SLRN(1)SLRN(1)NAMEslrn - An easy to use NNTP based newsreader.
DOCUMENTATION NOTE
This documentation is out of date. You are encouraged to look at
slrn/changes.txt and slrn/doc/slrn.rc in the slrn distribution for more
up to date information. See also
http://space.mit.edu/%7Edavis/slrn.html for additional documentation.
SYNOPSISslrn [ -n ] [ -h nntp-server-name ] [ -f newsrc-file ] [ -create ] [ -C
] [ -help ]
DESCRIPTIONslrn is an easy to use but powerful NNTP based newsreader. It relies
extensively on the S-Lang programmer's library for many of its fea‐
tures.
If no server is specified on the command line using the -h option, the
server specified by the NNTPSERVER environment variable will be used.
The -f option specifies which newsrc file should be used. If none is
specified, a default value of .jnewsrc will be used. This value can be
set on a server by server basis using the .slrnrc initialization file.
The -create option should be used the first time slrn is used for a
particular server. This causes slrn to read the entire list of groups
available at the server and place them in the selected newsrc file. If
the NNTP connection is slow, this process may take several minutes.
Fortunately, this happens only when the -create flag is used.
If -C is specified on the command line, the terminal is assumed to sup‐
port colors. Colors may be specified by using the initialization file.
If the -n option is present, no new newsgroups will be checked for.
This may result in a faster startup.
BASIC OPERATION
Using slrn is simple. For many, simply typing slrn will connect to a
news server. After starting, slrn checks for the existence of new news‐
groups and automatically subscribes to them. Then after new news is
checked, slrn goes into ``full screen'' mode at which point the user
can unsubscribe to one or more groups. slrn will display a list of
newsgroups that looks like:
-> 3 sci.research.postdoc 689-705
1 comp.databases.olap 1-1
4 rec.antiques.radio+phono 1-4
1 comp.emulators.ms-windows.win 339-349
113 comp.unix.questions 74401-74513
11 gnu.ghostscript.bug 4874-4884
100 alt.music.pink-floyd 7941-8040
11 rec.sport.baseball.analysis 239-249
3 rec.sport.baseball.data 267-269
13 sci.physics.electromag 1159-1171
65 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems 4754-4818
5 sci.physics.particle 1069-1073
2 comp.sources.x 2362-2363
2 comp.unix.user-friendly 2603-2604
Here the middle column shows the name of a newsgroup and the left col‐
umn shows the number of unread articles in the group. The right column
shows the range of articles present on the server. Note the presence of
the -> in the first column on the `sci.research.postdoc' line. This
symbol is used by slrn as a pointer to indicate the currently selected
line. It may be moved up and down by using the arrow keys. Pressing the
RETURN key or the SPACEBAR at this point will select the
`sci.research.postdoc' group. A new screen will appear showing some‐
thing like:
->- 703 (P) Lecturer in Comp. dumontet@nuri.inria.fr (dumo
- 704 Research & Developnment dumontet@nuri.inria.fr (dumo
- 705 Re: Example of proposal shinbrot@bart.chem-eng.nwu.e
Here, each line consists of four fields and possibly the -> cursor. The
first field indicates whether the article has been read or not. A
hyphen ( - ) in the first field indicates that the article has not been
read. Since a hyphen appears in the first field in all three of the
lines above, none of the articles have been marked as read. A d in this
field indicates that an article has been read. The currently selected
article can be changed from the read to the unread state by pressing
the u key. The d key may be used to mark the article as read without
actually reading it. The c key may be used to mark all the articles as
read (Actually this is the preferred way to use the newsreader: scan
the articles by eye looking for something interesting then before mov‐
ing on to next newsgroup, press `c' to mark all articles as read).
The second field displays the server number of the article. The third
and fourth fields contain the subject and author of the article,
respectively.
Pressing the SPACEBAR or the RETURN key will create a second window and
display the contents of the currently selected article. The screen will
now consist of two windows - a large one and a small one. The large
window, known as the article window, will contain the currently
selected article and the small one, known as the summary window, will
contain the list of articles as shown above. The space bar may be used
the scroll the article forward and the DELETE key or the `B' key may be
used to scroll it backward. The UP/DOWN arrow keys simply move the ->
cursor from one line to another in the summary window. To hide the
article window, press the h key.This will zoom the summary window to
full screen.
The f key may be used to post a followup to the currently selected
article. To return to the list of Newsgroups, press the Q key to leave
this mode.
DEFAULT KEYBINDINGS
These keybindings are always available: These keybindings are always
available:
? Help
PageUp Ctrl-U
Page up
PageDn Ctrl-D
Page down
Ctrl-Z Suspend program
These keybindings may be used at the newsgroup level:
SPACE Select articles for the current group.
