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Newsgroups: comp.sources.misc From: iain@norisc.siemens.de (Iain J. Lea) Subject: v23i081: tin - threaded full screen newsreader, Patch03d/4 Message-ID: <1991Oct20.032103.24769@sparky.imd.sterling.com> X-Md4-Signature: 8bfe35cbc10c7c3ca75d497a10840ec1 Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1991 03:21:03 GMT Approved: kent@sparky.imd.sterling.com Submitted-by: iain@norisc.siemens.de (Iain J. Lea) Posting-number: Volume 23, Issue 81 Archive-name: tin/patch03d Environment: BSD, SCO, ISC, SUNOS, SYSVR3, SYSVR4, ULTRIX, XENIX Patch-To: tin: Volume 23, Issue 15-23 #!/bin/sh # this is tin.patch.04 (part 4 of tin1.0) # do not concatenate these parts, unpack them in order with /bin/sh # file tin.patch03 continued # if touch 2>&1 | fgrep '[-amc]' > /dev/null then TOUCH=touch else TOUCH=true fi if test ! -r shar3_seq_.tmp; then echo "Please unpack part 1 first!" exit 1 fi (read Scheck if test "$Scheck" != 4; then echo "Please unpack part $Scheck next!" exit 1 else exit 0 fi ) < shar3_seq_.tmp || exit 1 echo "x - Continuing file tin.patch03" sed 's/^X//' << 'SHAR_EOF' >> tin.patch03 && X! extern char postfile[LEN+1]; X X! extern char msg[LEN+1]; X! extern char userid[LEN+1]; X! extern char homedir[LEN+1]; X! extern char add_addr[LEN+1]; X! extern char bug_addr[LEN+1]; X! extern char txt_help_bug_report[LEN+1]; X! extern char reply_to[LEN+1]; X! extern char my_org[LEN+1]; X! extern char active_file[LEN+1]; X! extern char newsrc[LEN+1]; X! extern char newnewsrc[LEN+1]; X! extern char delgroups[LEN+1]; X X extern char *version; X! extern char cvers[LEN+1]; X! extern char progname[LEN+1]; X! extern char article[LEN+1]; X! extern char dead_article[LEN+1]; X! extern char mailer[LEN+1]; X! extern char printer[LEN+1]; X! extern char spooldir[LEN+1]; X! extern char savedir[LEN+1]; X! extern char maildir[LEN+1]; X! extern char mailbox[LEN+1]; X! extern char page_header[LEN+1]; X! extern char signature[LEN+1]; X! extern char sig[LEN+1]; X! extern char killsubj[LEN+1]; X! extern char killfrom[LEN+1]; X! extern char author_search_string[LEN+1]; X! extern char group_search_string[LEN+1]; X! extern char subject_search_string[LEN+1]; X! extern char art_search_string[LEN+1]; X extern char default_mail_address[LEN]; X extern char default_pipe_command[LEN]; X extern char default_regex_pattern[LEN]; X extern char default_save_file[LEN]; X extern char proc_ch_default; /* set in change_rcfile () */ X X extern char *help_select[]; X--- 346,397 ---- X extern int num_of_tagged_files; X extern int compiled_with_nntp; X extern int save_news; X+ extern int thread_arts; X X! extern char rcdir[LEN]; X! extern char rcfile[LEN]; X! extern char indexdir[LEN]; X! extern char killfile[LEN]; X! extern char postfile[LEN]; X X! extern char msg[LEN]; X! extern char userid[LEN]; X! extern char homedir[LEN]; X! extern char add_addr[LEN]; X! extern char bug_addr[LEN]; X! extern char txt_help_bug_report[LEN]; X! extern char reply_to[LEN]; X! extern char my_org[LEN]; X! extern char active_file[LEN]; X! extern char newsrc[LEN]; X! extern char newnewsrc[LEN]; X! extern char delgroups[LEN]; X X extern char *version; X! extern char cvers[LEN]; X! extern char progname[LEN]; X! extern char article[LEN]; X! extern char dead_article[LEN]; X! extern char mailer[LEN]; X! extern char printer[LEN]; X! extern char spooldir[LEN]; X! extern char savedir[LEN]; X! extern char maildir[LEN]; X! extern char mailbox[LEN]; X! extern char page_header[LEN]; X! extern char signature[LEN]; X! extern char sig[LEN]; X! extern char killsubj[LEN]; X! extern char killfrom[LEN]; X! extern char author_search_string[LEN]; X! extern char group_search_string[LEN]; X! extern char subject_search_string[LEN]; X! extern char art_search_string[LEN]; X extern char default_mail_address[LEN]; X extern char default_pipe_command[LEN]; X extern char default_regex_pattern[LEN]; X extern char default_save_file[LEN]; X+ extern char default_shell_command[LEN]; X extern char proc_ch_default; /* set in change_rcfile () */ X X extern char *help_select[]; XOnly in 103: tin.nrf XOnly in 102: tmp XFiles 102/wildmat.3 and 103/wildmat.3 are identical