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| author | enz |
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| date | Tue, 04 Jan 2000 11:35:42 +0000 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/NOTES.html Tue Jan 04 11:35:42 2000 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,198 @@ +<html> + +<head> +<title>NOFFLE Compatibility Notes</title> +</head> + +<body bgcolor=white> + +<center> +<h1>NOFFLE Compatibility Notes</h1> +</center> + +<p> +<hr> +<p> + +Subscribing to groups in "full" mode should work with any news reader. +Caching of articles is unnecessary, since NOFFLE already caches them +and should be switched off. +<p> +Subscribing to groups in "overview" or "thread" mode requires more +from the news reader program: +<p> +<ul> +<li> +It must not cache articles at all (or allow to switch the cache off), +because the article bodies change from the pseudo article +"marked for download" to the real body. +<li> +The reader should rarely open article bodies automatically, +because it will mark them unwantedly for download. +</ul> + +Please send me reports on your experiences. If a reader does not work at +all, compile NOFFLE with the -DDEBUG option in CFLAGS. Then you will +see every NNTP command and status line in /var/log/news. Most interesting +is the last line, before the reader (or NOFFLE) hangs :-) +<p> +Here comes a list with news readers that have been tested with NOFFLE, +especially with regards to subscribing to groups in "overview" or "thread" +mode. +<p> + +<h2>kexpress 0.2.0</h2> + +I found no way to disable caching, apart from writing a +wrapper script, which removes all files from the cache after +terminating kexpress: +<p> +<pre> + #!/bin/bash + # kexpress wrapper, save as /usr/local/bin/kexpress + + /opt/kde/bin/kexpress $@ + rm $HOME/.kde/share/apps/kexpress/data/* +</pre> +<p> + +<h2>krn 0.4.0</h2> + +Set "Options/NNTP Options/Connect on Startup,Connect without asking" +and "Options/Expire options/Article bodies/Read=0,UnRead=0" +Sometimes the article bodies remain in the cache, the following +wrapper script helps: +<p> +<pre> + #!/bin/bash + # krn wrapper, save as /usr/local/bin/krn + + /opt/kde/bin/krn $@ + rm $HOME/.kde/share/apps/krn/cache/* +</pre> +<p> +Articles can be marked as read/unread without opening with the +middle mouse button. +This version of krn is still unstable. + +<h2>netscape 3.04</h2> + +No cache problems, netscape caches the article overviews, but not +the bodies. +It is best to use "Options/Show only Unread Messages" and to keep +requested articles in unread state until their bodies +are downloaded. +For avoiding unwanted opening of articles one should first +"Message/Mark Newsgroup read", then open the wanted articles +one by one and mark them as unread again ("Message/Mark as Unread") +immediately after opening. + +<h2>netscape communicator 4.0.5</h2> + +Same as with netscape 3.04, but automatically opens +the first article of a listed group and +marks it for download thereby. If this bothers you, +choose "View/Hide message". +This version of netscape still seems to be unstable for reading +news. + +<h2>netscape communicator 4.5</h2> + +As with 4.0.5 "View/Show/Message" can be used to switch off +automatic message display (and marking for download). + +<h2>pine 3.96, 4.05</h2> + +Ok. + +<h2>slrn 0.9.5.2</h2> + +Ok. You can change some keybindings, by saving the following +script to ~/.slrn.sl and adding "interpret .slrn.sl" at the end +of your ~/.slrnrc +<p> +<pre> + % SLRN script for better interplay with NOFFLE news server. + % Redefines some keys for opening articles without modifying flags. + define my_article_linedn() + { + variable flags = get_header_flags(); + call ( "article_linedn" ); + set_header_flags( flags ); + } + define my_scroll_dn() + { + variable flags = get_header_flags(); + call ( "scroll_dn" ); + set_header_flags( flags ); + } + define my_hide_article() + { + variable flags = get_header_flags(); + call ( "hide_article" ); + set_header_flags( flags ); + } + definekey( "my_article_linedn", "\r", "article" ); + definekey( "my_scroll_dn", " ", "article" ); + definekey( "my_hide_article", "h", "article" ); +</pre> +<p> + +<h2>tin pre</h2> + +Call with "tin -r" or "rtin". 'K' marks articles/thread as +read without opening them. '-' marks them as unread. + +<h2>Emacs Gnus</h2> + +With newer versions of NOFFLE, Gnus freezes up when retrieving active +groups. Since NOFFLE's log files in DEBUG mode show nothing unusual, +I believe that this is a bug in Gnus. +<p> +Here is a proposal for changing some key-bindings. +<p> +<pre> + ;; Customising Gnus for use with the NOFFLE news server + ;; + ;; <return> tick and open article + ;; for reading/marking for download + ;; <space> scroll article text circular + ;; for avoiding automatic opening of next article + ;; <d> mark article as read and go to next line + (defun my-gnus-summary-tick-and-open(n) + "Tick and open article, so that NOFFLE marks it for download" + (interactive "p") + (gnus-summary-scroll-up n) + (gnus-summary-mark-article nil gnus-ticked-mark t) + ) + (defun my-gnus-summary-next-page(n) + "Next page of article, but do not open next article automatically" + (interactive "p") + (gnus-summary-next-page 10 t) ;; Call with argument `circular'. + ) + (defun my-gnus-summary-mark-read-next-line(n) + "Mark article as read and go to next line" + (interactive "p") + (gnus-summary-mark-article-as-read gnus-read-mark) + (next-line n) + ) + (defun my-gnus-summary-mode-hook () + (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "\r" + 'my-gnus-summary-tick-and-open) + (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map " " + 'my-gnus-summary-next-page) + (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "d" + 'my-gnus-summary-mark-read-next-line) + ) + (add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'my-gnus-summary-mode-hook) +</pre> + +<p> +<hr> +<small><i> +Last modified 4/99, +<a href="mailto:markus.enzenberger@t-online.de">Markus Enzenberger</a> +</i></small> + +</body> +</html>