UP P Move to the previous group
DOWN Move to the next group
q Quit the program
p Post an article
l Toggle the display of groups with no unread articles on and off
L Toggle display of unsubscribed groups (can also subscribe with
this)
u Unsubscribe from the current group
s Subscribe to the current group
c Mark all articles in the current group as read.
a Subscribe to a specified group
/ Search for a subscribed group
G Refresh groups from news server
X Save .newsrc
ESC > Move to last group
ESC < Move to first group
The following bindings are valid once a newsgroup has been selected:
SPACE Select or scroll currently selected article forward
DELETE, b
Scroll currently selected article backward
d Mark currently selected article as read and move to the next
unread article.
u Mark the currently selected article as unread
# Numerically tag the article for multiple save (see o command)
g Skip to next digest
h Hide the article window by zooming the summary window to full
screen
Ctrl-^ Decrease the size of the header window by one line.
^ Increase the size of the header window by one line.
f Post follow-up to the currently selected article
F Forward the currently selected article to someone
r Reply directly to the author of the currently selected article
o Save the currently selected article or thread to a file in a
Unix mail format by appending it to the the specified file,
then optionally decode the articles with uudecode or unshar.
If numerically tagged articles (see # ) are present, then
optionally save and then decode the tagged articles. The
built-in uudecoder can decode files that contain multiple
multi-part uuencoded articles. However, they must be tagged in
the proper order. The key ESC # may be used to un-tag arti‐
cles.
q Quit and go back to the list of newsgroups
T Toggle quote display
K Toggle scoring
TAB Skip over quotes in article
t Toggle the current articles headers between hidden and un-hid‐
den states. By default, uninteresting ones are hidden
UP Move to the previous article
DOWN Move to the next article
ESC DOWN, RETURN
Scroll the article down one line
< Jump to the beginning of the article
ESC UP Scroll the article up one line
ESC > Move to last article
ESC < Move to first article
RIGHT Pan the article window to the right
LEFT Pan the article window to the left
n Move to the next unread article
o Append article to a file; optionally, decode with uudecode or
shar
p Move to a previously unread article
PageUp, PageDn
Page up and down through the header list.
/ Search forward in the article
? Search backward through article.
a Author search forward.
A Author search backward.
s Subject search forward.
S Subject search backward
H Hide the article (make its window disappear)
N Skip to next news group
j Move to an article
P Post an article (also see f to post a follow-up article)
SEMICOLON
Set a mark at the current article.
COMMA Return to a previously set mark setting the mark first.
* Flag the article as 'important' (prevents catchup in header
window from marking the article deleted)
| Pipe article to an external command
ESC Ctrl-C
Cancel the current article.
ESC Ctrl-S
Supersede the current article, editing the original text.
c Mark all articles as read
ESC C Mark articles to here as read
ESC U Mark articles to here as UN-read
Ctrl-R, Ctrl-L
Redraw the screen.
ESC R Toggle ROT 13 decryption on and off
ESC S Toggle header threading on and off
ESC T Toggle collapse of header threading
ESC A Switch between header display methods
ESC p Find parent header
ESC Ctrl-P
Find child header
? Show help
Ctrl-Z Suspend the newsreader.
E Edit score parameters using this article as template
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLESslrn uses the following list of environment variables:
NNTPSERVER NNTP Server to connect to if none specified when slrn is
started.
EDITOR
SLANG_EDITOR
Editor to use when composing messages. The '%s' and `%d'
format descriptors may be used to specify the filename and
line number respectively. For example, if `jed' is your
editor, then you can use something like: setenv SLANG_EDI‐
TOR ´jed %s -g %d´ in your shell startup file. If you are
using a bash shell, you could instead use the command:
export SLANG_EDITOR=´jed %s -g %d´ in your shell startup
file. SLANG_EDITOR is the prefered environment variable
since all S-Lang applications that use an editor look for
this variable and understand this syntax.
REPLYTO Address to be inserted into the `Reply-To' field.
ORGANIZATION
String to be used in the `Organization' field.
slrn INITIALIZATION FILE
If a file called .slrnrc is present in the users HOME directory, slrn
will use it as an initialization file. This file can contain list of
personalized keybindings as well as a list of server -- newsrc map‐
pings.
BINDING KEYS
To bind a key to a particular function use the syntax:
setkey keymap function key-sequence
The setkey function requires three arguments. The first argument speci‐
fies the keymap to be used for the bindings. Valid keymaps include:
group and article. The function argument specifies the function that
is to be executed when keys in the last argument are pressed. For exam‐
ple,
setkey group quit "x"
indicates that if x is pressed at the group level, the quit function
will be executed. Note that although not normally necessary, the last
argument should be enclosed in double quotes since it may contain SPACE
characters.
The key-sequence argument can consist of several characters. For exam‐
ple, on many terminals, the RIGHT arrow sends the three characters ESC,
`[' and `C' to the terminal. To bind the RIGHT key to `select_group'
function, use:
setkey group select_group "\e[C"
Sometimes, it is necessary to unbind a key from a keymap before binding
the key. For example, one cannot do:
setkey group quit "\e"
to bind the ESC key to the quit function without first unsetting it.