XFiles 102/wildmat.c and 103/wildmat.c are identical SHAR_EOF echo "File tin.patch03 is complete" && $TOUCH -am 0930190991 tin.patch03 && chmod 0600 tin.patch03 || echo "restore of tin.patch03 failed" set `wc -c tin.patch03`;Wc_c=$1 if test "$Wc_c" != "141957"; then echo original size 141957, current size $Wc_c fi # ============= tin.nrf ============== echo "x - extracting tin.nrf (Text)" sed 's/^X//' << 'SHAR_EOF' > tin.nrf && X X X X Version 1.0 PL3 TIN(1) X X X X NAME X tin - Visual threaded Usenet news reader X X SYNOPSIS X tin [options] [newsgroups] X X DESCRIPTION X _T_i_n is a full-screen threaded Usenet newsreader. It can read X news locally (ie. /_u_s_r/_s_p_o_o_l/_n_e_w_s) or remotely (-r option) via a X NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol) server. X X Tin has three newsreading levels: the newsgroup selection page, X the group index page and the article viewer. Use the 'h' (help) X command to view a list of the commands available at a particular X level, or the 'H' command to view context sensitive help. X X On startup Tin will show a list of the newsgroups found in X $_H_O_M_E/._n_e_w_s_r_c. An arrow '->' or highlighted bar will point to X the first newsgroup. Move to a group by using the terminal arrow X keys (ansi/at386/vt100 only) or page up/down. Enter a newsgroup X by pressing RETURN. X X The TAB key may be used to advance to the next newsgroup with X unread articles and enter it. X X OPTIONS X X -c create/update index files for every group in X $_H_O_M_E/._n_e_w_s_r_c or file specified by -f option and mark X all articles as read. X X -d dir save articles to directory. Default is $_H_O_M_E/_N_e_w_s. X X -f file Use the indicated file in place of $_H_O_M_E/._n_e_w_s_r_c. X X -h help. X X -m file mail program to use for sending mail. Default is X /_u_s_r/_u_c_b/_m_a_i_l. X X -M dir mailbox directory to use. Default is $_H_O_M_E/_M_a_i_l. X X -n notify the user of any new newsgroups since last ses- X sion. X X -p file print program with options. Default is /_u_s_r/_u_c_b/_l_p_r. X X -r read news remotely from the default NNTP server speci- X fied in the environment variable NNTPSERVER or con- X tained in the file /_e_t_c/_n_n_t_p_s_e_r_v_e_r. X X -s dir spool directory where news is stored. Default is X /_u_s_r/_s_p_o_o_l/_n_e_w_s. X X X 1 X X X X X X X TIN(1) Version 1.0 PL3 X X X -S save news articles for later reading. Useful when going X on holiday and you don't want to return and find that X expire has removed a whole load of unread articles. X Best to run from crontab everyday while away. After X each run the user will be mailed a report of which X articles were saved in which groups and the total X number of articles saved. To keep your $_H_O_M_E/._n_e_w_s_r_c X upto date specify the -u option as well. Articles are X saved in a private news structure under your <savedir> X directory (default is $_H_O_M_E/_N_e_w_s). Be careful of using X this option if you read a lot of groups because you X could overflow your filesystem. If you only want to X save a few groups it would be best to backup your full X $_H_O_M_E/._n_e_w_s_r_c and create a new one that only contains X the groups you want to save. Saved news can be read X later by starting tin with the -s <savedir> option. X X -u create/update index files for every group in X $_H_O_M_E/._n_e_w_s_r_c or file specified by -f option. X X -U start tin in the background to update index files while X reading news in the foreground. X X -v verbose mode for -c -u and -Z options. X X -z only start tin if there is any new/unread news. If X there is news tin will position cursor at first group X with unread news. Useful for putting in login file. X X -Z check if there is any new/unread news and exit with X appropiate status. If -v option is specified the X number of unread articles in each group is printed. An X exit code 0 indicates no news, 1 that an error occurred X and 2 that new/unread news exists. Useful for writing X scripts. X X Tin can also dynamically change its options by the 'M' menu com- X mand. Any changes are written to $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_t_i_n_r_c. X X INDEX FILES X In order to keep