From rob@spirits.ka.sub.org Wed Feb 10 17:08:15 1993 Received: from smurf.sub.org by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.1) id AA21657; Wed, 10 Feb 93 17:07:22 PST Received: from flatlin.ka.sub.org by smurf.sub.org with bsmtp id <48472-3>; Thu, 11 Feb 1993 02:05:37 +0100 Received: by flatlin.ka.sub.org id ; 11 Feb 1993 01:32 +0100 Received: by pilhuhn.ka.sub.org id ; Thu, 11 Feb 93 01:29 MET Received: by spirits.ka.sub.org (using \/<>\/ SmailAmiga 1.02j21) for cs.ucdavis.edu!announce (via pilhuhn) id ; Wed, 10 Feb 1993 22:46:26 +0100 X-Mailer: //\\miga Electronic Mail (AmiElm 1.17) Organization: Byteable Software Products, private, Karlsruhe (FRG) Message-Id: Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1993 22:46:26 +0100 From: rob@spirits.ka.sub.org (Roland Bless) To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu Subject: Arn V1.01 newsreader availabe for ftp/anon uucp Status: RO TITLE Arn VERSION V1.01 AUTHOR Roland Bless rob@spirits.ka.sub.org Fax: +49 211 623818 DESCRIPTION Arn is a newsreader for USENET/UUCP messages to use with Amiga UUCP installations (CNews and derivates or AmigaUUCP D). Arn is a fast newsreader which allows you to select groups and articles individually. It uses small databases (2% of newsvolume) for providing fast overviews over articles. It's simliar to the well known UN*X 'nn'-newsreader, but its no ported software. It offers much functionality to the user and is well configurable (runs with nearly all UUCP-installations). Especially when you have a lot of newsgroups and articles Arn is a good choice, because other newsreaders hold all their information in memory, but Arn tries to use as little as possible. Arn has a new scheme for managing newsgroups, which makes subscription and unsubscription easy. Arn is completely controllable via the keyboard. Intuition/mouse support is planned for further versions, but it has the advantage of working via serial ports. Features: * table overview over newsgroups and articles * selection of groups and articles of interest * articles are grouped together by their subjects and then chronologically sorted * auto-selection and global/local kill-files * fast overview presentation of all articles by use of small databases * doesn't require much memory and is fast even with really many and large groups * configurable display of article-headers * built-in pager, recognizing extra long lines * full usage of screen sizes * multi-user support * works over the serial line (using termcap), too * rudimentary MIME support NEW FEATURES Since the V1.00 there were some bugfixes (didn't had the time to make all requested enhancements bug-fixes): - fixed SCREENDATA bug - fixed quoted-printable softlinebreak bug - no overview-refresh if paging back/forward on first/last pages - unsubscribe flag 'U' overrides new flag '+' - compiled under SASC 6.2 - fclose(stderr) back in code, because SAS C fixed it. - using $USER before $USERNAME for compatability - overworked CheckLibMarks() and NewMark() routine - removed the need for a _sorted_ active-file. Arn reads unsorted active-files, too, but you may loose performance. - removed CMDCLEARKLUDGE, because it caused more problems than the original C=-bug. - created smakefile for source-distribution + using QueryOverScan to get screen-sizes - changed Execute() into system(), so no EOF is needed if calling editor. - followup and reply work with encoded postings, too. - ArnMaster was compiled without optimization, so it wont produce inconsistent databases. Naturally, UUCP software is required for getting news. This can be CNews, wCNews or AmigaUUCP 1.16D for example. CNews/wCNews have an advantage over AmigaUUCP by providing an "active"-file, which lets ArnMaster build its databases faster (no scanning for new articles needed). Arn should work on any Amiga model. OS2.04 or higher is recommended, because a few functions are only available with this OS-versions. Nevertheless it should work with Kickstart 1.2 or 1.3, too. HOST NAME Arn and source(!) is available via anonymous ftp from: amiga.physik.unizh.ch (130.60.80.80) and its mirrors. iraun1.ira.uka.de (129.13.10.90) It also can be requested via ANONYMOUS UUCP from: pilhuhn.ka.sub.org +49 721 661937 Any 300-16800 (Zyxel V.32 bis) Index in ~nuucp/pub/index ogin: nuucp ssword: nuucp DIRECTORY amiga.physik.unizh.ch: amiga/new/ or amiga/comm/news/ iraun1.ira.uka.de: pub/incoming/ (may need some time to move to) pub/systems/amiga/ pilhuhn.ka.sub.org: ~nuucp/pub/amiga/ FILENAMES On all sites they should be: Arn101.lha - binaries and docs Arn101src.lha - Source for SAS/C 6.2 PRICE Free. DISTRIBUTABILITY Arn is copyrighted software! Arn is (c)opyrighted by Roland Bless. You can distribute it unchanged for free (charging no more than the usual copying fee). It is allowed to upload it on commercial dialup services like BIX, Compuserve etc. Because UN*X newsreaders are free, too, Arn is no explicit sharware, but you if you really enjoy it, you _can_ send a contribution. It is forbidden to distribute a changed source! -- R o l a n d B l e s s |UUCP/USENET: rob@spirits.ka.sub.org IRC: rob| Groetzinger Strasse 44 |BITNET: UKG5@DKAUNI2.BITNET FAX: +49211623818 | 7500 Karlsruhe - FRG |---------spirits--in--the--material--world---------| voice +49 721 497381 | Die Menschheit lernt nie. Aus. |