.\"
.\" Project   : tin - a Usenet newsreader
.\" Module    : tin.1
.\" Author    : I. Lea, U. Janssen
.\" Created   : 1991-08-23
.\" Updated   : 1998-08-08
.\" Notes     : still needs some work
.\"
.\"
.TH tin 1 "August 8th, 1998" "1.4" "A Usenet newsreader"
.\"
.\"
.SH NAME
tin, rtin, tind \- A Usenet newsreader
.\"
.\"
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tin
.RB [\|[\| \-h \||\| \-H \||\| \-V \|]\ \||
.RB [\|[\|[\| \-a \|]
.RB [\| \-dlnq \||\| -Q \|]
.RB [\| \-ArzX \|]\|]
.RB [\|[\| \-R \||\| -S \|]
.RB -s
.IR News-dir \|]
.RB [\| \-cuvUZ \|]
.RB [\| \-N \||\| -M
.IR address \|]
.RB [\| \-o \||\| \-w \|]\|]
.RB [\| \-D
.IR debug-level \|]
.RB [\| \-f
.IR newsrc-file \|]
.RB [\| \-g
.IR server \|]
.RB [\| \-m
.IR Mail-dir \|]
.RB [\| \-p
.IR port \|]
.RB [\| \-I
.IR index-dir \|]\ \|[ newsgroup \|[\|,.\|.\|.\|]\|]\|]
.br
.sp
.B rtin
.RB [\|[\| \-h \||\| \-H \||\| \-V \|]\ \||
.RB [\|[\|[\| \-a \|]
.RB [\| \-dlnq \||\| -Q \|]
.RB [\| \-AzX \|]\|]
.RB [\| \-cvZ \|]
.RB [\|[\| -S \|]
.RB -s
.IR News-dir \|]
.RB [\| \-N \||\| -M
.IR address \|]
.RB [\| \-o \||\| \-w \|]\|]
.RB [\| \-D
.IR debug-level \|]
.RB [\| \-f
.IR newsrc-file \|]
.RB [\| \-g
.IR server \|]
.RB [\| \-m
.IR Mail-dir \|]
.RB [\| \-p
.IR port \|]\ \|[ newsgroup \|[\|,.\|.\|.\|]\|]\|]
.br
.sp
.B tind
.RB [\|[\| \-h \||\| \-H \||\| \-V \|]\ \||
.RB [\| \-d \||\| \-P  \||\| \-v \|]
.RB [\| \-D
.IR debug-level \|]
.RB [\| \-f
.IR newsrc-file \|]
.RB [\| \-I
.IR index-dir \|]\\|]
.\"
.\"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B tin
is a full-screen easy to use Usenet newsreader. It can read news locally (i.e.,
\fI/var/spool/news\fP) or remotely (\fBrtin\fR or \fBtin -r\fR option) via a
NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol) server. It will automatically utilize
NOV (News OVerview) style index files if available locally or via the NNTP
XOVER command.
.PP
.B tin
has four separate levels of operation: Group selection level, Group
level, Thread level and Article level. Use the `h' (help) command to view a
list of the commands available at a particular level.
.PP
On startup \fBtin\fR will show a list of the newsgroups found in
\fI$HOME/.newsrc\fP. An arrow '->' or highlighted bar will point to the
first newsgroup. Move to a group by using the terminal arrow keys (terminal
dependent) or `j' and `k'. Use PgUp/PgDn (terminal dependent) or Ctrl-U and
Ctrl-D to page up/down. Enter a newsgroup by pressing <RETURN>.
.PP
The <TAB> key advances to the next newsgroup with unread articles and enters
it.
.\"
.\"
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 12
.B -a
Toggle ANSI color (default is off).
.TP
.B -A
Force authenticaion on initial connect.
.TP
.B -c
Create/update index files for every group in \fI$HOME/.newsrc\fP or file
specified by the ``\fB-f\fR'' option and mark all articles as read.
.TP
.B -d
Don't load newsgroup descriptions (interactive mode).
.sp
Delete index files for each group before indexing article (\fBtind\fR index
daemon only).
.TP
.BI -D " debug-level"
Enter debug-level (1 = NNTP, 2 = all).
.TP
.BI -f " file"
Use the specified file of subscribed to newsgroups in place of
\fI$HOME/.newsrc\fP.
.TP
.BI -g " server"
Use the server and newsrc specified in \fI$HOME/.tin/newsrctable\fP.
.TP
.B -h
Help listing all command line options.
.TP
.B -H
Brief introduction to \fBtin\fR that is also shown the first time it is
started.
.TP
.BI -I " dir"
Directory in which to store newsgroup index files. Default is
\fI$HOME/.tin/.news\fP. This option is disabled if \fBtin\fR is compiled
as reading news via NNTP only.
.TP
.BI -l
Get number of articles per group from the \fIactive\fP file - this might
result in incorrect counts but usualy is faster as the default
which is to read the active file and then check the article count via a
GROUP command ``\fB-ln\fR''.
.TP
.BI -m " dir"
Mailbox directory to use. Default is \fI$HOME/Mail\fP.
.TP
.BI -M " user"
Mail unread articles to specified user for later reading. For more
information read section AUTOMATIC MAILING AND SAVING NEW NEWS.
.TP
.B -n
Only load groups from the active file that are subscribed to in the user's
\fI$HOME/.newsrc\fP. This allows a noticeable speedup when connecting via a
slow line, but \fBtin\fR cannot tell which groups are moderated.
.TP
.B -N
Mail unread articles to yourself for later reading. For more
information read section AUTOMATIC MAILING AND SAVING NEW NEWS.
.TP
.B -o
Quick post all postponed articles and exit.
.TP
.BI -p " port"
Port to use if reading via NNTP (default is 119). This also overrides
the environment variable $\fBNNTPPORT\fR if set.
