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Paperboy v1.1
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NOTE: This software is for Newton 2.x Newtons with Newton Internet
Enabler ONLY.
* What's it do?
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Paperboy is a threaded offline newsreader for the Newton that
uses NIE (Newton Internet Enabler).
* What's in this archive?
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There are two Newton software packages and two text files in
this archive. They are:
* Paperboy.txt document you're now reading.
* Paperboy.pkg software package you'll install on your Newton.
* SAReg.pkg software package you'll install on your Newton to
enter the password you get when you register
Paperboy.
* SAStuff.txt A list of all Stand Alone products.
* Installing Paperboy
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First off, you must get the Paperboy software package onto your
Newton. You can do this using the Newton Connection Utility (for Mac or
Windows), the Newton Package Downloader, or the Newton Backup
Utility. See the documentation with each of these for more
information on installing packages with them.
* Using Paperboy
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Overview
The first screen you are presented with is the overview screen. This
screen shows all of your subscribed newsgroups and the number of unread
articles in each newsgroup. Tap on the name of a newsgroup to go to
that newsgroup.
The action button in the overview contains the following selections:
"Subscribe To", "Unsubscribe", "Catch Up", "Reset Group", "Delete Read",
"Delete All", "Edit Saved Posts", "List all Groups", and "Activate Filters",
(Activate Filters may not appear if your preferences indicate filtering
automatically).
"Subscribe To" -- Opens a window in which you can enter the name of
a newsgroup to subscribe to. Tapping on the keyboard button will
bring up a special keyboard that contains some commonly used words
in newsgroup names.
"Unsubscribe" -- Unsubscribes to the checked off newsgroups.
"Edit Saved Posts" -- Opens a window which allows you to save
articles which are queued for posting.
"List All Groups" -- Will Open up a list of all available groups
and let you check off newsgroups to subscribe to. If you do
not have this list stored, Paperboy will connect to your server
and download the list of groups available on your server.
"Catch Up" -- Marks all articles in checked off newsgroups as read.
"Reset Group" -- Resets the group's memory of what articles
have been downloaded from a newsgroup.
"Delete Read" -- Deletes all read articles from your Newton.
"Delete All" -- Deletes all articles in a newsgroup.
"Activate Filters" -- Will delete articles as specified in your
filters (see prefs).
Tapping on the "Retrieve" button will start the retrieval
of articles. First you will be presented with the standard NIE
connection slip. Then Paperboy will either download new news
from all of the newsgroups or just the selected one, depending on
how your preferences are set. Paperboy will also post new articles
that you have written since the last time you connected.
Alternatively, you can set Paperboy to automatically retrieve
articles at a certain time; se "Alarms" in the Preferences
section of this document.
News Browser
When you select a newsgroup from the overview, you are brought
to the news browser view for that article. Tapping on the overview
dot will return you to the overview.
The news browser screen is split into three sections: The list
of threads, the list of articles in the current thread, and the
current article. These three views are separated by two lines, which
can be dragged around to change the size of any of the partitions.
These views have either scroll bars or scroll arrows on the right
or left according to the preferences.
Read and unread articles appear in different fonts, as set in
your preferences. Tapping on a thread name will bring up the list of
articles in the thread, as well as the first article in the thread.
Tapping on an article in the list of articles will bring that particular
article.
Navigation Buttons are located on the status bar. The single
arrows go forward or backward one article. The Double arrows go
forward or backward one thread.
The "Strip CR"/"Keep CR" toggles the strip linefeed/keep
linefeed mode.
The magnifying glass button opens up the search window. This
lets you search through the text of the thread list, The text
of the current article, and the text of all the articles in the
group.
The Up/Down arrow button next to the navigation buttons toggles
the full screen article mode. This will make the article view
full screen.
The action button has options to print, fax, beam, and email
articles. If you print or fax, you will be given the choice of
formats: Single Article, Current Thread, or Current Newsgroup.
In addition to these choice, you also have the following:
"Post" -- Post an article to the current newsgroup. This opens a
new view in which you can enter a subject, modify the newsgroups
being posted to, and enter the body of your message. If you have
a signature defined in your prefs, this sig will be appended to
the end of the message. After you are done, tapping on the "post"
button will queue the article to be posted (It will be posted the
next time you connect). Close the window to save the post as a
draft (it will be saved, but will not be posted until you change it
to a post).
"Post Reply" -- This is the same as post, except that the current
article is quoted in the body, and the subject has been set.
"Reply by email" -- Like "Post Reply", but the email is sent through
the Newton's built-in email system to the author of the article.
"Mark Unread" -- Marks the current article as unread
"Copy to NotePad" -- Copies the current article to a new note in
the NotePad.
"Add Author to Killfile" -- Puts the author of the current article
to the killfile. Any posts fro this author will be automatically
deleted will the filters are activated.
"Add Thread to Killfile" -- Puts the current thread into the killfile.
Articles with this subject will be deleted when the filters are activated.
In addition, on the status bar are 4 buttons to maneuver through
the articles. The single arrows will go forward or backwards one
article, and the double arrows will go forward or backwards one
thread. The up/down arrows will toggle between the three section
view and a view to read the article in full screen.
