1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/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 slrn-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/slrn/slrn-&slrn-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY slrn-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fh-heilbronn.de/pub/mirrors/slrn/slrn-&slrn-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY slrn-size "1011 KB">
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10 | <!ENTITY slrn-buildsize "9.3 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY slrn-time "0.19 SBU">
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12 | ]>
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13 |
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14 | <sect1 id="slrn" xreflabel="slrn-&slrn-version;">
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15 | <sect1info>
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16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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18 | </sect1info>
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19 | <?dbhtml filename="slrn.html"?>
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20 | <title>slrn-&slrn-version;</title>
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21 |
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22 | <sect2>
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23 | <title>Introduction to <application>slrn</application></title>
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24 |
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25 | <para><application>slrn</application> is a slang-based news reader, capable of reading local news
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26 | spools as well as groups from an <acronym>NNTP</acronym> server. Small local news spools
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27 | can also be created with the use of the slrnpull program included in
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28 | the slrn distribution.</para>
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29 |
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30 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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31 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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32 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&slrn-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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33 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&slrn-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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34 | <listitem><para>Download size: &slrn-size;</para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &slrn-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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36 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &slrn-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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37 | </sect3>
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38 |
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39 | <sect3><title><application>slrn</application> dependencies</title>
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40 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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41 | <para><xref linkend="slang"/> and <acronym>MTA</acronym> (See <xref linkend="server-mail"/>)</para></sect4>
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42 |
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43 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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44 | <para>
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45 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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46 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink>,
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47 | <ulink url="http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/UUDeview/">UUDeview</ulink>,
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48 | <ulink url="http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/inn/">INN</ulink> and
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49 | <ulink url="http://homepage.mac.com/imeowbot/iblog/C1355421991/">libcanlock</ulink>
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50 | </para></sect4>
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51 | </sect3>
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52 |
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53 | </sect2>
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54 |
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55 | <sect2>
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56 | <title>Installation of <application>slrn</application></title>
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57 |
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58 | <para>Install <application>slrn</application> by running the following commands:</para>
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59 |
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60 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
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61 | --with-slrnpull --enable-spool &&
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62 | make &&
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63 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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64 |
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65 | </sect2>
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66 |
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67 | <sect2>
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68 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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69 |
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70 | <para><parameter>--with-slrnpull --enable-spool</parameter>: These
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71 | switches enable building the <command>slrnpull</command>
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72 | executable.</para>
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73 |
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74 | <para><option>--with-ssl</option>: This switch adds OpenSSL support to
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75 | slrn.</para>
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76 |
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77 | <para><option>--with-uudeview</option>: This switch adds UUDeview
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78 | support to slrn.</para>
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79 |
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80 | </sect2>
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81 |
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82 | <sect2>
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83 | <title>Configuring <application>slrn</application></title>
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84 |
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85 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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86 | <para><filename>/etc/slrn.rc</filename>,
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87 | <filename>~/.slrnrc</filename></para>
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88 | </sect3>
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89 |
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90 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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91 |
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92 | <para>The first time <command>slrn</command> is run, the
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93 | <filename>~/.jnewsrc</filename> file must be
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94 | created. For this configuration to work, you must have an environmental
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95 | variable, <envar>NNTPSERVER</envar>, set. In normal operation it would be exported into
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96 | the environment by a startup file, like <filename>/etc/profile</filename>
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97 | or <filename>~/.bashrc</filename>. Here we will just put it into the
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98 | environment of the configuration step. We will use the
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99 | <acronym>LFS</acronym> news server in this example, but you should use
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100 | whatever server you prefer.</para>
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101 |
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102 | <para>Create the <filename>~/.jnewsrc</filename> file with the following
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103 | command:</para>
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104 |
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105 | <screen><userinput><command>NNTPSERVER=<replaceable>news.linuxfromscratch.org</replaceable> \
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106 | slrn -f ~/.jnewsrc --create</command></userinput></screen>
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107 |
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108 | <para>You will also have to edit one of the configuration files. There
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109 | is a sample startup <filename>/usr/share/doc/slrn/slrn.rc</filename>
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110 | file that comes with slrn. It is extensively documented but if you
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111 | need more information, look at <ulink
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112 | url="http://slrn.sourceforge.net/docs/">the slrn
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113 | website</ulink>.</para>
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114 |
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115 | </sect3>
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116 |
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117 | </sect2>
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118 |
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119 | <sect2>
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120 | <title>Contents</title>
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121 | <para>The <application>slrn</application> package contains
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122 | <command>slrn</command> and
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123 | <command>slrnpull</command>.</para>
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124 | </sect2>
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125 |
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126 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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127 |
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128 | <sect3><title>slrn</title>
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129 | <para><command>slrn</command> is the slang-based news reader.</para></sect3>
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130 |
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131 | <sect3><title>slrnpull</title>
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132 | <para><command>slrnpull</command> is used to pull a small news feed from
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133 | an <acronym>NNTP</acronym> server for offline reading.</para></sect3>
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134 |
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135 | </sect2>
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136 |
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137 | </sect1>
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138 |
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