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- .name
- GRn
- .fullname
- Gadtools Readnews
- .type
- Communications, OS Utility
- .short
- GUI'ed UUCP, C News, and NNTP newreader.
- .description
- GRn is Gadtools Read News, a Gadtools-based newsreader for the Amiga, running
- Release 2.0 or above. Some special features are available on higher releases.
-
- GRn supports locally stored news (via AmigaUUCP, C News, or NNTPxfer) and
- NNTP in a variety of ways (AS225r2, AmiTCP 2.2 or above, DNet, AUW and direct
- connection via serial.device or serial clone).
-
- GRn 2.1 is an update to GRn 2.0. Several new features have been added, and
- several bugs have been fixed. Refer to GRn.guide for detailed information on
- operating GRn. The file INSTALL tells you how to install GRn (sorry, Installer
- script didn't happen).
-
- Significant changes between GRn 2.0 and GRn 2.1:
-
- New Features:
-
- + AmiTCP is now supported
-
- + AUW is now supported
-
- + ReplyPrefix configuration variable added
-
- + GRnSaveDir configuration variable added
-
- + MODEID=SCREENMODE argument added
-
- + When GRn opens a Custom Screen, it now sets AutoScroll.
-
- + New GRn icon
-
- + Use the system busy pointer on v39 and up
-
- + NOSCAN only applies to the scan at startup
-
- + Add From: header to all news and mail created
- (NOTE: this requires a fixed postnews for AmigaUUCP.)
-
- + LAST=SUBSCRIBELAST argument added
-
- + Keyboard shortcuts for the article list were added
-
- + UserShells are now supported for all external programs (this
- means they can be AmigaDOS scripts, AREXX programs, etc.)
-
- + eXtract command added
-
- + A Distribution header is no longer added by default, unless an
- article being replied to had one
-
- Bug Fixes:
-
- + serial.device input no longer busy-loops
-
- + NNTP articles are not retrieved a second time for Save, Print,
- Reply, Forward, etc.
-
- + You may now "Mark" an article as UNREAD, even when it is the
- only article in a newsgroup
-
- + GRn now works better with tin
-
- + Refresh of borders on v37 and v38 is complete
-
- + The proper detailpen is now used in the subscription window
-
- + Requestors are now draggable
-
- + Subject/From headers over 512 characters will no longer cause
- GRn to write over memory it does not own
-
- + No longer allow cancellation of arbitrary articles
-
- + Properly close socket.library if NNTP server connection failed.
-
- + Large fonts will not mess up the subscribe window any longer
-
- + The last article in a newsgroup may be marked as unread.
-
- + On v39 and above, mouse and keyboard movements are dealt with
- correctly, when both are used to adjust a listview.
-
- + "Followup-To: poster" is now honored
-
- + The HOSTNAME argument is no longer treated as a synonym for the
- NNTPSERVER argument.
-
- .version
- 2.1
- .date
- 1994.02.19
- .author
- Michael B. Smith
- Mike Schwartz
- .requirements
- Requires AmigaDOS 2.04 (v37). Some features available only on
- AmigaDOS 3.0 (v39) or above.
- .distribution
- Copyright but freely distributable, as long as the entire archive,
- or its contents, is distributed without modification.
- .address
- P.O. Box 6791
- Charlottesville, VA 22906
- USA
- .email
- mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us
- .tested
- Tested on all Amigas, A1000 through A4000T. Tested with AS-225r2,
- AmiTCP, AUW, DNet, and normal serial.device. Tested against the
- NNTP reference implementation and INN (NNTP servers). Used with
- AmigaUUCP 1.16 and up, wUUCP 0.19 and up, wCNews (all versions).
- Used with INetUtils 1.0 and up.
- .docs
- GRn.guide
- GRn-Term.man
- .described-by
- Michael B. Smith <mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us>
- .submittal
- FTP'ed to Fred Fish's specified system by the author.
-