This is because the default bindings use the ESC character as the pre‐
fix character for certain keymaps. To achieve this goal, use the
unsetkey function:
unsetkey group "\e"
setkey group quit "\e"
Here the unsetkey function has been used to remove the binding for the
ESC character before binding it to the `quit' function. Please note
that unsetting the ESC key will also unset any key sequence been with
the ESC key. This includes most function keys.
See the example initialization file below for the list of functions and
their meaning.
USING MULTIPLE SERVERS
The easiest way to use multiple servers is through the use of the
server command in the .slrnrc file. This command simple associates a
server name with a newsrc file:
server nntp-server newsrc-file
For example, suppose that you use three servers with hostnames
`red.news.edu', `blue.news.edu', and `green.news.edu'. The the lines:
server red.news.edu .jnewsrc-red
server blue.news.edu .jnewsrc-blue
server green.news.edu .jnewsrc-green
specify that the file .jnewsrc-red is to be used when the server
red.news.edu is connected to, etc...
DEFINING COLORS
Color support is enabled when using the `-C' command line switch. The
colors may be defined through the use of the `color' keyword in the
`.slrnrc' file. The syntax is:
color OBJECT-NAME FOREGROUND-COLOR BACKGROUND-COLOR
Here, OBJECT-NAME can be any one of the following items:
article -- The body of the article (not headers)
author -- Author's name
boldtext -- Color for *emphasized* text
box -- Color for popup boxes
cursor -- The --> position indicator
description -- Newsgroup descriptions (group mode)
error -- Error messages
frame -- Frame around a popup box
group -- Newsgroup names (group mode)
grouplens_display -- Grouplens score
header_name -- Name of the header, e.g., From:
header_number -- Nth line of header window
headers -- The lines that constitute the headers of the article
high_score -- Articles with high scores
menu -- Line at the top of the display (menu bar)
menu_press -- Menu bar entry when activated
normal -- anything not included above
pgpsignature -- PGP signature text
quotes -- Quoted material (level 0)
quotes1 -- Quoted material (level 1)
quotes2 -- Quoted material (level 2)
quotes3 -- Quoted material (level 3)
quotes4 -- Quoted material (level 4)
quotes5 -- Quoted material (level 5)
quotes6 -- Quoted material (level 6)
quotes7 -- Quoted material (level 7)
response_char -- As in [Y]es, [N]o, [C]ancel
signature -- Author's signature
selection -- Currently selected item in a popup listbox
status -- Status line attached to windows
subject -- Subject
thread_number -- Thread numbers
tilde -- Tildes (tilde mode)
tree -- Article tree
underline_text -- Color for _emphasized_ test
The foreground/background color names can be any of the following:
black gray
red brightred
green brightgreen
brown yellow
blue brightblue
magenta brightmagenta
cyan brightcyan
lightgray white
default
Most terminals do not support the second group of colors for the
background.
HIDING QUOTED ARTICLES
Often articles contain quotes of previous articles. slrn is capable
of not displaying lines in an article that match a given regular
expression. The regular expression may be specified by putting a line
of the form
ignore_quotes REGULAR-EXPRESSION
in the .slrnrc startup file. The default regular expression is
"^ ?[:>=]"
which matches any line that begins with or without a space followed by
either a colon, greater than sign, or an equal sign.
To toggle the display of such lines on or off, press the `T' key when
in article mode.
ARTICLE SCORING
(For a complete description of the flexibility in the slrn scorefile
system, see the files KILL_FAQ and score.txt in the slrn distribution)
slrn incorporates a sophisticated system for scoring articles. In
other newsreaders, one of slrn's scoring features would be called a "
killfile ". But unlike some other newsreaders, slrn provides for a
great degree of flexibility and the capability to mark articles in ways
other than merely killing them.
Four levels of scoring are provided:
-9999 The scored article is deleted (as with a common killfile) and
will not appear in the header window
-1 through -9998
The scored article appears with a " D " as in "Deleted" flag in
the header window
0 normal article
1 through 9999
The scored article's header appears with a " ! " flag to indi‐
cate importance
CONFIGURING THE SCOREFILE
The scorefile system is disabled until you set scorefile to the path‐
name of the file slrn should use to hold the scoring parameters.
Once set, scorefile may be accessed through the E command at the header
window, or may be edited manually. When accessed with E , slrn appends
a template based upon the currently selected article to the scorefile
with various parameters taken from the article and you are placed in
your editor. To enable scoring, delete the % comment symbol from the
first column of the header line(s) you wish to score upon.
