of a listed group and marks it for download thereby. If this bothers
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122 message display (and marking for download).
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138 Ok. You can change some keybindings, by saving the following script to
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139 ~/.slrn.sl and adding "interpret .slrn.sl" at the end of your
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140 ~/.slrnrc
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141
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142 % SLRN script for better interplay with NOFFLE news server.
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143 % Redefines some keys for opening articles without modifying flags.
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144 define my_article_linedn()
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145 {
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146 variable flags = get_header_flags();
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147 call ( "article_linedn" );
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148 set_header_flags( flags );
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149 }
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150 define my_scroll_dn()
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151 {
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152 variable flags = get_header_flags();
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153 call ( "scroll_dn" );
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154 set_header_flags( flags );
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155 }
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156 define my_hide_article()
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157 {
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158 variable flags = get_header_flags();
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159 call ( "hide_article" );
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160 set_header_flags( flags );
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161 }
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162 definekey( "my_article_linedn", "\r", "article" );
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163 definekey( "my_scroll_dn", " ", "article" );
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164 definekey( "my_hide_article", "h", "article" );
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167 1.7 tin
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168 -------
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170 Version tin pre:
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172 Call with "tin -r" or "rtin". 'K' marks articles/thread as read
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173 without opening them. '-' marks them as unread.
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176 1.8 Emacs Gnus
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177 --------------
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179 Here is a proposal for changing some key-bindings.
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180
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181 ;; Customising Gnus for use with the NOFFLE news server
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182 ;;
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183 ;; tick and open article
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184 ;; for reading/marking for download
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185 ;; scroll article text circular
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186 ;; for avoiding automatic opening of next article
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187 ;; mark article as read and go to next line
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188 (defun my-gnus-summary-tick-and-open(n)
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189 "Tick and open article, so that NOFFLE marks it for download"
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190 (interactive "p")
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191 (gnus-summary-scroll-up n)
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192 (gnus-summary-mark-article nil gnus-ticked-mark t)
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193 )
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194 (defun my-gnus-summary-next-page(n)
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195 "Next page of article, but do not open next article automatically"
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196 (interactive "p")
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197 (gnus-summary-next-page 10 t) ;; Call with argument `circular'.
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199 (defun my-gnus-summary-mark-read-next-line(n)
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200 "Mark article as read and go to next line"
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201 (interactive "p")
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202 (gnus-summary-mark-article-as-read gnus-read-mark)
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203 (next-line n)
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204 )
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205 (defun my-gnus-summary-mode-hook ()
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206 (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "\r"
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207 'my-gnus-summary-tick-and-open)
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208 (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map " "
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209 'my-gnus-summary-next-page)
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210 (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "d"
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211 'my-gnus-summary-mark-read-next-line)
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213 (add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'my-gnus-summary-mode-hook)
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216 1.9 pan
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219 Versions 0.7.6, 0.8.0beta5, 0.8:
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221 Ok.
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224 1.10 trn
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225 --------
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227 Version 3.6:
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229 Ok. Use 'm' to mark an article unread. 'J' (junk) marks an entire thread
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230 as read without examining the rest of the articles in the thread.
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233 1.11 xrn
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234 --------
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235
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236 Version 9.01:
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238 There does not appear to be away to stop the body of the first unread
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239 article in the group from being displayed. Otherwise Ok.
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242 1.12 knews
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243 ----------
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244
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245 Version 1.0b.0:
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247 knews issues NEWNEWS with a non-compliant 7 digit date field (Y2K bug?).
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248 It will not see new newsgroups as they appear. knews also regards articles
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249 existing in a group when it joins as read, which makes it a bit tricky
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250 reading the subscription trigger message - try the 'All threads' button.
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251 Apart from that, it does not seem to cache article content other than the
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252 current article, and that is re-read if you click on it in the thread
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253 window.
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255 1.13 knode
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258 Version 0.1.13:
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260 Setting the number of days to cache an article to 0 in Options/Read News
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261 prevents the article being cached between knode sessions.