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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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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY tin-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/infosys/newsreaders/tin/v1.8/tin-&tin-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY tin-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.tin.org/pub/news/clients/tin/v1.8/tin-&tin-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY tin-md5sum "e6ed45205020665c097556822b0d575b">
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10 | <!ENTITY tin-size "1.4 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY tin-buildsize "12.4 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY tin-time "0.4 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="tin" xreflabel="tin-&tin-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="tin.html"?>
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17 |
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18 |
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19 | <title>TIN-&tin-version;</title>
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20 |
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21 | <indexterm zone="tin">
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22 | <primary sortas="a-TIN">TIN</primary>
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23 | </indexterm>
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24 |
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25 | <sect2 role="package">
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26 | <title>Introduction to TIN</title>
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27 |
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28 | <para><application>TIN</application> is a threaded NNTP and spool based
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29 | console-mode UseNet newsreader. It supports threading, scoring,
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30 | different charsets, and many other useful things. It has also support for
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31 | different languages.</para>
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32 |
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33 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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34 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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35 | <listitem>
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36 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&tin-download-http;"/></para>
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37 | </listitem>
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38 | <listitem>
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39 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&tin-download-ftp;"/></para>
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40 | </listitem>
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41 | <listitem>
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42 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &tin-md5sum;</para>
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43 | </listitem>
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>Download size: &tin-size;</para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &tin-buildsize;</para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>Estimated build time: &tin-time;</para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | </itemizedlist>
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54 |
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55 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">TIN Dependencies</bridgehead>
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56 |
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57 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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58 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pcre"/>,
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59 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
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60 | an <xref linkend="server-mail"/> that provides the
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61 | <command>sendmail</command> command or <xref linkend="mailx"/>,
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62 | <xref linkend="gnupg"/>,
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63 | <!-- a spell checker (<xref linkend="ispell"/> or <xref linkend="aspell"/>), -->
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64 | <xref linkend="aspell"/>,
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65 | <ulink url="http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/inn/">INN</ulink>,
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66 | <ulink url="http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/UUDeview/">UUDeview</ulink>,
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67 | <ulink url="http://www.inet.no/dante/">Socks</ulink>,
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68 | <ulink
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69 | url="http://ftp4.de.freesbie.org/pub/misc/metamail/mm2.7.tar.Z">Metamail</ulink>,
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70 | and
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71 | <ulink url="http://dmalloc.com/">Dmalloc</ulink>
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72 | or
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73 | <ulink url="ftp://invisible-island.net/dbmalloc/">dbmalloc</ulink></para>
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74 |
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75 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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76 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Tin"/></para>
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77 |
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78 | </sect2>
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79 |
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80 | <sect2 role="installation">
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81 | <title>Installation of TIN</title>
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82 |
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83 | <para>Install <application>TIN</application> by running the following
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84 | commands:</para>
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85 |
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86 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-screen=ncursesw \
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87 | --enable-nntp-only --disable-printing &&
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88 | make build</userinput></screen>
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89 |
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90 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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91 |
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92 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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93 |
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94 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install &&
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95 | make install_sysdefs &&
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96 | rm -vf doc/*.? &&
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97 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/tin-&tin-version; &&
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98 | install -v -m644 doc/* /usr/share/doc/tin-&tin-version;</userinput></screen>
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99 |
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100 | </sect2>
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101 |
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102 | <sect2 role="commands">
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103 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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104 |
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105 | <para><parameter>--with-screen=ncursesw</parameter>: This switch forces
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106 | the use of wide-character functions from the ncursesw library (for UTF-8
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107 | and Asian languages support).</para>
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108 |
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109 | <para><parameter>--enable-nntp-only</parameter>: Reading news from a local
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110 | spool is disabled with this switch. Don't use this if you have installed
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111 | INN and want to use its spool.</para>
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112 |
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113 | <para><parameter>--disable-printing</parameter>: This switch disables
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114 | printing since <application>TIN</application> cannot send non-ASCII text
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115 | to the printer correctly. Remove this switch if you can tolerate this
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116 | limitation.</para>
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117 |
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118 | <para><parameter>--with-editor</parameter>: This switch sets the default
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119 | editor used by <application>TIN</application>. The default is
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120 | <command>vi</command>.</para>
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121 |
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122 | </sect2>
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123 |
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124 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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125 | <title>Configuring TIN</title>
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126 |
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127 | <sect3 id="tin-config">
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128 | <title>Config Files</title>
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129 |
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130 | <para><filename>/etc/tin/tinrc</filename>,
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131 | <filename>~/.tin/tinrc</filename>,
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132 | <filename>~/.newsrc</filename>,
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133 | <filename>/etc/tin/tin.defaults</filename>,
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134 | <filename>/etc/tin/mime.types</filename>,
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135 | <filename>/etc/tin/keymap</filename> and
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136 | <filename>/etc/mailcap</filename></para>
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137 |
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138 | <indexterm zone="tin tin-config">
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139 | <primary sortas="e-etc-tinrc">/etc/tin/tinrc</primary>
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140 | </indexterm>
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141 |
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142 | <indexterm zone="tin tin-config">
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143 | <primary sortas="e-AA.tinrc">~/.tin/tinrc</primary>
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144 | </indexterm>
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145 |
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146 | <indexterm zone="tin tin-config">
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147 | <primary sortas="e-AA.newsrc">~/.newsrc</primary>
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148 | </indexterm>
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149 |
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150 | <indexterm zone="tin tin-config">
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151 | <primary sortas="e-etc-tindefaults">/etc/tin/tin.defaults</primary>
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152 | </indexterm>