The other way to configure your scorefile is by editing the file
directly, with a text editor. Here is a sample scorefile (remember the
KILL_FAQ and score.txt files are the definitive references for the
score system):
[news.software.readers]
Score: 9999
% All slrn articles are good
Subject: slrn
Score: 9999
% This is someone I want to hear from
From: davis@space.mit.edu
Score = -9999
Subject: <f?agent>
[comp.os.linux.*]
Score: -10
Expires: 1/1/1996
Subject: swap
Score: 20
Subject: SunOS
Score: 50
From: Linus
% Kill all articles cross posted to an advocacy group
Score: -9999
Xref: advocacy
~From: Linus
% This person I want nothing to do with unless he posts about
% `gizmos' but only in comp.os.linux.development.*
Score: -9999
From: someone@who.knows.where
~Subject: gizmo
~Newsgroup: development
% These stooges post massive .sigs all the time. I like
% to track them
[alt.fan.warlord]
Score:: 20
Subject: larry
Subject: curly
This file consists of two sections. The first section defines a set of
tests applied to the news.software.readers newsgroups. The second sec‐
tion applies to the comp.os.linux newsgroups.
The first section consists of three tests. The first test applies a
score of 9999 to any subject that contains the string `slrn'. The sec‐
ond test applies to the `From'. It says that any article from
davis@space.mit.edu gets scores 9999. The third test gives a score of
-9999 to any article whose subject contains the word `agent'. Since
tests are applied in order, if an article contains both `slrn' and
`agent', it will be given a score of 9999 since 9999 is a special score
value.
The second section is more complex. It applies to the newsgroups
comp.os.linux newsgroups and consists of 5 tests. The first three are
simple: -10 points are given if the subject contains `swap', 20 if it
contains SunOS, and 50 if the article is from someone named `Linus'.
This means that if Bill@Somewhere writes an article whose subject is
`Swap, Swap, Swap', the article is give -10 points. However, if the
Linus writes an article with the same title, it is given -10 + 50 = 40
points. Note that the first test expires at the beginning of 1996.
The fourth test kills all articles that were cross posted to an advocay
newsgroup UNLESS they were posted by Linus. Note that if a keyword
begins with the `~' character, the effect of the regular expression is
reversed.
The fourth test serves to filter out posts from someone@who.knows.where
unless he posts about `gizmos' in one of the comp.os.development news‐
groups. Again note the `~' character.
The last test marks as important messages from mentioning Moe or Curly
in the alt.fan.warlord newsgroup. This demonstrates use of an "OR"
condition in a scorefile.
COURTESY COPY
If you elect to send a courtesy copy of your followup article to the
original poster, you may easily do so by adding a "Cc:" header to the
article. Here is an example of how to send a courtesy copy of a fol‐
lowup to John Davis' (slrn's author) announcement of a new slrn ver‐
sion:
Newsgroups: news.software.readers
Subject: Re: slrn 0.8.0 Released!
References: <46c6b8$e2@news.mit.edu>
Organization: a clean well lit place
Reply-To: hg@n2wx.ampr.org
Followup-To:
Cc: davis@space.mit.edu
On 22 Oct 1995 01:26:45 GMT, John Davis <davis@space.mit.edu> wrote:
...
John will receive a copy of the followup by email with the article text
preceded by a line of text stating that [This message has also been
posted.] (The text within the brackets may be customized with the
.slrnrc cc_followup_string parameter.)
MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS
The .slrnrc initialization file also supports the following commands:
signature <signature file name>
organization <Your organization name>
replyto <Email address to be used reply to>
quote_string <string to be used to quote an article>
editor_command <string used to invoke editor>
scorefile <score file name>
For example,
signature .news-signature
organization "Society of Famous Outlaws"
signature "Billy the Kid"
quote_string ">"
editor_command "jed %s -g %d -tmp"
scorefile "News/Score"
FILES
$HOME/.slrnrc - the slrn's initialization file
$HOME/.jnewsrc - default newsrc file for slrn.
EXAMPLE OF AN INITIALIZATION FILE
% -*- slang -*-
% This is a sample startup file for the slrn news reader. The percent
% character is used for comments.
% Note OS/2 and Win32 users:
% To separate directories you can either use a single '/' or
% double '\'. Single backslashes are not supported. For example, use
% "C:\home\file.txt" or "C:/home/file.txt" but NOT "C:ele.txt"
% SERVER to NEWSRC mapping
%server "hsdndev.harvard.edu" ".jnewrc-hsdndev"
%server "news.uni-stuttgart.de" ".jnewsrc-stuttgart"
% The next line is for those servers that require a password.
%nnrpaccess "HOSTNAME" "USERNAME" "PASSWORD"
%nnrpaccess "HOSTNAME" "USERNAME" "" % Prompt for password
%nnrpaccess "HOSTNAME" "" "" % Prompt for username and password
%hostname "YOUR.HOSTNAME"
%set username "jd"
%set realname "John Doe"
%set replyto "jd@somthing.com"
% Name of signature file to use
%set signature ".signature"
% The quote string will be used when following up/replying
set quote_string ">"
% If non-zero, signature will not be included in quoted text of followups
set followup_strip_signature 0
% If set to 1, slrn will not allow you to post articles that contain
% non-quoted lines whose length exceeds 80 characters. If set to 2, a warning
% will be generated.
set reject_long_lines 1
% This regular expression defines lines that are consider to be quoted lines.