track of threads, Tin maintains an index for X each group. If Tin is made setuid to news, the indexes will be X stored in the news spool directory (typically /_u_s_r/_s_p_o_o_l/_n_e_w_s). X If Tin is not setuid, it will store index files in the subdirec- X tory $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/._i_n_d_e_x. Do not make Tin setuid news if news will X be obtained via NNTP and not from /_u_s_r/_s_p_o_o_l/_n_e_w_s. X X Entering a group the first time tends to be slow because the X index file must be built from scratch. Subsequent readings of a X group will cause Tin to incrementally update the index file, X adding or removing entries as new articles come in or as news X expires. If reading news remotely indexing will be somewhat X slower because the articles must be retrieved via the NNTP. X X X X 2 X X X X X X X Version 1.0 PL3 TIN(1) X X X A good way to keep Tin index files current is to run tin -u from X cron: X 20 6 * * * /usr/local/bin/tin -u -f /usr/lib/news/tin_groups X This would update the index files for those groups appearing in X /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_n_e_w_s/_t_i_n__g_r_o_u_p_s. To index all of the groups on the sys- X tem, run tin -u with -f indicating the active file: X 20 6 * * * /usr/local/bin/tin -u -f /usr/lib/news/active X X SCREEN FORMAT X Tin has three separate levels of operation: Selection Group X level, Group level and Article level. X X At the Selection Group level the title displays the number of X subscribed groups. The newsgroups are displayed on the left of X the screen with the number of unread articles displayed on the X same line in the middle of the screen. X <Selection Num> <Newsgroup> <Num of unread articles> X i.e., X 1 alt.sources 10 X 2 comp.sources.misc 3 X 3 news.software.readers 12 X X At the Group level the title contains the name of the group, the X number of conversation threads and total number of articles i.e., X alt.sources (7 23). If the group has been setup not to thread X articles (i.e., alt.sources is in $(_H_O_M_E)/._t_i_n/_u_n_t_h_r_e_a_d) the X title will be alt.sources (U 23). There are two possible display X formats as shown below: X 288<Selection Num> <Unread> <Responses> <Subject> <Author> X i.e., X 1 +3Bnews sources?iain@estevax X 2 1This question hasether@net X or X <Selection Num> <Unread> <Responses> <Subject (longer)> X i.e., X 1 + 3 Bnews sources? X 2 1 This question has a longer subject line X X At the Article level the page header has the following format: X <Date posted> <Newsgroup> <Thread 1 of n> X <Article Num> <Subject> <Num of responses in thread> X <Author> <Organization> X X <Article body> X i.e., X 24 Jul 15:20:03 GMT alt.sources Thread 1 of 2 X Article 452 Bnews sources? 3 responses X iain@estevax Siemens AG, Germany X X <Article boby> X X X X X X X 3 X X X X X X X TIN(1) Version 1.0 PL3 X X X COMMON MOVING KEYS X This table shows the common keys/commands for moving at all three X levels within Tin. X ansi/at386/vt100 Other Terminals X Beginning of list/article Home 1 (^R or g at article level) X End of list/article End $ (also G at article level) X Page Up PgUp ^U or b X Page Down PgDn ^D or <SPACE> X Line Up Up arrow k (not at article level) X Line Down Down arrow j (not at article level) X X NEWSGROUP SELECTION COMMANDS X X 4 Select group 4. X X ^K Delete current group from $_H_O_M_E/._n_e_w_s_r_c file. X X ^L Redraw page. X X ^R Reset $_H_O_M_E/._n_e_w_s_r_c file. X X <CR> Read current group. X X <TAB> View next unread group. X X B Mail a bug/gripe/comment to the author of tin. This is X the best way of getting bugs fixed and features X added/changed. X X c Mark current group as all read and goto next group in X group selection list. X X C Mark current group as all read and goto next unread X group in group selection list. X X g Choose a new group by name. The position of the group X within the group list will also be asked for. By enter- X ing '1' the new group will be the first group in the X displayed list, by entering '8' the group will be the X eighth group in the list etc. By entering '$' the group X will be the last group displayed. X X h help screen of newsgroup selection