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- Short: Use to Read NetNews Cdroms from CLI V1.0
- Uploader: Jeff_Mosher@itd.sterling.com
- Author: Jeff_Mosher@itd.sterling.com
- Type: disk/cdrom
-
- MRN Version 1.0
-
- What is MRN? Mrn is My Read News (MRN) program. This program is designed
- to be used to read the News Articles found on the NetNews/CD. What is
- a NetNews/CD? This is a CDROM that contains about 2 weeks worth of UseNet
- News feed. This series of CDROMs were originally produced by Sterling
- Software. April 1993 the service was turned over to CD Publishing
- Corporation.
-
- This program was written to provide an easier way to selectively read
- articles found on the NetNews/CD. Mrn provides a trn/rn "like" interface
- to selecting articles found in the groups archived on the CD. This program
- was written in about 2 evenings. It seems to work just fine for me, I hope
- it works well enough for you. It is a very small program and does only
- what I needed it to do. Remember it is free. If you have constructive
- comments or bugs to report please contact me. If you know of any other
- programs that do a better job at reading these cdroms than mine, please
- let me know because I did not find any programs at all when I looked.
- That is how this program came to be.
-
- Mrn uses a text viewer like more/most/less,etc. to display each article
- you chose to read.
-
- This archive contains only three files:
- mrn - the CLI ONLY executable.
- mrn.cf - the configuration file for mrn.
- readme - the file you are now reading.
-
- The mrn.cf file contains configuration information required by mrn.
- You should find three entries in mrn.cf. They are the following:
- CDROM_PATH=cd0:spool
- NUM_LINES=20
- VIEWER=SYS:utilities/more
-
- CDROM_PATH should be set to the cdrom device name plus the directory name
- "spool".
-
- NUM_LINES should be set to the number of lines in your open CLI window.
-
- VIEWER should be set to the full path of your text viewer.
-
- The mrn.cf can be placed in the same directory as the executable or in S:.
-
- To run mrn, open a CLI window and type the following at the CLI prompt:
- mrn NewsDirectory
- where NewsDirectory is the News group directory which contains
- the articles you wish to read.
-
- For Example:
- mrn alt/fan/davebar this would present you with a list of articles
- from the Dave Barry newsgroup found under
- cd0:spool/alt/fan/davebar.
- Example screen follows:
-
- Article list: (Enter 'Q' to quit, Press RETURN to read articles)
- a Darrin P Cardani - Re: Clari e-mail troubles
- b Michael Steele - Frequently Asked Questions (Monthly Posting)
- c+ Philip Hallstrom - So is DB left-handed?
- d Blackelmo - Clari e-mail troubles
- e Dave Johnson - Re: Clari e-mail troubles
- f+ A. Ioannides - Re: Life in the Limelight.
- g Helen Trillian Rose - Re: Clari e-mail troubles
- h bhjelle@carina.unm.edu - Re: The Dave Barry Show
- i Paultje Bakker - Re: Life in the Limelight.
- j Pat Boren - Worst songs
- k A. Ioannides - %% Dave on TV %%
- l Michael Jenkinson - The Dave Barry Show
- m Philip Hallstrom - Dave coming to Tacoma???
- n+ V. Visweswaran - Re: So is DB left-handed?
- o colbert@umiami.ir.miami.e - Looking for TRPOIC HUNTERS!
- p Robert Abrams <abrams@uxa - That Water Heater in the Ceiling Story
- q Dan Herrin - Re: The Dave Barry Show
- r Hymie! - Re: The Dave Barry Show
- s Jeff Bennion - Re: The Dave Barry Show
- t David Lesher - Re: The Dave Barry Show
-
- >
-
- At the ">" prompt you may select/unselect the articles by subject from the
- list by entering the alphabetic character in the left most column. A '+'
- sign will appear by selected articles (see example screen above). You may
- unselect an article by re-entering the selection character. After selecting
- one or more of the articles, you may read the selected articles by pressing
- the return key. You favorite text viewer will start up with the selected
- article. When you exit your text viewer, the next selected article will
- appear. When there are no more articles selected to read, the list of
- articles will be updated to contain only articles you have not read during
- this instance of the mrn program. If you wish to Quit the program, type
- a 'Q' (uppercase Q). The idea is to make all of your article selections,
- then press return and read them.
-
- Legal Stuff:
-
- Mrn is copyrighted freeware. It may be distributed freely as long as
- no modifications are made to the executable and this document. A nominal
- fee may be asked to cover distribution costs.
-
- Mrn may not be used for any commercial purposes or included with any
- commercial product without the written permission of the author.
-
- No responsibilities are taken for damaged equipment, lost data, Amigas
- or any other components or data involved while using Mrn.
-
- You can reach me the following ways:
-
- Internet: Jeff_Mosher@itd.sterling.com
- Snail Mail: Jeff Mosher
- 6041 South 44th St.
- Omaha, NE 68107
-
- Please drop me a note if you find this program useful or have bugs to report
- or suggestions to make. If enough interest is shown, I might be persuaded
- to release additional versions. If you know of ANY programs that accomplish
- this same task, please drop me a note. I would like to try them out.
-