Prefs
Prefs are accessed through the "i" button.
General Prefs
Show Threads -- Use this to select to show either all threads in
a newsgroup, or only threads with unread articles.
Download -- Use this to select whether to download new news from
all newsgroups or from selected articles only.
Delete Read Articles -- Used to set when to delete read articles.
You can set it to delete them whenever you close Paperboy or only
when you choose to from the overview screen.
Store Articles -- Choose to automatically store articles on
one of your stores, or to just use the default store.
Sort Threads -- Lets you set how you want the threads in the
news browser to be sorted. They can be sorted by date or
by subject.
Filter Articles on Download -- Check this off to automatically
activate the filters when you download articles. If it is not
checked, "Activate Filters" will appear in the action menu of the
overview.
Strip linefeeds in article display -- When checked, linefeeds
will be removed from articles. This may allow for easier
reading.
Connection Prefs
News Server -- The name of your news server.
Name -- Your name. Defaults to your owner info name.
Email Address -- Your email address
Organization -- An optional field to better identify your email
address.
User Name -- The user name of the account you will be using.
Password -- The password of the account you are using. Text
written in this field will be coered by a dark block.
Default Maximum Article Length -- Use this to select the maximum length
that will be downloaded. Articles bigger than the length set here will
be cut off after that length. This field sets the default for new
groups created; You can change this for individual groups through
that group's prefs.
Maximum Number of Articles -- Sets the maximum number of articles
that will be downloaded. Normally paperboy will download all
new news it hasn't seen before, but if it reaches the number
here before then, it will stop reading articles. Useful for
the first time you connect or if you haven't connected in a
while. This field sets the default for new groups created;
You can change this for individual groups through that group's
prefs.
Stop when store is -- Lets you select how full the store should
be when downloading stops.
Display Prefs
Here you can select the fonts for the newsgroup and thread
listings, as well as the font of the articles. You can also set
the face of the font used to display read and unread articles.
The "Use full screen windows" checkbox lets you set up the default
mode for the newsbrowser. In addition you can check off "Left-
Handed Controls" so the scroll bars and scroll arrows appear on the
left side of the screen.
The "Scrolling" radio buttons lets you select between a Scroll
Bar or Scroll Arrows for each of the three views.
Alarms
Use this feature to have your Newton connect and download new
news at a certain time each day. When it retireves news in this
fashion, Paperboy will use the default internet setup.
Check off the "Automatically retrieve articles" checkbox to
make the alarm active. use the Time picker to select a time
for the alarm. The alarm will become active when you close
Paperboy.
Posting Prefs
Quote Line -- The string that you want to use to mark
qutoed text when following up to posts.
Attribute Line -- Opens a window that will let you set the attribute
line at the top of your followup posts.
Use Paperboy Sig -- If checked, will append a short Paperboy
sig to articles you post.
Signature -- Opens a window that lets you edit your signature.
If you have a signature, it will automatically be appened to
articles you email and post.
Filters
The Filters preference window shows your global subject and author
killfile, and allows you to edit or remove existing items and
add new ones. When creating/editing a filter, you can choose
to filter out articles that equal, begin with, end with, contain,
or don't contain the string.
Individual Group Prefs
These are reached by tapping on the "i" button next to each
newsgroup's name in the overview. They contain prefs for
Maximum Article Length, Maximum Number of Aritcles, and filters.
These work the same as in the standard prefs except only that
particular newsgroup is affected.
* Registering Paperboy
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You have a 30 day trial period in which to examine Paperboy,
during which it will function fully. Should you wish to register,
you'll need to do one of the following:
* Call us and pay using Visa or Mastercard. We can give you a
password right over the phone: instant gratification! (773) 477-2492.
* Send us a check for $29.95 to the address below.
* Using CompuServe, GO SWREG.
However you register, PLEASE be sure to include an email address
(it's not vital, but it will result in MUCH speedier service) and
your name, as entered in the Owner Info section of your Newton.
This is used to generate the password we send you to unlock Paperboy,
so it has to be exact.
Once you register, you will receive a password from us. To use it,
install the SAS Register package (also enclosed in the Paperboy
archive), select "Paperboy" from the pop up menu at the top, and enter
the password. You should get a message confirming the password. You
may then remove the SAS Register application from you Newton.
* Contacting us
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If you have any questions regarding Paperboy, or any other Stand
Alone Newton application, please don't hesitate to contact us:
Email:
internet: info@standalone.com (<-- preferred)
AOL: Std Alone
CompuServe: 76342,3057
Phone:
Voice: (773) 477-2492
Fax: (773) 477-2579
Regular Mail:
Stand Alone
3171 N. Hudson, Suite 1
Chicago, IL, 60657, USA
World Wide Web:
http://www.standalone.com/newton
* Version History
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1.0 June 27, 1997 First public release.
1.1 October 31, 1997 Added several new features, including
full-screen article view, queued post editing, and listing
all newsgroups.
1.5 January 16, 1998 Added SpellMan support, "Reset Newsgroup"
option, scroll bars, individual newsgroup prefs, more downloading
options, left handed controls, advanced filtering options,
searching, "√ All" button, and inporting of notes from the
notepad.