.TP
.B -P
Purge group index files of articles that no longer exist. Care should be
taken when using this command as it checks each and every article in each
group that is accessed. On a low speed connection this can have an
undesirable effect and it also knocks the hell out of your file-system
(\fBtind\fR index daemon only).
.TP
.B -q
Don't check for new newsgroups.
.TP
.B -Q
Quick start. Start \fBtin\fR as quickly as possible. Currently this is equivalent
to ``\fB-nqd\fR''.
.TP
.B -r
Read news remotely from the default NNTP server specified in the environment
variable $\fBNNTPSERVER\fR or contained in the file
\fI/etc/nntpserver\fP.
.TP
.B -R
Read news saved by the ``\fB-S\fR'' option.
.TP
.BI -s " dir"
Save/read articles to/in directory. Default is \fI$HOME/News\fP.
.TP
.B -S
Save unread articles for later reading by the ``\fB-R\fR'' option. For more
information read section AUTOMATIC MAILING AND SAVING NEW NEWS\fP.
.TP
.B -u
Create/update index files for every group in \fI$HOME/.newsrc\fP or file
specified by the ``\fB-f\fR'' option. This option is disabled if \fBtin\fR
retrieves its index files via a NNTP server.
.TP
.B -U
Start \fBtin\fR in the background to update index files while reading news
in the foreground. This option is disabled if \fBtin\fR retrieves its index
files via a NNTP server.
.TP
.B -v
Verbose mode for ``\fB-c\fR'', ``\fB-M\fR'', ``\fB-S\fR'', ``\fB-u\fR''
and ``\fB-Z\fR'' options.
.TP
.B -V
Print version and date information.
.TP
.B -w
Quick mode to post an article and then exit.
.TP
.B -X
Don't save any files (i.e. \fI$HOME/.newsrc\fP) if quitting \fBtin\fR.
.TP
.B -z
Only start \fBtin\fR if there is any new/unread news. If there is news
\fBtin\fR will position cursor at first group with unread news. Useful for
putting in login file.
.TP
.B -Z
Check if there is any new/unread news and exit with appropriate status. If
``\fB-v\fR'' option is specified the number of unread articles in each group
is printed. An exit code 0 indicates no news, 1 that an error occurred and
2 that new/unread news exists. Useful for writing scripts.
.PP
\fBtin\fR can also dynamically change its options by the `M' menu command.
Any changes are written to \fI$HOME/.tin/tinrc\fP. For more information see
section GLOBAL OPTIONS MENU AND TINRC CONFIGURABLE VARIABLES.
.PP
The index daemon version, \fBtind\fR, supports the ``\fB-d\fR'',
``\fB-f\fR'', ``\fB-h\fR'', ``\fB-I\fR'' and ``\fB-v\fR'' options.
.PP
A list of groups can be specified after the other command line options. This
can be useful if you wish to yank in or subscribe to a hand-picked subset of
the active newsgroups. The list may include the usual newsgroup wildcard
characters. It can be comma or space separated, eg:
.PP
.RS
alt.config news.*,!news.test
.RE
.PP
If you specify a single group-name, or a wildcard that matches a single
group, then you will automatically enter that group. Otherwise the normal
group selection screen will appear, but with all the matching groups present
too, as though you had yanked just those groups in.
.PP
Once you use `y' to yank in all active groups, or `r' to toggle the
read/unread status, then the command line groups will be gone. You can use
`Y' to reread the active file and get them back.
.PP
NB: With the ``\fB-n\fR'' flag, only unsubscribed groups in the
\fI$HOME/.newsrc\fP file (or the newsrc-file given by the ``\fB-f\fR''
command-line switch or via \fI$HOME/.tin/newsrctable\fP) can be matched.
.\"
.\"
.SH "NEWS ADMINISTRATION"
Maintaining Netnews on large networks of machines can be a pretty time
consuming job as I discovered when I was given the job of maintaining our
news system and news users.
.PP
A user starting \fBtin\fR for the first time can be automatically subscribed
to a list of newsgroups that are deemed appropriate by the news
administrator. The subscriptions file should be created in your news lib
directory (i.e., \fI$NEWSLIBDIR/subscriptions\fP) and should have file
permissions set to 0644. If you read news via NNTP, then your news server
must support the LIST SUBSCRIPTIONS command. It is part of the Common NNTP
Extensions and all modern servers should understand it.
.\"
.\"
.SH "SCREEN FORMAT"
\fBtin\fR has four separate levels of operation: Selection level,
Group level, Thread level and Article level.
.PP
At the Group Selection level the title displays (the name of the newsserver
and) the number of subscribed groups (containing new unread articles). The
newsgroups are displayed in the middle of the screen with the number of
unread articles displayed on the same line in front.
.PP
.\" FIXME - make this autoscale
.nf
->M    1     2  comp.security.announce  Announcements from the CERT abou
  M    2     1  news.admin.announce     Announcements for news adminstra
       3    22  news.software.misc      News-related software other than
       4  1475  news.software.nntp      The Network News Transfer Protoc
  X    5   124  news.software.readers   Discussion of software used to r
.fi
.PP
There may also be a character prefixing the line. An explanation follows:
.TP 10
.B u
This group is unsubscribed. To see only your subscribed groups use the `r'
or `y' toggle keys.
.TP
.B M
This is a moderated group. Any posts you make will have to be approved by the
group administrator before it will be made public. \fBtin\fR will ask for
confirmation before you post to a moderated group.
.TP
.B N
This is a new newsgroup which has been created since you last used
\fBtin\fR. New newsgroups are not subscribed to by default (However, see
the $\fBAUTOSUBSCRIBE\fR / $\fBAUTOUNSUBSCRIBE\fR environment variables). Subscribe to it
in the normal way if you wish the group to continue to appear in your
Selection Menu. Simply ignore new newsgroups and they will be gone the next
time you start \fBtin\fR. You will have to yank in all the groups to find
them in a later session.