commands. X X H help screen of context sensitive help about newsgroup X selection level. X X I Toggle inverse video. X X m Move the current group within the group selection list. X By entering '1' the group will become the first X displayed group in the list, by entering '8' the eighth X group in the list etc. By entering '$' the group will X be the last group displayed. X X X 4 X X X X X X X Version 1.0 PL3 TIN(1) X X X M User configurable options menu (for more information X see section Options Menu). X X q Quit tin. X X s Subscribe to current group. X X S Subscribe to groups matching user specified pattern. X X u Unsubscribe to current group. X X U Unsubscribe to groups matching user specified pattern. X X v Print tin version number. X X w Post an article to current group. X X W List articles posted by user. The date posted, the X newsgroup and the subject are listed. X X y The first time this command is called it will yank in X all groups from /_u_s_r/_l_o_c_a_l/_n_e_w_s/_a_c_t_i_v_e that are not in X $_H_O_M_E/._n_e_w_s_r_c. After any groups have been X subscribed/unsubscribed to, this command if pressed X again will reread $_H_O_M_E/._n_e_w_s_r_c and display only sub- X scribed groups. X X Y Reread group list from $_H_O_M_E/._n_e_w_s_r_c file. X X z Mark all articles in the current group as unread. X X Z Undelete previously deleted group from $_H_O_M_E/._n_e_w_s_r_c X file. X X / Group forward search. X X ? Group backward search. X X GROUP INDEX COMMANDS X X 4 Select article 4. X X ^K Kill current article (for more information read section X Kill Article Menu). X X ^L Redraw page. X X <CR> Read current article. X X <TAB> View next unread article or group. X X a Author forward search. X X A Author backward search. X X X 5 X X X X X X X TIN(1) Version 1.0 PL3 X X X B Mail a bug/gripe/comment to the author of tin. This is X the best way of getting bugs fixed and features X added/changed. X X c Mark all articles as read. X X C Cancel current article. It must have been posted by the X same user. The cancel message can be seen in the news- X group 'control'. X X g Choose a new group by name. X X h help screen of group index commands. X X H help screen of context sensitive help about group index X level. X X I Toggle inverse video. X X K Mark article/thread as read and advance to next unread X article/thread. X X m Mail current article / thread / articles matching pat- X tern / tagged articles to someone. X X M User configurable options menu (for more information X see section Options Menu). X X n Go to next group. X X N Go to next unread group. X X o Output current article / thread / articles matching X pattern / tagged articles to printer. X X p Go to previous group. X X P Go to previous unread group. X X q Quit tin. X X s Save current article / thread / articles matching pat- X tern / tagged articles to file / files / mailbox. To X save to a mailbox enter '=' or '=mailbox' when asked X for filename to save to. To save to <newsgroup X name>/<filename> enter '+<filename>'. X X T Tag current article for mailing ('m') / piping ('|') / X printing ('o') / saving ('s'). X X t Return to group selection index. X X U Untag all articles that were tagged for saving. X X X X 6 X X X X X X X Version 1.0 PL3 TIN(1) X X X v Print tin version number. X X w Post an article to current group. X X W List articles posted by user. The date posted, the X newsgroup and the subject are listed. X X z Mark current article as unread. X X Z Mark current thread as unread. X X / Search forward for specified subject. X X ? Search backward for specified subject. X X - Show last message. X X | Pipe current article / thread / articles matching pat- X tern / tagged articles into command. X X ARTICLE COMMANDS X X 0 Read the base article in this thread. X X 4 Read response 4 in this thread. X X ^H Show all of the articles mail header. X X ^K Kill current article (for more information read section X Kill Article Menu). X X ^L Redraw page. X X <CR> Skip to next base article. X X <TAB> Advance to next page or unread article. X X a Author forward search. X X A Author backward search. X X B Mail a bug/gripe/comment to the author of tin. This is X