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SLRN: Reading Netnews on CUNIX |
SLRN is one of the two unsupported programs which are available on the CUNIX Cluster for accessing Usenet netnews (the other is tin). SLRN is a single-purpose program which has a number of advanced news-handling features such as the ability to thread news articles (arrange responses adjacent to original postings), and score files (ability to rate articles based on keywords). It is more powerful than Pine, and easier to use and quicker to learn than trn.
| Function | Command |
| Start program | $ slrn Automatically adds new newsgroups when program is run. For speedier starts, add the -n parameter to the command line so new newsgroups are not added. |
| Subscribe to a newsgroup | L takes wildcards, and displays newsgroups if not listed s subscribe to a listed group to which you are not currently subscribed. |
| Unsubscribe from a newsgroup | While on the newsgroup line, u |
| Read articles | Cycles through subscribed groups; or use /newsgroup to go to selected newsgroup command Up Move to the previous article/group Down Move to next article/group Ctrl-V or Ctrl-D Scroll to next page ESC V or Ctrl-U Scroll to previous page ESC < Move to top of the list ESC > Move to bottom of the list space or return Read the article |
| Mark an article 'read' | Automatic, when you read or d Mark article as read and move to next unread article. ESC-d Mark thread as read and move to next unread thread. |
| Mark an article 'unread' | u Mark article as still unread |
| Post an article | P Post a new article (NOT a followup). |
| Post a reply | While reading article, f to post a followup ESC 1 f to post a followup including text of original post. |
| Send a private reply via e-mail | While reading an article, r to e-mail a response R to e-mail including text |
| Save article | o to save article, thread or tagged articles in ~/News/ subdirectory. |
| Get help | ? at any point lists all commands. |
| Quit the program | q in article selector mode to get back to
newsgroup selector mode. q in newsgroup selector mode to quit program. |
| Scoring/Kill file options |
K in newsgroup mode. Toggle scoring mode K in article mode. Create a score entry based on current header. |
| Search Options |
/ Search forward in the article. a Author search forward. A Author search backward. s Subject search forward. S Subject search backward. |
| Others |
X Force a save of the newsrc file. ESC-a Toggle display of group description on/off. ESC Ctrl-C Cancel article (you must be the author). | Pipe the article to an external command. |
The Usenet Info Center includes lists of newsgroups as well as other information.
The Pnews program (note the capital P) allows you to post to newsgroups from outside a newsreading program such as trn/Pine/slrn/tin.
More information on using Pnews is available if you type h for help.
- To start the program, type Pnews at the UNIX $ prompt. You will be asked to which newsgroup(s) you want to post, what distribution limitation to put on your posting, and what subject heading to put on the article.
- You will next be given a choice to continue or quit, and then Pnews will ask whether to include a prepared file.
- Either type a file name (if you have already created a file with an editor such as emacs or Pico), or press the Return key to open an editor allowing you to write your message or edit the headers.
- Once you are done, save the file and quit the editor. (If you are using the default editor emacs, you save and quit by pressing Control-X Control-C and answering y when asked if you want to save the file.
- Pnews will indicate whether the newsgroup(s) you specified were valid, and offer you a choice from: Check spelling, Send, Abort, Edit, or List?
- Use Send to post your article.
| Last update: 12 June 1997 |  |
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