SLNR(1) BSD General Commands Manual SLNR(1)NAMEslnr 2.3.0 — read messages in a SOUP (HDPF) packet
SYNOPSISslnrDESCRIPTION
You are expected to unzip the contents of a SOUP packet into a directory.
Set this directory to the current directory and run slnr.
The following options may be set in ~/.slnrrc (called slnr.ini in non-
UNIX environments) or in environment variables.
editor This refers to which editor you intend to use for writing mes‐
sages.
pager This refers to which pager (ie. `more') you wish to use for view‐
ing messages.
compress
This is the program to be used for compressing reply packets.
ansi If set, this will turn on ANSI escape codes. Terminals such as
cons25 will use these escape to display in colour.
lines You can set this to relay the number of lines supported by your
terminal to slnr.
quote This should be set to the string you wish to quote messages with.
sigfile
You can set this to the file you are going to use for your signa‐
ture.
repfile
Set this to the file you want replies to be compressed into.
These are keys you can press to do something.
n This will show the next page.
p This will show the prevoius page.
N > This will move forward to the next newsgroup.
P < This will move backwards one newsgroup.
v This will view an article.
V This will view an article and its headers at the same time.
m This will send a new email, or email in response to an article.
w This will send a new newsgroup article, or a response to one.
<space>
This will view the next article.
s This will allow you to save an article to a file.
S This will save the article without the header.
slnr! This will allow you to execute a command, such as `bash'.
o This will show you some information about the program that cre‐
ated the Soup packet you are reading.
q This will quit.
AUTHOR
SLNR was originally written by Philippe Goujard. It is now being main‐
tained by Tim Vanderhoek.
July 19, 1996