% It says that any lines beginning with 0-2 spaces followed by a either
% a >, <, :, |, or = character is a quoted line.
ignore_quotes "^ ? ?[><:=|]"
% This sets the follow-up and reply strings. Here, the following format
% specifiers are recognized:
% %d:date, %r:real name, %f:email address, %s:subject,
% %m:msgid, %n:newsgroups, %%: percent
set followup_string "On %d, %r <%f> wrote:"
set reply_string "In %n, you wrote:"
%Custom headers to add to NEW posts
%set custom_headers "X-Whatever: bla0-Misc: bla bla"
% Custom headers for followup/reply. These can use format specifiers as
% in the 'followup' string variable.
%set followup_custom_headers "X-newsgroup: %n0-realname: %r0
%set reply_custom_headers "X-newsgroup: %n0-realname: %r0
% Headers to show when viewing an articles. This is a comma-separated
% list of strings that specify what headers to show. Note that these
% strings are not regular expressions. However, one may use, e.g.,
% "X-" to match any header beginning with "X-". Similarly, "F" will
% match "From:" and "Followup".
visible_headers "From:,Subject:,Newsgroups:,Followup-To:,Reply-To:"
% WWW browser to use. The 'U' key in article mode searches the current article
% for a URL and then calls X browser if slrn appears to be run in X windows
% and non_Xbrowser otherwise. Note: The second Xbrowser form assumes that
% netscape is already running.
set non_Xbrowser "lynx '%s'"
set Xbrowser "netscape '%s' &"
%set Xbrowser "netscape -remote 'openURL(%s)' &"
% If autobaud is present, output rate will be synced to baud rate
%autobaud
% if non-zero, display first article when entering article-mode.
set show_article 0
% if non-zero, show description of newsgroup if available
set show_descriptions 1
% column where group descriptions start
set group_dsc_start_column 40
% If non-zero, backups of the newsrc file are not performed.
set no_backups 0
% If 0, do not beep terminal. If 1, send audible beep. If 2, send only
% visible bell. If 3, send both.
set beep 1
% If non-zero, slrn will automatically un-subscribe new groups.
% The default is 0.
set unsubscribe_new_groups 0
% If non-zero, all subject titles will be displayed even though many are
% duplicated. A zero value makes the screen look less busy.
set show_thread_subject 0
% If non-zero, slrn will draw the thread tree using simple ascii characters
set simulate_graphic_chars 0
% Enable xterm/win32 mouse support: 1 to enable, 0 to disable
set mouse 0
% Draw cursor bar ala tin instead of slrn "->" cursor?
set display_cursor_bar 0
% Set to 1 to have slrn scroll by full page instead of by line.
set scroll_by_page 0
% Setting this to 1 will cause an article to automatically be marked as read
% when viewed. Setting this to zero means that it is up to the user to
% explicitly mark an article as read.
set auto_mark_article_as_read 1
% Setting either of these to 0 will enable you to move directly to the
% next article/group without confirmation
set query_next_group 1
set query_next_article 1
% if zero, you will not see the "next group:" prompt. This is NOT the same
% as the 'query_next_group' variable.
set prompt_next_group 1
% Set this to 0 for no-confirmation on follow, reply, quit, etc...
set confirm_actions 1
% If 0, save all groups when writing newsrc file
% if 1, do not save any unsubscribed groups
% if 2, do not save any unread-unsubscribed groups
set write_newsrc_flags 0
% If non-zero, you will be prompted whether or not a Cc header will be
% generated on the followup.
set cc_followup 0
set cc_followup_string "[This message has also been posted.]"
% Set to 0 to turn off display of ~ at end of article
set use_tilde 1
% Filename where articles you have posted are archived.
%set save_posts "News/My_Posts"
%set save_replies "News/My_Replies"
%File where failed posts are appended. Use "" to disable saving.
%set failed_posts_file "dead.letter"
% The sendmail command allows you to substitute another mailer. Be sure that
% it implements the same interface as sendmail!
%set sendmail_command "/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -t -oem -odb"
% Name of score file (relative to HOME directory)
scorefile "News/Score"
% Articles scoring min_high_score and above constitute a high scoring article.
% Articles scoring below max_low_score define a low scoring article.
% Articles scoring at or below kill_score will be killed.
set min_high_score 1
set max_low_score 0
set kill_score -9999
% Name of directory where decoded files are placed (relative to HOME)
set decode_directory "News"
% Directory where all other files are saved.
set save_directory "News"
% Directory where postponed articles are placed. (Make sure it exists)
set postpone_directory "News/postponed"
% If non-zero, abort posting or email operation if the file was not modified
% by the editor.
set abort_unmodified_edits 0
% Command used to invoke editor. In the following example, %s represents
% the file name and %d represents the starting line number
%set editor_command "jed '%s' -g %d -tmp"
%set editor_command "pico -t +%d '%s'"
% Editor command for editing posts, mail, and score files. Note the use of
% single quotes around %s. This is only necessary if you use filenames
% with spaces in them.