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153 |
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154 | <indexterm zone="tin tin-config">
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155 | <primary sortas="e-etc-tinkeymap">/etc/tin/keymap</primary>
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156 | </indexterm>
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157 |
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158 | <indexterm zone="tin tin-config">
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159 | <primary sortas="e-etc-mailcap">/etc/mailcap</primary>
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160 | </indexterm>
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161 |
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162 | </sect3>
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163 |
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164 | <sect3>
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165 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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166 |
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167 | <para>Set some global defaults for <application>TIN</application> by
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168 | running the following commands as the
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169 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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170 |
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171 | <screen role='root'><userinput>cat > /etc/tin/tinrc << "EOF"
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172 | use_mouse=ON
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173 | getart_limit=100
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174 | translit=ON
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175 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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176 |
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177 | <para>Now, as an unprivileged user, subscribe to some newsgroups,
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178 | specify the news server, and run <command>tin</command>:</para>
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179 |
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180 | <screen><userinput>cat >> ~/.newsrc << "EOF"
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181 | gmane.linux.lfs.devel:
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182 | gmane.linux.lfs.beyond.devel:
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183 | EOF
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184 | export NNTPSERVER=news.gmane.org
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185 | tin -Q</userinput></screen>
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186 |
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187 | <para>For printing, <application>TIN</application> executes the
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188 | <command>lpr</command> command. This can be provided by
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189 | <xref linkend="cups"/> or <xref linkend="LPRng"/>.</para>
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190 |
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191 | <para>If you do not have the <command>metamail</command> program,
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192 | <application>TIN</application> will use an internal parser for multipart
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193 | MIME articles. Alternatively, you can use <application>Mutt</application>
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194 | for MIME parsing through the <command>metamutt</command> shell script.
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195 | This requires both the <xref linkend="mutt"/> and
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196 | <xref linkend="procmail"/> programs. To use <command>metamutt</command>,
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197 | set <option>metamail_prog=metamutt</option> in
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198 | <command>tin</command>.</para>
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199 |
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200 | </sect3>
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201 |
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202 | </sect2>
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203 |
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204 | <sect2 role="content">
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205 | <title>Contents</title>
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206 |
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207 | <segmentedlist>
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208 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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209 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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210 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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211 |
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212 | <seglistitem>
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213 | <seg>tin, rtin, tinews.pl, metamutt, opt-case.pl, w2r.pl,
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214 | and url_handler.sh</seg>
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215 | <seg>None</seg>
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216 | <seg>/etc/tin</seg>
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217 | </seglistitem>
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218 | </segmentedlist>
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219 |
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220 | <variablelist>
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221 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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222 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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223 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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224 |
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225 | <varlistentry id="tin-prog">
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226 | <term><command>tin</command></term>
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227 | <listitem>
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228 | <para>is a UseNet news reader.</para>
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229 | <indexterm zone="tin tin-prog">
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230 | <primary sortas="b-tin">tin</primary>
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231 | </indexterm>
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232 | </listitem>
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233 | </varlistentry>
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234 |
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235 | <varlistentry id="rtin">
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236 | <term><command>rtin</command></term>
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237 | <listitem>
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238 | <para>is a symbolic link to <command>tin</command>.</para>
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239 | <indexterm zone="tin rtin">
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240 | <primary sortas="b-rtin">rtin</primary>
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241 | </indexterm>
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242 | </listitem>
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243 | </varlistentry>
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244 |
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245 | <varlistentry id="tinews.pl">
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246 | <term><command>tinews.pl</command></term>
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247 | <listitem>
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248 | <para>posts and signs an article via NNTP.</para>
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249 | <indexterm zone="tin tinews.pl">
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250 | <primary sortas="b-tinews.pl">tinews.pl</primary>
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251 | </indexterm>
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252 | </listitem>
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253 | </varlistentry>
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254 |
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255 | <varlistentry id="metamutt">
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256 | <term><command>metamutt</command></term>
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257 | <listitem>
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258 | <para>is a replacement of <command>metamail</command> using
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259 | <application>Mutt</application>.</para>
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260 | <indexterm zone="tin metamutt">
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261 | <primary sortas="b-metamutt">metamutt</primary>
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262 | </indexterm>
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263 | </listitem>
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264 | </varlistentry>
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265 |
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266 | <varlistentry id="opt-case.pl">
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267 | <term><command>opt-case.pl</command></term>
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268 | <listitem>
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269 | <para>optimizes case insensitive regexp filters for tin.</para>
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270 | <indexterm zone="tin opt-case.pl">
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271 | <primary sortas="b-opt-case.pl">opt-case.pl</primary>
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272 | </indexterm>
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273 | </listitem>
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274 | </varlistentry>
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275 |
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276 | <varlistentry id="w2r.pl">
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277 | <term><command>w2r.pl</command></term>
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278 | <listitem>
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279 | <para>converts tin wildmat filters to tin regexp filters.</para>
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280 | <indexterm zone="tin w2r.pl">
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281 | <primary sortas="b-w2r.pl">w2r.pl</primary>
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282 | </indexterm>
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283 | </listitem>
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284 | </varlistentry>
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285 |
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286 | <varlistentry id="url_handler.sh">
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287 | <term><command>url_handler.sh</command></term>
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288 | <listitem>
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289 | <para>calls a web browser for viewing hyperlinks.</para>
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290 | <indexterm zone="tin url_handler.sh">
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291 | <primary sortas="b-url_handler.sh">url_handler.sh</primary>
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292 | </indexterm>
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293 | </listitem>
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294 | </varlistentry>
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295 |
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296 | </variablelist>
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297 |
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298 | </sect2>
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299 |
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300 | </sect1>
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