.TP
.B D
This group no longer exists. If you no longer wish to see this group then
unsubscribe from it in the normal way. This flag will only appear if
you have set 'strip_bogus' to "ask" in the Options Menu.
.TP
.B X
You may no longer make posts to this group. Often a group will be superseded
by a more appropriately named one.
.TP
.B =
This group has been renamed and you may no longer post to it. If you do, then
you will receive an error from your newsserver telling you the correct group
to post to.
.PP
At the Group level the title contains the name of the group, the number
of conversation threads, the threading-method, the total number of articles,
the number of killed articles and the number of hot articles. i.e.,
alt.sources (5T(B) 23A 0K 0H).
It might also contain an R if your are in 'show_only_unread' mode and an M
if the group is moderated. (The later does not work with the ``\fB-n\fR''
command-line switch!).
If a thread has unread articles in it it's marked with a `+' in font of the
total number of articles in the thread.
If a thread has hot articles in it (see also section FILTERING ARTICLES)
it's marked with a `*' in font of the total number of articles in the thread.
There might also be shown the number of lines of the first (unread) article
in the thread right before the subject - this is controlled by
the 'show_lines' option.
.PP
.\" FIXME - make this autoscale
.nf
                de.admin.net-abuse.announce (11T(B) 13A 0K 0HM)

->   1   +   3  108 bincancels in de.talk.sex        Christopher Lueg <l
     2   +       69 EMP/ECP gecancelt. xynx. BI= 10  Henning Weede <hwee
     3   +       93 EMP gecancelt. SouthBeach/Palms  Henning Weede <hwee
     4   *      368 <1997-11-12> Fremdcancel-FAQ     Thomas Roessler <ro
.fi
.PP
At the Thread level the screen usually (depends on the threading method used)
looks like this:
.\" FIXME - add description of fields
.PP
.\" FIXME - make this autoscale
.nf
->   0      [   7]  What is this funny tree in the thr  Robert F. Simmig
     1      [  12]  `->                                 Sephan Wagner <s
     2      [ 230]  | `->Tin thread-level (was: What is Bob Johnson <bob
     3      [  22]  `->tin threading menu               Brian Richardson

.fi
.PP
At the Article level the page header has the following format:
.\" FIXME - add description of fields
.PP
.\" FIXME - make this autoscale
.nf
Sun, 28 Dec 1997 21:21:01   de.admin.news.groups      Thread   20 of 86
Lines 50   Re: EINSPRUCH zu RESULT:de.comm.mobil.ALL   RespNo  47 of 59
Urs Janssen <urs@akk.org>        at Arbeitskreis Kultur und Kommunikati

article-body
.fi
.\"
.\"
.SH "COMMON MOVING KEYS"
This table shows the common keys/commands for moving at all four levels
within \fBtin\fR.
.RS
.nf
.ta \w'Beg. of list/article  'u +\w'ansi/vt100  'u
	ansi/vt100	Other Terminals
Beg. of list/article	\fBHome\fR	\fB1\fR (\fB^R\fR or \fBg\fR at article level)
End of list/article	\fBEnd\fR	\fB$\fR (also \fBG\fR at article level)
Page Up	\fBPgUp\fR	\fB^U\fR or \fB^B\fR or \fBb\fR
Page Down	\fBPgDn\fR	\fB^D\fR or \fB^F\fR or \fB<SPACE>\fR
Line Up	\fBUp arrow\fR	\fBk\fR (not at article level)
Line Down	\fBDown arrow\fR	\fBj\fR (not at article level)
.fi
.RE
.\"
.\"
.SH "COMMON EDITING COMMANDS"
An emacs style editing package allows the easy editing of input strings.
An history list allows the easy reuse of previously entered strings.
The following commands are available when editing a string:
.PP
.TP 10
.B ^A, ^E
move to beginning or end of line, respectively.
.TP
.B ^F, ^B
non-destructive move forward or back one location, respectively.
.TP
.B ^D
delete the character currently under the cursor, or send EOF if no
characters in the buffer.
.TP
.B ^H, <DEL>
delete character left of the cursor.
.TP
.B ^K
delete from cursor to end of line.
.TP
.B ^P, ^N
move through history, previous and next, respectively.
.TP
.B ^L, ^R
redraw the current line.
.TP
.B <CR>
places line on history list if non-blank, appends newline and returns
to the caller.
.TP
.B <ESC>
aborts the present editing operation.
.\"
.\"
.SH "NEWSGROUP SELECTION COMMANDS"
.TP 10
.B 4
Select group 4.
.TP
.B ^L
Redraw page.
.TP
.B ^O
Reload postponed article. If your system blocks CTRL-O you must quote it by
pressing CTRL-V first. The postpone-menu offers the following actions: `y' =
reload and spawn editor; `Y' = post article (without spawning editor); `A' =
post all postponed articles (without spawning editor); `n' = skip this
article; `q' = quit postponed menu. Currently there is no 'simple' way to
delete a posponed article from the posponed-file, you have to use the
following commandsequence instead: reload it with '^O', enter editor with
'y', quit editor, discard posting with 'q'. See also ``\fB-o\fR''
command-line switch.
.TP
.B ^R
Reset \fI$HOME/.newsrc\fP file.
.TP
.B <CR>
Read current group.
.TP
.B <TAB>
View next group with unread news. Will wrap around to the beginning of the
group selection list looking for unread groups.
.TP
.B &
Toggle use of ANSI color.
.TP
.B c
Mark current group as all read with confirmation and goto next group
in group selection list.