%set mail_editor_command "jed '%s' -g %d -tmp"
%set post_editor_command "jed '%s' -g %d -tmp"
%set score_editor_command "jed '%s' -g %d -tmp"
% If non-zero, files used for posting, followup and reply will be regarded as
% temporary files in the directory specified by the TMPDIR environment
% variable or /tmp.
set use_tmpdir 0
% If 0, do not sort. If 1, perform threading. If 2, sort by subject
% If 3, thread then sort result by subject
% If 4, sort by score. If 5, thread then sort by score.
% If 6, sort by score and subject
% If 7, thread, then sort by score and subject
% If 8, sort by date with most recent first
% If 9, thread, then sort by date with most recent first
% If 10, sort by date with most recent last
% If 11, thread then sort by date with most recent last
set sorting_method 3
set display_score 0
% If 1, a header with a new subject will start a new thread.
set new_subject_breaks_threads 0
% If non-zero, threads will be uncollapsed when a group is entered
set uncollapse_threads 0
% If non-zero, slrn will read the active file when starting. This may lead to
% faster startup times IF your network connection is fast. If it slow,
% DO NOT USE IT. If you can, I recommend setting it to 1.
set read_active 0
% If non-zero and read_active is zero, slrn will attempt to use the NNTP
% XGTITLE command when listing unsubscribed groups.
set use_xgtitle 0
% What to wrap when wrapping an article:
% 0 or 4 ==> wrap body
% 1 or 5 ==> wrap headers, body
% 2 or 6 ==> wrap quoted text, body
% 3 or 7 ==> wrap headers, quoted text, body
% The higher number indicates that every article will be automatically
% wrapped.
set wrap_flags 4
% Maximum number of articles to read before slrn will prompt. Default is 100.
% Set this to zero to turn of prompting.
set query_read_group_cutoff 100
% Numes of lines to read from the server between percentage counter updates
% This number will vary with the speed of the connection to your server
set lines_per_update 100
% Valid character sets: isolatin, ibm850, next, koi8
% ibm850 is the default on OS/2
% next is the default on NeXT machines
% isolatin is the defaule on all other systems.
%set charset isolatin
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
% Mime support
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
set use_mime 1
set mime_charset "iso-8859-1"
% If non-zero, call metamail for mime formats that slrn does not handle
set use_metamail 1
set metamail_command "metamail"
% If non-zero, header numbers will be displayed in the left-margin of the
% header window. These numbers may be used as ``thread selectors''.
set use_header_numbers 1
% If non-zero, prompt for reconnection if the NNTP connection drops. If zero,
% attempt reconnection without asking user.
set query_reconnect 1
% Character to use to hide spoiler text:
set spoiler_char '*'
% set to 0 to keep the display still, and just reveal the spoiler
% set to 1 to start a new page when spoiler is revealed
% set to 2 to keep the display still, and reveal ALL spoilers
% set to 3 to start new page and reveal ALL spoilers
set spoiler_display_mode 1
% If non-zero, interprete _this_ as underlined text and *that* as
% bold text using underlinetext and boldtext colors, resp.
% If set to 1, do not write _ and * characters.
% If set to 2, write _ and * with spaces.
% Otherwise, if non-zero, write _ and * characters.
set emphasized_text_mode 3
% This bitmapped variable controls what parts of an article should be scanned
% for emphasized text. Set it to one of the following values or the sum
% of any combination of the values to scan the corresponding parts of the
% article:
% 1 message portion (the non-quoted, non-signature part)
% 2 quoted portion
% 4 signature
% For example, using 3 (1+2) will cause the message and quoted portions to
% be scanned.
set emphasized_text_mask 1
% If non-zero, #v+ and #v- will be used as markers of verbatum lines
set process_verbatum_marks 1
% If non-zero, hide signature in articles
set hide_signature 0
% If non-zero, hide PGP signature in articles
set hide_pgpsignature 0
% Help text to be displayed at bottom of screen in various modes:
%set art_help_line "bla bla"
%set header_help_line "more bla bla"
%set group_help_line "and even more"
%If non-zero, the terminal driver will be enabled to use ^S/^Q for
%flow control
set use_flow_control 0
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
% Local spool configuration
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
% set spool_inn_root "/var/lib/news"
% set spool_root "/var/spool/news"
% set spool_nov_root "/var/spool/news/over.view"
%
%% -- The following filenames are relative to spool_inn_root unless they
%% start with "/".
