Short: Gadtools-based newsreader for AS225R2/AmiTCP/UUCP/C-News/DNET/AUW Author: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith) Uploader: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith) GRn 2.1a Copyright 1992 - 1995, Michael B. Smith Copyright 1991 - 1992, Michael H. Schwartz All Rights Reserved. GRn is Gadtools Read News, a Gadtools-based newsreader for the Amiga, running Release 2.0 or above. Some special features are available on higher releases. GRn supports locally stored news (via AmigaUUCP, C News, or NNTPxfer) and NNTP in a variety of ways (AS225r2, AmiTCP 2.2 or above, DNet, AUW and direct connection via serial.device or serial clone). GRn 2.1a only has a single difference over GRn 2.1 -- it supports AmiTCP 4.0+. Thanks go to Jarno Tapio Rajahalme , for providing the requisite fix. GRn 3.0 will be available commercially early in 1995. GRn 2.1 is an update to GRn 2.0. Several new features have been added, and several bugs have been fixed. Refer to GRn.guide for detailed information on operating GRn. The file INSTALL tells you how to install GRn (sorry, Installer script didn't happen). Significant changes between GRn 2.0 and GRn 2.1: New Features: + AmiTCP is now supported + AUW is now supported + ReplyPrefix configuration variable added + GRnSaveDir configuration variable added + MODEID=SCREENMODE argument added + When GRn opens a Custom Screen, it now sets AutoScroll. + New GRn icon + Use the system busy pointer on v39 and up + NOSCAN only applies to the scan at startup + Add From: header to all news and mail created (NOTE: this requires a fixed postnews for AmigaUUCP.) + LAST=SUBSCRIBELAST argument added + Keyboard shortcuts for the article list were added + UserShells are now supported for all external programs (this means they can be AmigaDOS scripts, AREXX programs, etc.) + eXtract command added + A Distribution header is no longer added by default, unless an article being replied to had one Bug Fixes: + serial.device input no longer busy-loops + NNTP articles are not retrieved a second time for Save, Print, Reply, Forward, etc. + You may now "Mark" an article as UNREAD, even when it is the only article in a newsgroup + GRn now works better with tin + Refresh of borders on v37 and v38 is complete + The proper detailpen is now used in the subscription window + Requestors are now draggable + Subject/From headers over 512 characters will no longer cause GRn to write over memory it does not own + No longer allow cancellation of arbitrary articles + Properly close socket.library if NNTP server connection failed. + Large fonts will not mess up the subscribe window any longer + The last article in a newsgroup may be marked as unread. + On v39 and above, mouse and keyboard movements are dealt with correctly, when both are used to adjust a listview. + "Followup-To: poster" is now honored + The HOSTNAME argument is no longer treated as a synonym for the NNTPSERVER argument. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 8454 3941 53.3% 03-Jan-95 18:08:38 +CHANGES 264 25 90.5% 02-Feb-92 19:24:38 +grn.font 2424 1493 38.4% 10-Dec-92 17:44:36 +8 68108 36339 46.6% 19-Feb-94 12:47:08 +GRn 95580 48434 49.3% 19-Feb-94 12:24:46 +GRn-Debug 96032 48660 49.3% 19-Nov-94 22:04:30 +GRn-Debug.amitcp 8348 5079 39.1% 19-Feb-94 12:38:18 +GRn-Term 3835 1706 55.5% 19-Feb-94 11:44:42 +GRn-Term.man 68236 36422 46.6% 19-Nov-94 22:05:20 +GRn.amitcp 57950 18273 68.4% 03-Jan-95 18:07:46 +GRn.guide 1704 610 64.2% 30-Nov-93 17:48:10 +GRn.info 28141 28141 0.0% 26-Feb-92 00:11:28 +mailminder1.20.lzh 1084 350 67.7% 03-Jan-95 18:09:30 +MANIFEST 2869 1490 48.0% 03-Jan-95 18:02:10 +README 9844 5735 41.7% 17-Feb-92 01:16:28 +uuencode -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 452873 236698 47.7% 04-Jan-95 05:59:22 15 files