.TP
.B C
Mark current group as all read and goto next unread group in group
selection list.
.TP
.B d
Toggle display to show just the group name or the group name and the groups
description.
.TP
.B g
Choose a new group by name. The position of the group within the group
list will also be asked for. By entering `1' the new group will be the
first group in the displayed list, by entering `8' the group will be
the eighth group in the list etc. By entering `$' the group will be the
last group displayed.
.TP
.B h
Help screen of newsgroup selection commands.
.TP
.B H
Toggle the display of help mini menu at the bottom of the screen.
.TP
.B i
Show description of the current newsgroup at the last line.
.TP
.B I
Toggle inverse video.
.TP
.B m
Move the current group within the group selection list.
By entering `1' the group will become the first displayed group in
the list, by entering `8' the eighth group in the list etc. By
entering `$' the group will be the last group displayed.
.TP
.B M
User configurable options menu (for more information see section
GLOBAL OPTIONS MENU AND TINRC CONFIGURABLE VARIABLES).
.TP
.B O
Reload postponed article. See also ``\fB-o\fR'' command-line switch.
.TP
.B q
Quit \fBtin\fR - ask the user to confirm if 'confirm_to_quit' is on.
.TP
.B Q
Quit \fBtin\fR - don't ask the user to confirm.
.TP
.B r
Toggle display of all subscribed to groups and just the subscribed to groups
containing unread articles. Command has no effect if groups were read from
the command line when \fBtin\fR was started.
.TP
.B R
Mail a bug report or comment to <tin-bugs@tin.org>. This is the best way of
getting bugs fixed and features added/changed.
.TP
.B s
Subscribe to current group.
.TP
.B S
Subscribe to groups matching user specified pattern.
.TP
.B u
Unsubscribe to current group.
.TP
.B U
Unsubscribe to groups matching user specified pattern.
.TP
.B v
Print \fBtin\fR version information.
.TP
.B w
Post an article to current group. If posting fails for some reason, you'll
get the chance to edit (`e')the article again, postpone (`o') it for later
processing (see also ``\fB-o\fR''command-line switch) or discard (`q') it.
.TP
.B W
List articles posted by user. The date posted, the newsgroup and the
subject are listed.
.TP
.B X
Quit \fBtin\fR without saving (changed) configuration.
.TP
.B y
The first time this command is called it will yank in all groups from
\fI$NEWSLIBDIR/active\fP that are not in \fI$HOME/.newsrc\fP.
After any groups have been subscribed/unsubscribed to, this command
if pressed again will reread \fI$HOME/.newsrc\fP and display only
the subscribed groups.
.TP
.B Y
Reread the active file to see if any new news has arrived since
starting \fBtin\fR.
.TP
.B z
Mark all articles in the current group as unread.
.TP
.B /
Group forward search.
.TP
.B ?
Group backward search.
.\"
.\"
.SH "GROUP INDEX COMMANDS"
.\" FIXME - update and add missing keys
.TP 10
.B 4
Select article 4.
.TP
.B ^A
Auto select article(s) via a menu. Read the section FILTERING ARTICLES
for more information.
.TP
.B [
Auto select article(s) with a single key. The defaults used for selection
are set via the following four tinrc config variables:
.in +.3i
default_filter_select_header
.in +.3i
0,1 = ``Subject:'', 2,3 = ``From:'', 4 = ``Message-Id:'' & full ``References:'' line,
5 = ``Message-Id:'' & last ``References:'' entry only,
6 = ``Message-Id:'' entry only, 7 = ``Lines:''
.in -.3i
default_filter_select_global
.in +.3i
ON = apply to all groups, OFF = apply to current group
.in -.3i
default_filter_select_case
.in +.3i
ON = filter case sensitive, OFF = ignore case
.in -.3i
default_filter_select_expire
.in +.3i
ON = expire after specified time, OFF = always apply the filter
.in -.6i
Read the section FILTERING ARTICLES for more information.
.TP
.B ^K
Kill article(s) via a menu. Read the section FILTERING ARTICLES for
more information.
.TP
.B ]
Kill article(s) with a single key. The defaults used for killing
are set via the following four tinrc config variables:
.in +.3i
default_filter_kill_header
.in +.3i
0,1 = ``Subject:'', 2,3 = ``From:'', 4 = ``Message-Id:'' & full ``References:'' line,
5 = ``Message-Id:'' & last ``References:'' entry only,
6 = ``Message-Id:'' entry only, 7 = ``Lines:''
.in -.3i
default_filter_kill_global
.in +.3i
ON = apply to all groups, OFF = apply to current group
.in -.3i
default_filter_kill_case
.in +.3i
ON = filter case sensitive, OFF = ignore case
.in -.3i
default_filter_kill_expire
.in +.3i
ON = expire after specified time, OFF = always apply the filter
.in -.6i
Read the section FILTERING ARTICLES for more information.
.TP
.B ^L
Redraw page.
.TP
.B ^O
Reload postponed article. If your system blocks CTRL-O you must quote it
by pressing CTRL-V first.
.TP
.B <CR>
Read current article.
.TP
.B <TAB>
View next unread article or group.
.TP
.B a
Author forward search.
.TP
.B A
Author backward search.
.TP
.B B
Search the body of all articles in group (can be slow).
.TP
.B c
Mark all articles as read with confirmation.
.TP
.B C
Mark all articles as read and goto next group with unread news.
.TP
.B d
Toggle display to show just the subject or the subject and author.
.TP
.B g
Choose a new group by name.
.TP
.B h
Help screen of group index commands.
.TP
.B H
Toggle the display of help mini menu at the bottom of the screen.
.TP
.B i
Display the subject of the first article in the current thread in the last line.
.TP
.B I
Toggle inverse video.
.TP
.B K
Mark article/thread as read and advance to next unread article/thread.