% set spool_active_file "data/active"
% set spool_activetimes_file "data/active.times"
% set spool_newsgroups_file "data/newsgroups"
%% -- The following filenames are relative to spool_nov_root
% set spool_nov_file ".overview"
%If set to 1, then spool.c will actually check each article file exists when
%reading an overview file. This adds a perceptible delay (especially in a
%large spool directory), so I've made it an option. With some servers it is
%almost redundant, whereas with others which don't expire entries from
%overview files regularly, it's almost vital. If the users sees a lot of
%"article not available" errors, they should probably try turning it on.
set spool_check_up_on_nov 0
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
% GroupLens Support
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
%set use_grouplens 1
%color grouplens_display blue white
%set grouplens_host "grouplens.cs.umn.edu"
%set grouplens_port 9000
%set grouplens_pseudoname "YOUR_PSEUDONAME"
%grouplens_add "rec.cooking.recipes"
%grouplens_add "comp.os.linux.misc"
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
% Colors
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
color article "blue" "black"
color author "magenta" "black"
color boldtext "brightblue" "black"
color box "black" "white"
color cursor "brightgreen" "black"
color description "blue" "black"
color error "red" "black"
color frame "yellow" "blue"
color group "blue" "black"
color grouplens_display "blue" "black"
color header_name "green" "black"
color header_number "green" "black"
color headers "brightcyan" "black"
color high_score "red" "black"
color italicstext "magenta" "black"
color menu "yellow" "blue"
color menu_press "blue" "yellow"
color normal "lightgray" "black"
color pgpsignature "blue" "black"
color quotes "red" "black"
color quotes1 "magenta" "black"
color quotes2 "brown" "black"
color quotes3 "brown" "black"
color quotes4 "brown" "black"
color quotes5 "brown" "black"
color quotes6 "brown" "black"
color quotes7 "brown" "black"
color response_char "green" "black"
color signature "red" "black"
color selection "yellow" "blue"
color status "yellow" "blue"
color subject "white" "black"
color thread_number "blue" "black"
color tilde "green" "black"
color tree "red" "black"
color underlinetext "cyan" "black"
color verbatum "green" "black"
%-----------------------------------------------------
% Monochrome attributes for monochrom terminals. One or more attributes
% may be specified.
%-----------------------------------------------------
mono article "none"
mono author "none"
mono boldtext "bold"
mono cursor "bold" "reverse"
mono description "none"
mono error "blink" "bold"
mono frame "reverse"
mono group "bold"
mono grouplens_display "none"
mono header_number "none"
mono headers "bold"
mono high_score "bold"
mono italicstext "bold"
mono menu "reverse"
mono menu_press "none"
mono normal "none"
mono pgpsignature "none"
mono quotes "underline"
mono quotes1 "underline"
mono quotes2 "underline"
mono quotes3 "underline"
mono quotes4 "underline"
mono quotes5 "underline"
mono quotes6 "underline"
mono quotes7 "underline"
mono response_char "bold"
mono selection "bold"
mono signature "none"
mono status "reverse"
mono subject "none"
mono thread_number "bold"
mono tree "bold"
mono underlinetext "underline"
mono verbatum 0
%------------------------ Group keymap------------------------------------
setkey group post_postponed "\P"
setkey group add_group "A" % add a new newsgroup
setkey group bob "\<" % beg of buffer
setkey group bob "^K\OA"
setkey group bob "^K\[A"
setkey group catchup "C" % mark group as read
setkey group down "\OB" % next group
setkey group down "\[B"
setkey group down "^N"
setkey group eob "\>" % end of buffer
setkey group eob "^K\OB"
setkey group eob "^K\[B"
setkey group group_search_forward "/"
setkey group help "?"
setkey group pagedown "^D" % next page of groups
setkey group pagedown "\[6~"
setkey group pagedown "^V"
setkey group pageup "\V" % previous page of groups
setkey group pageup "^U"
setkey group pageup "\[5~"
setkey group post "P"
setkey group quit "Q"
setkey group redraw "^L"
setkey group redraw "^R"
setkey group refresh_groups "G"
setkey group save_newsrc """ % read articles from group
setkey group select_group "
setkey group select_group " "
setkey group subscribe "S" % subscribe to group (See unsubscribe)
setkey group suspend "^Z"
setkey group toggle_group_display " 33A"
setkey group toggle_scoring "K"
setkey group toggle_hidden "l"
setkey group toggle_list_all "L"
setkey group unsubscribe "U" % unsubscribe
setkey group up "\OA" % previous line
setkey group up "\[A"
setkey group up "^P"
%---------------- Article mode keymap -------------------------------------
setkey article post_postponed "\P"
setkey article goto_article "j"
setkey article pipe_article "|"
setkey article skip_quotes ""
setkey article pageup "^U"
setkey article pageup "\[5~"
setkey article pageup "\V"
setkey article pagedn "\[6~"
setkey article pagedn "^D"
setkey article pagedn "^V"
setkey article post "P"
setkey article toggle_show_author "\a"
setkey article get_parent_header "\p"
setkey article catchup_all "c"
setkey article catchup_all "\c"
setkey article uncatchup_all "\u"
setkey article catchup "\C"
setkey article uncatchup "\U"
setkey article scroll_dn " " % scroll to next page of article or select article
setkey article scroll_up "^?" % scroll to next page of article
setkey article scroll_up "b" % (scroll_up or article_pageup)
setkey article article_lineup "\\[A" % Scroll article one line up
setkey article article_lineup "\\OA"
setkey article article_linedn "\\[B" % Scroll article one line down
setkey article article_linedn "\"OB"
setkey article article_linedn "
setkey article article_search "/" % Search forward through article
setkey article author_search_forward "a" % Search forward for an author
setkey article author_search_backward "A" % Search backward for an author
setkey article cancel "\^C" % Cancel the article
setkey article delete "d" % Mark current article as read and move to the next unread one
setkey article down "^N" % Move to the next article
setkey article down "\[B"
setkey article down "\OB"
setkey article mark_spot ";" % Set mark at current article
setkey article exchange_mark "," % Set the mark and return to the location of the previous mark.
