SLRN(1)
NAME
slrn - 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This documentation is out of date.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.
SYNOPSIS
slrn [ -n ] [ -h nntp-server-name ] [ -f newsrc-file ] [
-create ] [ -C ] [ -help ]
DESCRIPTION
slrn is an easy to use but powerful NNTP based newsreader.
It relies extensively on the S-Lang programmer's library
for many of its features.
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 initial-
ization 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. Fortu-
nately, this happens only when the -create flag is used.
If -C is specified on the command line, the terminal is
assumed to support colors. Colors may be specified by
using the initialization file. If the -n option is pre-
sent, 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 newsgroups and automatically sub-
scribes 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 column shows the number of unread articles in the
group. The right column shows the range of articles pre-
sent on the server. Note the presence of the ->> in the
first column on the `sci.research.postdoc' line. This sym-
bol 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 something 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 actu-
ally 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 moving on to next news-
group, press `c' to mark all articles as read).
The second field displays the server number of the arti-
cle. The third and fourth fields contain the subject and
author of the article, respectively.
Pressing the SPACEBAR or the RETURN key will create a sec-
ond window and display the contents of the currently
selected article. The screen will now consist of two win-
dows - 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 arti-
cles 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 for-
ward
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 option-
ally save and then decode the tagged articles.
The built-in uudecoder can decode files that con-
tain multiple multi-part uuencoded articles. How-
ever, they must be tagged in the proper order.
The key ESC # may be used to un-tag articles.
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-hidden 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.
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 tem-
plate
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
slrn 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_EDITOR '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 pref-
ered 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 mappings.
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 specifies the keymap to be used for the bindings.
Valid keymaps are: group and article. The function argu-
ment spacifies the function that is executed when keys in
the last argument are pressed. For example,
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 charac-
ters. For example, on many terminals, the RIGHT arrow
sends the three characters ESC, `[' and `C' to the termi-
nal. 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 prefix 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 host-
names `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 suing 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:
menu -- Line at the top of the display (menu bar)
menu_press -- Menu bar entry when activated
status -- Status line attached to windows
cursor -- The --> position indicator
error -- Error messages
group -- Newsgroup names (group mode)
description -- Newsgroup descriptions (group mode)
article -- The body of the article (not headers)
headers -- The lines that constitute the headers of the article
author -- Author's name
subject -- Subject
signature -- Author's signature
quotes -- Quoted material
high_score -- Articles with high scores
tree -- Article tree
tilde -- Tildes (tilde mode)
thread_number -- Thread numbers
normal -- anything not included above
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
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 expres-
sion 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 arti-
cles. In other newsreaders, one of slrn's scoring fea-
tures 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 indicate importance
CONFIGURING THE SCOREFILE
The scorefile system is disabled until you set scorefile
to the pathname 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 sym-
bol 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.read-
ers newsgroups. The second section 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 second 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 arti-
cle 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 sub-
ject 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 some-
one@who.knows.where unless he posts about `gizmos' in one
of the comp.os.development newsgroups. 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 followup to John
Davis' (slrn's author) announcement of a new slrn version:
Newsgroups: news.software.readers
Subject: Re: slrn 0.8.0 Released!
References: lt;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
lt;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_fol-
lowup_string parameter.)
MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS
The .slrnrc initialization file also supports the follow-
ing 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
% This is a sample startup file for the slrn news reader. The percent
% character is used for comments.
% 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
%hostname "YOUR.HOSTNAME"
%set username "jdoe"
%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
quote_string ">"
% 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 string. Here, the following format specifiers are
% recognized: %d:date, %r:real name, %f:email address, %s:subject,
% %m:msgid, %n:newsgroups, %%: percent
followup "On %d, %r <%f> wrote:"
%Custom headers to add to post/followup
%set custom_headers "X-Whatever: bla0-Misc: bla bla"
% 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.
set Xbrowser "netscape %s &"
set non_Xbrowser "lynx %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 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
% Enable xterm mouse support: 1 to enable, 0 to disable
set mouse 0
% 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, do not display the name of the author.
% If 1, display subject then name. If 2, display name then subject.
set author_display 2
% 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 1
% If greater than 0, a Cc: header to poster will automatically be generated on
% followups. If -1, prompt first.
set cc_followup 0
cc_followup_string "[This message has also been posted.]"
% 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"
% 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"
% Command used to invoke editor. In the following example, %s represents
% the file name and %d represents the starting line number
%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.
set sorting_method 3
set display_score 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
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
% 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
% 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 '*'
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
% Local spool configuration
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
% set spool_inn_root "/export/opt/inn"
% set spool_root "/export/news"
% set spool_nov_root "/export/news"
%
%% -- The following filenames are relative to spool_root
%
% set spool_nov_file ".overview"
% set spool_active_file "data/active"
% set spool_activetimes_file "data/active.times"
% set spool_newsgroups_file "data/newsgroups"
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
% 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 header_number green white
color normal black white
color error red white
color status yellow blue
color normal black white
color error red white
color status yellow blue
color group blue white
color article blue white
color cursor brightgreen white
color author magenta white
color subject black white
color headers brightcyan white
color menu yellow blue
color menu_press yellow blue
color tree red white
color quotes red white
color thread_number blue white
color high_score red white
color signature red white
color description blue white
color tilde green white
%-----------------------------------------------------
% Monochrome attributes for monochrom terminals
%-----------------------------------------------------
mono normal none
mono header_number none
mono error blink bold
mono status reverse
mono group bold
mono article none
mono cursor bold reverse
mono author none
mono subject none
mono headers bold
mono menu reverse
mono menu_press none
mono tree bold
mono quotes underline
mono thread_number bold
mono high_score bold
mono signature none
mono description none
%------------------------ Group keymap------------------------------------
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 catch_up "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 "X"" % 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_score "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 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 art_eob ">" % goto end of 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 beginning of 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_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 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 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" % "^(ku)"
setkey group down "\B" % "^(kd)"
setkey article down "\B"
setkey article up "\A"
setkey article left "\D"
setkey article right "\C"
#endif
SEE ALSO
environ(5)
Questions about slrn may be posted to the newsgroup
news.software.readers where they will be answered by the
author of the program. In addition, 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 lt;davis@space.mit.edu
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
(This list is still incomplete)
Howard Goldstein lt;hg@n2wx.ampr.org for updating this man
page.
Andrew Greer lt;Andrew.Greer@vuw.ac.nz for the VMS port.
Jay Maynard lt;jmaynard@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu for the OS/2
port.
Michael Elkins lt;elkins@aero.org for the MIME code.
Lloyd Zusman lt;ljz@ingress.com performed some cosmetic
improvements.
J.B. Nicholson-Owens lt;jbn@mystery-train.cu-online.com for
extensive testing.
Mark Olesen lt;olesen@weber.me.queensu.ca for suggestions
and help with AIX version.