the best way of getting bugs fixed and features X added/changed. X X c Mark all articles as read. X X d Toggle rot-13 decoding for this article. X X f Post a followup to current article. X X F Post a followup with a copy of the current article X included. X X X X 7 X X X X X X X TIN(1) Version 1.0 PL3 X X X h Help screen of article page commands. X X H Help screen of context sensitive help about article X page level. X X i Return to index page. X X I Toggle inverse video. X X k Mark article as read and advance to next unread arti- X cle. X X K Mark thread as read and advance to next unread thread. X X m Mail current article / thread / articles matching pat- X tern / tagged articles to someone. X X M User configurable options menu (for more information X see section Options Menu). X X n Go to to the next article. X X N Go to to the next unread article. X X o Output current article / thread / articles matching X pattern / tagged articles to printer. X X o Output article/thread/tagged articles to printer. X X p Go to the previous article. X X P Go to the previous unread article. X X q Quit tin. X X r Reply through mail to author. X X R Reply through mail to author with a copy of the current X article included. X X s Save current article / thread / articles matching pat- X tern / tagged articles to file(s) / mailbox. To save to X a mailbox enter '=' or '=mailbox' when asked for X filename to save to. To save to <newsgroup X name>/<filename> enter '+<filename>'. X X t Return to group selection index. X X v Print tin version number. X X w Post an article to current group. X X W List articles posted by user. The date posted, the X newsgroup and the subject are listed. X X X 8 X X X X X X X Version 1.0 PL3 TIN(1) X X X z Mark article as unread. X X / Article forward search. X X ? Article backward search X X | Pipe current article / thread / articles matching pat- X tern / tagged articles into command. X X < Goto the first article in the current thread. X X > Goto the last article in the current thread. X X OPTIONS MENU X This menu is accessed by pressing 'M' at all levels. It allows X the user to customize the behaviour of tin. The options are saved X to the file $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_t_i_n_r_c. The following options are settable: X X Auto save X Automatically save articles/threads by Archive-name: line in X article header. This is useful to set ON in conjunction with X 'Save separate'. Use <SPACE> to toggle ON/OFF and <CR> to X set. X X Save separate X Save articles/threads to separate files. Set ON if saving X source code. Set OFF if saving a coversational thread. Use X <SPACE> to toggle ON/OFF and <CR> to set. X X Mark saved read X This allows saved articles/threads to be automatically marked X as having been read. Use <SPACE> to toggle ON/OFF and <CR> to X set. X X Kill articles X This allows the user to kill articles that match entries in X the kill file $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_k_i_l_l. Use <SPACE> to toggle ON/OFF X and <CR> to set. X X Show Author X If set ON the Subject: & From: (author) lines from the arti- X cles header are displayed. If set OFF longer Subject: lines X are displayed. Use <SPACE> to toggle ON/OFF and <CR> to set. X X Draw arrow X Allows groups/articles to be selected by an arrow '->' if set X ON or by an highlighted bar if set OFF. Use <SPACE> to toggle X ON/OFF and <CR> to set. X X Print header X This allows the complete mail header or only the Siubject: X and From: fields to be output when printing articles. Use X <SPACE> to toggle ON/OFF and <CR> to set. X X X X 9 X X X X X X X TIN(1) Version 1.0 PL3 X X X Goto 1st unread X This allows the cursor to be placed at the first / last X unread article upon entering a newsgroup with unread news. X Use <SPACE> to toggle ON/OFF and <CR> to set. X X Process type X This specifies the default type of post processing to perform X on saved articles. The following types of processing are X allowed: X -none. X -unpacking of multi-part shell archives. X -unpacking of multi-part uuencoded files. X -unpacking of multi-part uuencoded files that produce a X *.zoo archive whose contents is listed. X -unpacking of multi-part uuencoded files that produce a X *.zoo archive whose contents is extracted. X -unpacking of multi-part patches for use by _p_a_t_c_h and X applying them to specified source files. X Use <SPACE> to toggle the required type and <CR> to set. X X Sort articles by X This specifies how articles should be sorted. The following X sort types are allowed: X -don't sort articles (default). X -sort articles by Subject: field (ascending & descend- X ing). X -sort articles by From: field (ascending & descending). X -sort articles by Date: field (ascending & descending). X Use <SPACE> to set the required type. X X Save directory X The directory where articles/threads are to be saved. Default X is $_H_O_M_E/_N_e_w_s. X X Mail directory X The directory where articles/threads are to be saved in mail- X box format. This feature is mainly for use with the Elm mail X program. It allows the user to save articles/threads/groups X simply by giving '=' as the filename to save to. X X Printer X The printer program with options that is to be used to print X articles. Default is lpr for BSD machines and lp for SysV X machines. X X KILL ARTICLE MENU X This menu is accessed by pressing '^K' at the group and page lev- X els. It allows the user to kill an article that matches the X current Subject: line, From: line or a string entered by the X user. The user entered string can be applied to the Subject: or X From: lines of an article. The kill description can be limited to X the current newsgroup or it can apply to all newsgroups. Once X entered the user can abort the command and not save the kill X description, edit the kill file or save the kill description. X X X 10 X X X X X X X Version 1.0 PL3 TIN(1) X X X On starting tin the users killfile $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_k_i_l_l is read and on X entering a newsgroup any kill descriptions are applied. Articles X that match a kill description are marked killed and are not X displayed. X X The 'Kill articles' option needs to be set ON in the Options Menu X (selected by 'M' at any level) to activate this command. X X POSTING ARTICLES X Tin allows posting of articles, follow-up to already posted arti- X cles and replying direct through mail to the author of an arti- X cle. X X Use the 'w' command to post an article to a newsgroup. After X entering the post subject the default editor (ie. vi) or the edi- X tor specified by the $EDITOR enviroment variable will be started X and the article can be entered. To crosspost articles simply add X a comma and the name of the newsgroup(s) to the end of the News- X groups: line at the beginning of the article. After saving and X exiting the editor you are asked if you wish to a)bort posting X the article, e)dit the article again or p)ost the article to the X specified newsgroup(s). X X Use the 'W' command to display a history of the articles you have X posted. The date the article was posted, which newsgroups the X article was posted to and the articles subject line are X displayed. X X Use the 'f' / 'F' command to post a follow-up article to an X already posted article. The 'F' command will copy the text of the X original article into the editor. The editing procedure is the X same as when posting an article with the 'w' command. X X Use the 'r' / 'R' command to reply direct through mail to the X author of an already posted article. The 'R' command will copy X the text of the original article into the editor. The editing X procedure is the same as when posting an article with the 'w' X command. After saving and exiting the editor you are asked if you X wish to a)bort sending the article, e)dit the article again or X s)end the article to the author. X X MAILING PIPING PRINTING AND SAVING ARTICLES X The command interface to mail ('m'), pipe ('|'), print ('o') and X save ('s') articles is the same for ease of use. X X The initial command will ask you to select which a)rticle, X t)hread, r)egex pattern, t)agged articles you wish to mail, pipe X etc. X X Tagged articles must have already been tagged with the 'T' com- X mand. All tagged articles can be untagged by the 'U' untag com- X mand. X X X X X 11 X