.TP
.B l
List the author of each response in current thread and enter thread
selection level.
.TP
.B m
Mail current article / thread / auto selected (hot) articles /
articles matching pattern / tagged articles to someone.
.TP
.B M
User configurable options menu (for more information see section
GLOBAL OPTIONS MENU AND TINRC CONFIGURABLE VARIABLES).
.TP
.B n
Go to next group.
.TP
.B N
Go to next unread article.
.TP
.B o
Output current article / thread / auto selected (hot) articles /
articles matching pattern / tagged articles to printer.
.TP
.B O
Reload postponed article. See also ``fB-o\fR'' command-line switch.
.TP
.B p
Go to previous group.
.TP
.B P
Go to previous unread article.
.TP
.B q
Return to previous level.
.TP
.B Q
Quit \fBtin\fR.
.TP
.B s
Save current article / thread / auto selected (hot) articles /
articles matching pattern / tagged articles to file / files /
mailbox. To save to a mailbox enter '=' or '=mailbox' when asked
for filename to save to. To save in <newsgroup name>/<filename>
format enter '+filename'. Environment variables are allowed within
a filename (i.e., \fI$SOURCES/dir/filename\fP).
.TP
.B t
Toggle tag-status of current article / thread for mailing (`m') /
piping (`|') / printing (`o') / saving (`s') / reposting (`x').
.TP
.B u
Cycle the threading mode through no threading, threading by subject,
threading by references, threading on both subject and references.
.TP
.B U
Untag all articles that were tagged.
.TP
.B v
Print \fBtin\fR version information.
.TP
.B w
Post an article to current group. If posting fails for some reason, you'll
get the chance to edit (`e')the article again, postpone (`o') it for later
processing (see also ``\fB-o\fR''command-line switch) or discard (`q') it.
.TP
.B W
List articles posted by user. The date posted, the newsgroup and the
subject are listed.
.TP
.B x
Repost an already posted article / thread / auto selected (hot)
articles / articles matching pattern / tagged articles to another
newsgroup(s). Useful for reposting from global to local newsgroups.
Do not use this to cross-post your own articles.
.TP
.B X
Mark all unread articles that have not been selected as read,
redo screen to reflect changes and put index at the first
thread to begin reading. Pressing `X' again will toggle back
to the way it was before. See `~' command for clearing the
toggle effect.
.TP
.B z
Mark current article as unread.
.TP
.B Z
Mark current thread as unread.
.TP
.B /
Search forward for specified subject.
.TP
.B ?
Search backward for specified subject.
.TP
.B #
Choose range of articles to be affected by next command.
.TP
.B -
Show last message.
.TP
.B |
Pipe current article / thread / auto selected (hot) articles /
articles matching pattern / tagged articles into command.
.TP
.B *
Select current thread for later processing.
.TP
.B \\.
Toggle selection of current thread. If at least one unread art,
but not all unread arts, in thread is selected, then all unread
arts become selected.
.TP
.B @
Reverse all selections on all articles.
.TP
.B ~
Undo all selections on all articles. It clears the toggle effect
of `X' command. Thus after first doing a `X', one can then do `~'
to reset articles. Thus, one can iteratively whittle down
uninteresting threads.
.TP
.B +
Perform auto-selection on current group.
.TP
.B =
Prompts for a pattern with which to match on. All threads
whose subjects match the pattern will be selected. A pattern
of ``*'' will match all subjects. Entering just <CR> will cause
the previous entered pattern to be used.
.TP
.B ;
For each thread in current group, if it at least one unread
art is selected, all unread arts become selected. This is
useful for auto-selection on author where reader wants to
see entire thread.
.\"
.\"
.SH "THREAD LISTING COMMANDS"
.\" this sections should be complete
.TP 10
.B ^L
Redraw page.
.TP
.B ^O
Reload postponed article. If your system blocks CTRL-O you must quote it
by pressing CTRL-V first.
.TP
.B <CR>
Read current article within thread.
.TP
.B <TAB>
View next unread article within thread.
.TP
.B ^
Choose first article in thread.
.TP
.B $
Choose last article in thread.
.TP
\fB/\fR
Choose article by subject string forward search
.TP
.B ?
Choose article by subject string backward search
.TP
.B #
Choose range of articles to be affected by next command.
.TP
.B 4
Select article 4 within thread.
.TP
.B c
Mark thread as read after confirmation and return to previous level.
.TP
.B d
Toggle display to show just the subject or the subject and author.
.TP
.B h
Help screen of thread listing commands.
.TP
.B H
Toggle the display of help mini menu at the bottom of the screen.
.TP
.B I
Toggle inverse video.
.TP
.B K
Mark thread as read.
.TP
.B O
Reload postponed article. See also ``fB-o\fR'' command-line switch.
.TP
.B q
Return to previous level.
.TP
.B Q
Quit \fBtin\fR.
.TP
.B r
Toggle display to show all articles or only unread articles.
.TP
.B R
Mail a bug report or comment to <tin-bugs@tin.org>. This is the best way
of getting bugs fixed and features added/changed.
.TP
.B s
Save article/thread/hot/pattern/tagged articles to file
.TP
.B S
Save tagged articles automatically without user prompts
.TP
.B t
Toggle tag status of current article for mailing (`m') / piping (`|')
/ printing (`o') / saving (`s') / reposting (`x').
.TP
.B U
Untag all tagged threads
.TP
.B v
Print \fBtin\fR version information.
.TP
.B z
Mark current article in thread as unread.
.TP
.B Z
Mark all articles in thread as unread.
.\"
.\"
.SH "ARTICLE VIEWER COMMANDS"
.\" FIXME - refine descriptions, sort items.
.TP 10
.B 0
Read the base article in this thread.
.TP
.B 4
Read response 4 in this thread.