setkey article followup "f" % Followup on the article
setkey article forward "F" % Forward the article to someone
setkey article help "?" % Show help screen
setkey article hide_article "H" % Hide the article window.
setkey article zoom_article_window "z" % Zoom/UnZoom article window
setkey article art_eob ">" % goto the end of the article
setkey article left "\OD"
setkey article left "\[D"
setkey article next "n" % next unread article
setkey article skip_to_next_group "N" % next group
setkey article prev "p" % previous unread article
setkey article quit "q" % Quit back to group mode.
setkey article redraw "^L" % Redraw the display
setkey article redraw "^R"
setkey article reply "r" % Reply to the author of the current article
setkey article art_bob "<" % goto the beginning of the article
setkey article right "\[C"
setkey article right "\OC"
setkey article save "O" % append to a file in Unix mail format
setkey article subject_search_forward "s" % Search forward/backward for an article with a specific subject
setkey article subject_search_backward "S"
setkey article suspend "^Z" % Suspend the newsreader
setkey article toggle_collapse_threads "\t"
setkey article toggle_rot13 "\R"
setkey article toggle_sort "\S"
setkey article toggle_headers "t" % Toggle the display of some headers on and off
setkey article toggle_quotes "T"
setkey article toggle_signature "\" % Toggle display signature on/off
setkey article toggle_pgpsignature "]" % Toggle display pgp signature on/off
setkey article undelete "u" % Mark the current article as unread
setkey article up "^P" % Move to the previous article
setkey article up "\OA"
setkey article up "\[A"
setkey article header_bob "\<" % Move to first article in list
setkey article header_eob "\>" % Move to last article in list
setkey article shrink_window "^^" % Ctrl-6 or Ctrl-^ % Shrink header window
setkey article enlarge_window "^" % Shift-6 or just ^ % Enlarge header window
setkey article next_high_score "!"
setkey article print_article "y"
setkey article wrap_article "W" % toggle wrapping
%setkey article skip_to_prev_group "" % No default binding
%setkey article fast_quit "" % No default binding
% This is a special hack for HP terminals to get the arrow keys working.
% Are there any other terminals being used with non-ANSI arrow keys?
#if$TERM hpterm
setkey group up "\A"
setkey group down "\B"
setkey article down "\B"
setkey article up "\A"
setkey article left "\D"
setkey article right "\C"
#endif
% Command prompt keymap
setkey readline bol "^A" % Beginning of line
setkey readline eol "^E" % End of line
setkey readline right "\[C" % Move right
setkey readline left "\[D" % Move left
setkey readline bdel "^H" % Delete backward
setkey readline bdel "^?" % Delete Backward
setkey readline del "^D" % Delete Foreword
setkey readline deleol "^K" % Delete to End of line
setkey readline trim "\/" % Trim whitespace
setkey readline quoted_insert "^Q" % Quoted insert
SEE ALSOenviron(5)
Questions about slrn may be posted to the newsgroup news.software.read‐
ers where they will be answered by the author of the program. In addi‐
tion, announcements of new versions of slrn are posted there.
The latest version of slrn is available via anoymous ftp from
space.mit.edu in pub/davis/slrn.
AUTHOR
John E. Davis <davis@space.mit.edu>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
(This list is still incomplete)
Howard Goldstein <hg@n2wx.ampr.org> for updating this man page.
Andrew Greer <Andrew.Greer@vuw.ac.nz> for the VMS port.
Jay Maynard <jmaynard@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu> for the OS/2 port.
Michael Elkins <elkins@aero.org> for the MIME code.
Lloyd Zusman <ljz@ingress.com> performed some cosmetic improvements.
J.B. Nicholson-Owens <jbn@mystery-train.cu-online.com> for extensive
testing.
Mark Olesen <olesen@weber.me.queensu.ca> for suggestions and help with
AIX version.
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