X X X X X X TIN(1) Version 1.0 PL3 X X X If regex pattern matching is selected you are asked to enter a X regular expression (ie. to match all articles subject lines con- X taining 'net News' you must enter '*net News*'). Any articles X that match the entered expression will be mailed, piped etc. X X To save articles to a mailbox with the name of the current news- X group (ie. Alt.sources) enter '=' or '=<mailbox name>' when asked X for the save filename. X X To save articles in <newsgroup name>/<filename> format enter X '+<filename>'. X X When saving articles you can specify whether the saved files X should be post processed (ie. unshar shell archive, uudecode mul- X tiple parts etc). A default process type can be set by the 'Pro- X cess type:' in the 'M' options menu. X X SIGNATURES X Tin will recognize a signature in either $_H_O_M_E/._s_i_g_n_a_t_u_r_e or X $_H_O_M_E/._S_i_g. If $_H_O_M_E/._s_i_g_n_a_t_u_r_e exists, then the signature will X be pulled into the editor for Tin mail commands. A signature in X $_H_O_M_E/._s_i_g_n_a_t_u_r_e will not be pulled into the editor for posting X commands since the inews program will append the signature X itself. X X A signature in $_H_O_M_E/._S_i_g will be pulled into the editor for both X posting and mailing commands. X X The following is an example of a $_H_O_M_E/._S_i_g file: X NAME Iain Lea X EMAIL iain@estevax.uucp ...!unido!estevax!iain X SNAIL Siemens AG, ANL 433SZ, 8510 Fuerth-Bislohe, Germany X PHONE +49-911-331963 (home) +49-911-3089-407 (work) X X ENVIROMENT VARIABLES X X TINDIR X Define this variable if you do not want tin's .tin directory X in $HOME/.tin. (ie. if you want all tin's private files in X /tmp/.tin you would set TINDIR to contain /tmp. X X NNTPSERVER X The default NNTP server to remotely read news from. This X variable only needs to be set if the -r command line option X is specified and the file /_e_t_c/_n_n_t_p_s_e_r_v_e_r does not exist. X X ORGANIZATION X Set the mail header field Organization: to the contents of X the variable instead of the system default. This variable X has precedence over the file $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_o_r_g_a_n_i_z_a_t_i_o_n that X may also contain an organization string. X X REPLYTO X Set the mail header field Reply-To: to the return address X X X 12 X X X X X X X Version 1.0 PL3 TIN(1) X X X specified by the variable. This is useful if the machine is X not registered in the UUCP mail maps or if you wish to X recieve replies at a different machine. This variable has X precedence over the file $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_r_e_p_l_y__t_o that may also X contain a return address. X X ADD_ADDRESS X This can contain an address to append to the return address X when replying directly through mail to somebody whose mail X address is not directly recognized by the local host. For X example say the return address is _u_s_e_r@_b_i_g_v_a_x, but _b_i_g_v_a_x is X not recognized by your host, so therfore the mail will not X reach _u_s_e_r. But the host _l_i_t_t_e_v_a_x is known to recognize your X host and _b_i_g_v_a_x, so if ADD_ADDRESS is set (ie. 'setenv X ADD_ADDRESS @littevax' for csh or 'set ADD_ADDRESS @lit- X tevax' and 'export ADD_ADDRESS' for sh) the address X _u_s_e_r@_b_i_g_v_a_x@_l_i_t_t_l_e_v_a_x will be used and the mail will reach X _u_s_e_r@_b_i_g_v_a_x. This variable has precedence over the file X $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_a_d_d__a_d_d_r_e_s_s that may also contain an address. X X BUG_ADDRESS X If the 'B' command bug report mail address is not correct X this variable should be set to the correct mail address. X This variable has precedence over the file X $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_b_u_g__a_d_d_r_e_s_s that may also contain a mail address. X X EDITOR X This variable has precedence over the default editor (ie. X vi) that is used in all editing operations within tin (ie. X posting 'w', replying 'rR', follow-ups 'fF' and bug reports X 'B'). X X TIPS AND TRICKS X The following newsgroups provide useful information concerning X news software: X -news.software.readers (info. about news user agents X tin,rn,nn,vn etc.) X -news.software.nntp (info. about NNTP) X -news.software.b (info. about news transport agents Bnews & X Cnews) X X Many prompts (ie. 