.TP
.B ^A
Auto select article(s) via a menu. Read the section FILTERING ARTICLES
for more information.
.TP
.B [
Auto select article(s) with a single key. The defaults used for selection
are set via the following four tinrc config variables:
.in +.3i
default_filter_select_header
.in +.3i
0,1 = ``Subject:'', 2,3 = ``From:'', 4 = ``Message-Id:'' & full ``References:'' line,
5 = ``Message-Id:'' & last ``References:'' entry only,
6 = ``Message-Id:'' entry only, 7 = ``Lines:''
.in -.3i
default_filter_select_global
.in +.3i
ON = apply to all groups, OFF = apply to current group
.in -.3i
default_filter_select_case
.in +.3i
ON = filter case sensitive, OFF = ignore case
.in -.3i
default_filter_select_expire
.in +.3i
ON = expire after specified time, OFF = always apply the filter
.in -.6i
Read the section FILTERING ARTICLES for more information.
.TP
.B ^G
Perform PGP operations on article.
.TP
.B ^H
Toggle display of all the articles mail header.
.TP
.B ^K
Kill article(s) via a menu. Read the section FILTERING ARTICLES for
more information.
.TP
.B ]
Kill article(s) with a single key. The defaults used for killing
are set via the following four tinrc config variables:
.in +.3i
default_filter_kill_header
.in +.3i
0,1 = ``Subject:'', 2,3 = ``From:'', 4 = ``Message-Id:'' & full ``References:'' line,
5 = ``Message-Id:'' & last ``References:'' entry only,
6 = ``Message-Id:'' entry only, 7 = ``Lines:''
.in -.3i
default_filter_kill_global
.in +.3i
ON = apply to all groups, OFF = apply to current group
.in -.3i
default_filter_kill_case
.in +.3i
ON = filter case sensitive, OFF = ignore case
.in -.3i
default_filter_kill_expire
.in +.3i
ON = expire after specified time, OFF = always apply the filter
.in -.6i
Read the section FILTERING ARTICLES for more information.
.TP
.B ^L
Redraw page.
.TP
.B ^O
Reload postponed article. If your system blocks CTRL-O you must quote it
by pressing CTRL-V first.
.TP
.B <CR>
Goto next base article.
.TP
.B <TAB>
Goto next unread article.
.TP
.B a
Author forward search.
.TP
.B A
Author backward search.
.TP
.B B
Search the body of all articles in group (can be slow).
.TP
.B c
Mark all articles as read with confirmation and return to group selection
level.
.TP
.B C
Mark current group as all read and goto next unread group in group
selection list.
.TP
.B d
Toggle rot-13 decoding for this article.
.TP
.B D
Delete current article. It must have been posted by the same user. The
cancel message can be seen in the newsgroup 'control' or 'control.cancel'.
.TP
.B e
Edit the current article. Only available when in a mailgroup.
.TP
.B ^E
Reply through mail to the author of the current article with a copy of the
article with all headers included.
.TP
.B f
Post a followup to the current article with a copy of the article included.
.TP
.B F
Post a followup to the current article without including a a copy of the
article.
.TP
.B h
Help screen of article page commands.
.TP
.B H
Toggle the display of help mini menu at the bottom of the screen.
.TP
.B i
Display the subject of the current article in the last line.
.TP
.B I
Toggle inverse video.
.TP
.B k
Mark article as read and advance to next unread article.
.TP
.B K
Mark thread as read and advance to next unread thread.
.TP
.B L
Look up article by ``Message:-ID:''.
.TP
.B m
Mail current article / thread / auto selected (hot) articles /
articles matching pattern / tagged articles
to someone.
.TP
.B M
User configurable options menu (for more information see section
GLOBAL OPTIONS MENU AND TINRC CONFIGURABLE VARIABLES).
.TP
.B n
Go to the next article.
.TP
.B N
Go to the next unread article.
.TP
.B o
Output current article / thread / auto selected (hot) articles /
articles matching pattern / tagged articles to printer.
.TP
.B O
Reload postponed article. See also ``\fB-o\fR'' command-line switch.
.TP
.B p
Go to the previous article.
.TP
.B P
Go to the previous unread article.
.TP
.B q
Return to previous level.
.TP
.B Q
Quit \fBtin\fR.
.TP
.B r
Reply through mail to the author of the current article with a copy of the
article included.
.TP
.B R
Reply through mail to the author of the current article without including
the original article.
.TP
.B s
Save current article / thread / auto selected (hot) articles /
articles matching pattern / tagged articles to file / files / mailbox.
To save to a mailbox enter '=' or '=mailbox' when asked for filename
to save to. To save in <newsgroup name>/<filename> format enter '+filename'.
Environment variables are allowed within a filename
(i.e., \fI$SOURCES/dir/filename\fP).
.TP
.B t
Toggle tag status of current article for mailing (`m') / piping (`|')
/ printing (`o') / saving (`s') / reposting (`x').
.TP
.B T
Return to group selection level.
.TP
.B u
Goto parent article.
.TP
.B v
Print \fBtin\fR version information.
.TP
.B w
Post an article to current group. If posting fails for some reason, you'll
get the chance to edit (`e')the article again, postpone (`o') it for later
processing (see also ``\fB-o\fR''command-line switch) or discard (`q') it.
.TP
.B W
List articles posted by user. The date posted, the newsgroup and the
subject are listed.
.TP
.B ^W
Post a followup to the current article with a copy of the article with all
headers included.
.TP
.B x
Repost an already posted article / thread / auto selected (hot)
articles / articles matching pattern / tagged articles to another
newsgroup(s). Useful for reposting from global to local newsgroups.
Do not use this to crosspost your own articles.
.TP
.B z
Mark article as unread.
.TP
.B /
Article forward search.
