[bfe245f] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[bfe245f] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[fce275e] | 7 | <!ENTITY slrn-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/slrn/slrn-&slrn-version;.tar.bz2">
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[bfe245f] | 8 | <!ENTITY slrn-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fh-heilbronn.de/pub/mirrors/slrn/slrn-&slrn-version;.tar.bz2">
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[55c657e] | 9 | <!ENTITY slrn-md5sum "9b613007df537444a5f8a4a2994fadb7">
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[4a46bf8] | 10 | <!ENTITY slrn-size "1011 KB">
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[bfe245f] | 11 | <!ENTITY slrn-buildsize "9.3 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY slrn-time "0.19 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[fd680fb] | 15 | <sect1 id="slrn" xreflabel="slrn-&slrn-version;">
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[38ef567] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="slrn.html"?>
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[e6f1fd6] | 17 |
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[38ef567] | 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 20 | </sect1info>
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[e6f1fd6] | 21 |
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[38ef567] | 22 | <title>Slrn-&slrn-version;</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 23 |
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[38ef567] | 24 | <indexterm zone="slrn">
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| 25 | <primary sortas="a-Slrn">Slrn</primary>
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| 26 | </indexterm>
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[e6f1fd6] | 27 |
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[38ef567] | 28 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 29 | <title>Introduction to Slrn</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 30 |
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[f314186c] | 31 | <para><application>slrn</application> is a slang-based news reader, capable of
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[38ef567] | 32 | reading local news spools as well as groups from an NNTP server. Small local news
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[e6f1fd6] | 33 | spools can also be created with the use of the <command>slrnpull</command>
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[38ef567] | 34 | program included in the <application>slrn</application> distribution.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 35 |
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[38ef567] | 36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 37 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 38 | <listitem>
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| 39 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&slrn-download-http;"/></para>
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| 40 | </listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&slrn-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &slrn-md5sum;</para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download size: &slrn-size;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &slrn-buildsize;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated build time: &slrn-time;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | </itemizedlist>
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[e6f1fd6] | 57 |
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[38ef567] | 58 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Slrn Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[e6f1fd6] | 59 |
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[38ef567] | 60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[7f5c97e] | 61 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="slang"/> and
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| 62 | an <xref linkend="server-mail"/></para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 63 |
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[38ef567] | 64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[4dbbf634] | 65 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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[38ef567] | 66 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink>,
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| 67 | <ulink url="http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/UUDeview/">UUDeview</ulink>,
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| 68 | <ulink url="http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/inn/">INN</ulink> and
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| 69 | <ulink url="http://homepage.mac.com/imeowbot/iblog/C1355421991/">libcanlock</ulink></para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 70 |
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[061ec9d] | 71 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 72 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/slrn"/></para>
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| 73 |
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[38ef567] | 74 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 75 |
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[38ef567] | 76 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 77 | <title>Installation of Slrn</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 78 |
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[f314186c] | 79 | <para>Install <application>slrn</application> by running the following
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[38ef567] | 80 | commands:</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 81 |
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[38ef567] | 82 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
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[4a46bf8] | 83 | --with-slrnpull --enable-spool &&
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[46441976] | 84 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[e6f1fd6] | 91 |
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[38ef567] | 92 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 93 |
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[38ef567] | 94 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 95 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 96 |
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[38ef567] | 97 | <para><parameter>--with-slrnpull --enable-spool</parameter>: These
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| 98 | switches enable building the <command>slrnpull</command>
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| 99 | executable.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 100 |
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[f314186c] | 101 | <para><option>--with-ssl</option>: This switch adds
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| 102 | <application>OpenSSL</application> support to
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[38ef567] | 103 | <application>slrn</application>.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 104 |
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[f314186c] | 105 | <para><option>--with-uudeview</option>: This switch adds
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| 106 | <application>UUDeview</application> support to
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[38ef567] | 107 | <application>slrn</application>.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 108 |
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[38ef567] | 109 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 110 |
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[38ef567] | 111 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 112 | <title>Configuring Slrn</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 113 |
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[38ef567] | 114 | <sect3 id="slrn-config">
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| 115 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 116 |