'Mark everything as read? (y/n): y') within tin X offer a default choice that the cursor is positioned on. By X pressing <CR> the default value is taken. X X When tin is run in an xterm window it will resize itself each X time the xterm is resized. X X FILES X $_H_O_M_E/._n_e_w_s_r_c newgroups subscribed to. X $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_t_i_n_r_c options. X $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/._i_n_d_e_x newsgroup index files directory. X $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_a_d_d__a_d_d_r_e_s_s address to add to when replying through mail. X $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_a_c_t_i_v_e used by -n option for notifying user of new groups. X X X 13 X X X X X X X TIN(1) Version 1.0 PL3 X X X $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_b_u_g__a_d_d_r_e_s_s address to send bug reports to. X $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_k_i_l_l kill file. X $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_o_r_g_a_n_i_z_a_t_i_o_n string to replace default organization. X $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_p_o_s_t_e_d history of articles posted by user. X $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_r_e_p_l_y__t_o host address to use in Reply-To: mail header. X $_H_O_M_E/._t_i_n/_u_n_t_h_r_e_a_d contains groups that are not to be threaded. X $_H_O_M_E/._s_i_g_n_a_t_u_r_e signature. X $_H_O_M_E/._S_i_g signature. X X BUGS X There are bugs somewhere among the creeping featurism. Any bugs X found should be reported by the 'B' (bug report) command. X X There is a bug when article killing is switched ON/OFF at article X page level and the 't' command is used to return to group selec- X tion index. X X When articles have been unkilled, all articles will be marked X unread even if they have already been read. X X Killing articles when tin is setuid causes strange behaviour. X X Will not uudecode some of the images in alt.binaries.pictures X because more than one image is in the multi-part file to X uudecode. Only the first image will be uudecoded. X X Does not handle Xref: headers for cross-posted articles. X X HISTORY X Based on the tass newsreader that was developed by Rich Skrenta X and posted to alt.sources in March 1991. Tass was itself heavily X infleuenced by NOTES which was developed at the University of X Illinois in the 1970's. X X CREDITS X X Rich Skrenta X author of tass v3.2 which this newsreader used as its base. X X Syd Weinstein X curses.c is taken from the elm mailreader X X Rich Salz X author of wildmat.c pattern matching routines. X X Chris Smith X author of multi-part uudecode routine. X X I wish to thank the following people for bug reports/patchs and X comments: X X Klaus Arzig, Anton Aylward, Reiner Balling, Volker Beyer, Roger X Binns, Georg Biehler, Andreas Brosig, Peter Dressler, Gerhard X Ermer, Hugh Fader, Joachim Feld, Bernhard Gmelch, Viet Hoang, X X X 14 X X X X X X X Version 1.0 PL3 TIN(1) X X X Torsten Homeyer, Andy Jackson, Joe Johnson, Cyrill Jung, Karl- X Koenig Koenigsson, Hans-Juergen Knopp, Bob Lukas, Clifford Luke, X Phillip Molloy, Toni Metz, Greg Miller, Klaus Neuberger, Otto X Niesser, Wolf Paul, Nickolay Saukh, Rich Salz, Fredy Schwatz, X Bernd Schwerin, Klamer Schutte, Karl-Olav Serrander, Chris Smith, X Steve Spearman, Cliff Stanford, Adri Verhoef, Cary Whitney X X AUTHOR X X Iain Lea X (iain@estevax.uucp or ...!unido!estevax!iain) X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15 SHAR_EOF $TOUCH -am 0930190191 tin.nrf && chmod 0600 tin.nrf || echo "restore of tin.nrf failed" set `wc -c tin.nrf`;Wc_c=$1 if test "$Wc_c" != "36817"; then echo original size 36817, current size $Wc_c fi rm -f shar3_seq_.tmp echo "You have unpacked the last part" exit 0 exit 0 # Just in case... -- Kent Landfield INTERNET: kent@sparky.IMD.Sterling.COM Sterling Software, IMD UUCP: uunet!sparky!kent Phone: (402) 291-8300 FAX: (402) 291-4362 Please send comp.sources.misc-related mail to kent@uunet.uu.net.