.TP
.B ?
Article backward search
.TP
.B !
Shell escape.
.TP
.B |
Pipe current article / thread / auto selected (hot) articles /
articles matching pattern / tagged articles into command.
.TP
.B <
Goto the first article in the current thread.
.TP
.B >
Goto the last article in the current thread.
.TP
.B *
Select current thread for later processing.
.TP
.B .
Toggle selection of current article.
.TP
.B @
Reverse article selections.
.TP
.B ~
Undo all selections on current thread.
.TP
.B :
Skip quoted text.
.TP
.B -
Display last article viewed.
.TP
.B _
Toggle word highlighting on/off.
.TP
\fB"\fR
Toggle $\fBTEX2ISO\fR decoding for current article.
.\"
.\"
.SH "GLOBAL OPTIONS MENU AND TINRC CONFIGURABLE VARIABLES"
.\" FIXME - add missing descriptions
.\" FIXME - bring into a useful order
At startup, \fBtin\fR reads in the configuration file. This contains a list
of variables that can be used to configure the way \fBtin\fR works. If it
exists, the global configuration file, \fI/usr/lib/news/tinrc\fP is read.
After that, the users own configuration file is read from
\fI$HOME/.tin/tinrc\fP. The global file is useful for distributing
system-wide defaults to new users who have no private tinrc yet.
.TP
The following variables are user configurable by editing \fI$HOME/.tin/tinrc\fP
directly. Most of them can be set in the GLOBAL OPTIONS MENU which is could
be accessed by pressing `M' at all levels. It allows the user to customize the
behavior of \fBtin\fR. The options are saved to the file \fI$HOME/.tin/tinrc\fP.
Use <SPACE> to toggle the required option and <CR> to set. Use `/', `?' to search
for a specific option. The name in braces is the name of the corresponding setting
in \fI$HOME/.tin/tinrc\fP.
.TP 4
.B Add posted articles to filter (add_posted_to_filter)
If ON add posted articles to filter for highlighting follow-ups.
Default is ON.
.TP
.B Insert 'User-Agent:'-header (advertising)
Turn ON advertising in header (``User-Agent:'').
Default is ON.
.TP
.B Skip multipart/alternative parts (alternative_handling)
If ON strip multipart/alternative messages automatically.
.TP
.B Character to show deleted articles (art_marked_deleted)
The character used to show that an article was deleted.
Default is 'D'.
.TP
.B Character to show inrange articles (art_marked_inrange)
The character used to show that an article is in a range.
Default is '#'.
.TP
.B Character to show returning arts (art_marked_return)
The character used to show that an article will return.
Default is '-'.
.TP
.B Character to show selected articles (art_marked_selected)
The character used to show that an article/thread is auto-selected (hot).
Default is '*'.
.TP
.B Character to show unread articles (art_marked_unread)
The character used to show that an article has not been read.
Default is '+'.
.TP
.B Ask before using metamail (ask_for_metamail)
If ON \fBtin\fR will ask before using metamail to display MIME messages. This only
occurs, if 'use_metamail' is also switched ON.
Default is ON.
.TP
.B Send you a blind cc automatically (auto_bcc)
If ON automatically put your name in the ``Bcc:'' field when mailing an article.
Default is OFF
.TP
.B Send you a cc automatically (auto_cc)
If ON automatically put your name in the ``Cc:'' field when mailing an article.
Default is OFF
.TP
.B List thread using right arrow key (auto_list_thread)
If ON automatically list thread when entering it using right arrow key.
Default is ON.
.TP
.B Use Archive-name: header for save (auto_save)
If ON articles/threads with ``Archive-name:'' in header will be
automatically saved with the Archive-name & part/patch no and
post processed if process type is not set to none. Default is OFF
.TP
.B Save articles in batch mode (-S) (batch_save)
If set ON articles/threads will be saved in batch mode when save
``\fB-S\fR'' or mail ``\fB-M\fR'' is specified on the command line.
Default is OFF.
.TP
.B Show mini menu & posting etiquette (beginner_level)
If set ON a mini menu of the most useful commands will be displayed at the
bottom of the screen for each level. Also a short posting etiquette will be
displayed after composing an article. Default is ON.
.TP
.B Cache NNTP overview files locally (cache_overview_files)
If ON, create local copies of NNTP overview files. This can be used to
considerably speed up accessing large groups when using a slow connection.
.TP
.B Catchup read groups when quitting (catchup_read_groups)
If set ON the user is asked when quitting if all groups read during the
current session should be marked read.
Default is OFF.
.\"
.\" FIXME - I leave this to someone who's using colors
.TP
.B Standard background color (col_back)
Standard background color
.TP
.B Color of sender (From:) (col_from)
Color of sender (From:)
.TP
.B col_head
Color of header-lines
.TP
.B col_help
Color of help pages
.TP
.B col_invers_bg
Color of background for inverse text
.TP
.B col_invers_fg
Color of foreground for inverse text
.TP
.B col_markdash
Color of _underdashed_ words.
.TP
.B col_markstar
Color of *starred* words
.TP
.B col_minihelp
Color of mini help menu
.TP
.B col_newsheaders
Color of actual news header fields
.TP
.B col_normal
Standard foreground color
.TP
.B col_quote
Color of quote-lines
.TP
.B col_response
Color of response counter
.TP
.B col_signature
Color of signature
.TP
.B col_subject
Color of article subject
.TP
.B col_text
Color of text-lines
.TP
.B col_title
Color of Help/Mail-Sign
.TP
.B Confirm commands before executing (confirm_action)
Allows certain commands (i.e., `c' catchup) that require user confirmation
to be executed immediately if set OFF.
Default is ON.
.TP
.B Confirm before quitting (confirm_quit)
If ON confirm with ``y''/``n'' before quitting. Default is ON.