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[38ef567] | 117 | <para><filename>/etc/slrn.rc</filename>,
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| 118 | <filename>~/.slrnrc</filename></para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 119 |
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[38ef567] | 120 | <indexterm zone="slrn slrn-config">
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| 121 | <primary sortas="e-etc-slrn.rc">/etc/slrn.rc</primary>
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| 122 | </indexterm>
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[e6f1fd6] | 123 |
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[38ef567] | 124 | <indexterm zone="slrn slrn-config">
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| 125 | <primary sortas="e-AA.slrnrc">~/.slrnrc</primary>
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| 126 | </indexterm>
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[e6f1fd6] | 127 |
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[38ef567] | 128 | </sect3>
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[e6f1fd6] | 129 |
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[38ef567] | 130 | <sect3>
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| 131 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 132 |
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[f314186c] | 133 | <para>The first time <command>slrn</command> is run, the
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| 134 | <filename>~/.jnewsrc</filename> file must be created. For this configuration
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[38ef567] | 135 | to work, you must have an environmental variable, <envar>NNTPSERVER</envar>,
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[f314186c] | 136 | set. In normal operation it would be exported into the environment by a startup file,
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| 137 | like <filename>/etc/profile</filename> or <filename>~/.bashrc</filename>. Here it
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| 138 | is just put it into the environment of the configuration step. For now, the LFS news
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[38ef567] | 139 | server is used in this example, but you should use whatever server you prefer.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 140 |
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[38ef567] | 141 | <para>Create the <filename>~/.jnewsrc</filename> file with the following
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| 142 | command:</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 143 |
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[4e88613] | 144 | <screen><userinput>NNTPSERVER=<replaceable><news.&lfs-domainname;></replaceable> \
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[38ef567] | 145 | slrn -f ~/.jnewsrc --create</userinput></screen>
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[e6f1fd6] | 146 |
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[38ef567] | 147 | <indexterm zone="slrn slrn-config">
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| 148 | <primary sortas="e-AA.jnewsrc">~/.jnewsrc</primary>
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| 149 | </indexterm>
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[e6f1fd6] | 150 |
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[38ef567] | 151 | <para>You will also have to edit one of the configuration files. There is a sample
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[f314186c] | 152 | startup <filename>/usr/share/doc/slrn/slrn.rc</filename> file that comes with
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[38ef567] | 153 | <application>slrn</application>. It is extensively documented but if you need more
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[f314186c] | 154 | information, look at <ulink url="http://slrn.sourceforge.net/docs/">the
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[38ef567] | 155 | <application>slrn</application> website</ulink>.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 156 |
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[38ef567] | 157 | </sect3>
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[e6f1fd6] | 158 |
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[38ef567] | 159 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 160 |
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[38ef567] | 161 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 162 | <title>Contents</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 163 |
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[38ef567] | 164 | <segmentedlist>
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| 165 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 166 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 167 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[e6f1fd6] | 168 |
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[38ef567] | 169 | <seglistitem>
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| 170 | <seg>slrn and slrnpull</seg>
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| 171 | <seg>None</seg>
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[46441976] | 172 | <seg>/usr/share/slrn and usr/share/doc/slrn</seg>
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[38ef567] | 173 | </seglistitem>
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| 174 | </segmentedlist>
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[e6f1fd6] | 175 |
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[38ef567] | 176 | <variablelist>
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| 177 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 178 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 179 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[e6f1fd6] | 180 |
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[38ef567] | 181 | <varlistentry id="slrn-prog">
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| 182 | <term><command>slrn</command></term>
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| 183 | <listitem>
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| 184 | <para>is the slang-based news reader.</para>
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| 185 | <indexterm zone="slrn slrn-prog">
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| 186 | <primary sortas="b-slrn">slrn</primary>
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| 187 | </indexterm>
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| 188 | </listitem>
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| 189 | </varlistentry>
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[e6f1fd6] | 190 |
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[38ef567] | 191 | <varlistentry id="slrnpull">
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| 192 | <term><command>slrnpull</command></term>
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| 193 | <listitem>
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| 194 | <para>is used to pull a small news feed from an NNTP server for offline
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| 195 | reading.</para>
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| 196 | <indexterm zone="slrn slrnpull">
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| 197 | <primary sortas="b-slrnpull">slrnpull</primary>
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| 198 | </indexterm>
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| 199 | </listitem>
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| 200 | </varlistentry>
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[e6f1fd6] | 201 |
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[38ef567] | 202 | </variablelist>
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[e6f1fd6] | 203 |
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[38ef567] | 204 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 205 |
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[f45b1953] | 206 | </sect1>
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