.\"
.\" most of the default_* settings are not available the 'M'enu
.TP
.B default_art_search
.TP
.B default_author_search
.TP
.B default_config_search
.TP
.B default_editor_format
The format string used to create the editor start command with parameters.
Default is '%E +%N %F' (i.e., /bin/vi +7 .article).
.TP
.B default_filter_days
Default is 28.
.TP
.B default_filter_kill_case
Defaults for quick (1 key) kill filter case.
ON = filter case sensitive, OFF = ignore case. Default is OFF.
.TP
.B default_filter_kill_expire
Defaults for quick (1 key) kill filter expire.
ON = limit to 'default_filter_days', OFF = don't ever expire. Default is OFF.
.TP
.B default_filter_kill_global
Defaults for quick (1 key) kill filter global.
ON=apply to all groups OFF=apply to current group. Default is ON.
.TP
.B default_filter_kill_header
Defaults for quick (1 key) kill filter header.
0,1 = ``Subject:'', 2,3 = ``From:'', 4 = ``Message-Id:'' & full ``References:'' line,
5 = ``Message-Id:'' & last ``References:'' entry only,
6 = ``Message-Id:'' entry only, 7 = ``Lines:''
.TP
.B default_filter_select_case
Defaults for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter case.
ON=filter case sensitive OFF=ignore case. Default is OFF.
.TP
.B default_filter_select_expire
Defaults for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter expire.
ON = limit to 'default_filter_days', OFF = don't ever expire. Default is OFF.
.TP
.B default_filter_select_global
Defaults for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter global.
ON=apply to all groups OFF=apply to current group. Default is ON.
.TP
.B default_filter_select_header
Defaults for quick (1 key) auto-selection filter header.
0,1 = ``Subject:'', 2,3 = ``From:'', 4 = ``Message-Id:'' & full ``References:'' line,
5 = ``Message-Id:'' & last ``References:'' entry only,
6 = ``Message-Id:'' entry only, 7 = ``Lines:''
.TP
.B default_goto_group
.TP
.B default_group_search
.TP
.B default_mail_address
.TP
.B Mail directory (default_maildir)
The directory where articles/threads are to be saved in mailbox format.
This feature is mainly for use with the Elm mail program. It allows
the user to save articles/threads/groups simply by giving '=' as
the filename to save to.
Default is \fI$HOME/Mail\fP.
.TP
.B Invocation of your mail command (default_mailer_format)
The format string used to create the mailer command with parameters that is
used for mailing articles to other people.
Default is '%M "%T" < %F' (i.e., /bin/mail "iain" < .article). The flexible
format allows other mailers with different command line parameters to be used
such as 'elm -s "%S" "%T" < "%F"' (i.e., elm -s "subject" "iain" < .article)
or 'sendmail -oem -t < %F' (i.e. sendmail -oem -t < .article).
.TP
.B default_move_group
.TP
.B default_pipe_command
.TP
.B default_post_newsgroups
.TP
.B default_post_subject
.TP
.B Printer program with options (default_printer)
The printer program with options that is to be used to print
articles. Default is lpr for BSD machines and lp for SysV machines.
.TP
.B default_range_group
.TP
.B default_range_select
.TP
.B default_range_thread
.TP
.B default_regex_pattern
.TP
.B default_repost_group
.TP
.B default_save_file
.TP
.B default_save_mode
.TP
.B Directory to save arts/threads in (default_savedir)
Directory where articles/threads are saved. Default is \fI$HOME/News\fP.
.TP
.B default_select_pattern
.TP
.B default_shell_command
.TP
.B Create signature from path/command (default_sigfile)
The path that specifies the signature file to use when posting, following up to
or replying to an article. If the path is a directory then the signature will
be randomly generated from files that are in the specified directory.
Default is \fI$HOME/.Sig\fP.
.TP
.B default_subject_search
.TP
.B Show RFC 2047 ^H-header undecoded (display_mime_allheader_asis)
Similar to \fBdisplay_mime_header_asis\fR, but works on CTRL-h (show all headers)
instead of \fBnews_headers_to_display\fR.
.TP
.B Show RFC 2047 header undecoded (display_mime_header_asis)
If ON, RFC 1522 (now RFC 2047)-style header fields are displayed
without decoding. No effect on header displayed at the top of
each page in article mode and summary mode (they are always decoded).
Default is OFF so that RFC 1522 (RFC 2047)-style headers (designated in
\fBnews_header_to_display\fR) will be decoded back to 8bit when displayed.
.TP
.B Draw -> instead of highlighted bar (draw_arrow)
Allows groups/articles to be selected by an arrow '->' if set ON or
by an highlighted bar if set OFF.
.TP
.B Force redraw after certain commands (force_screen_redraw)
Specifies whether a screen redraw should always be done after certain
external commands. Default is OFF.
.TP
.B Scroll full page (OFF=half page) (full_page_scroll)
If set ON scrolling of groups will be a full page at a time,
otherwise half a page at a time. Currently this is not implemented in the
pager and in the GLOBAL OPTIONS MENU.
.TP
.B Catchup group using left key (group_catchup_on_exit)
if ON catchup group when leaving with the left arrow key. Default is ON.
.TP
.B Max. length of group names shown (groupname_max_length)
Maximum length of the names of newsgroups to be displayed so that more of the
newgroup description can be displayed. Default is 32.
.TP
.B info_in_last_line
If ON, show current group description or articles subject in the last line
(not in the pager and global menu) - `i' toggels setting.
.TP
.B Use inverse video for page headers (inverse_okay)
If ON use inverse video for page headers at different levels. Default is ON.
.TP
.B Keep failed arts in ~/dead.articles (keep_dead_articles)
If ON keep all failed postings in \fI$HOME/dead.articles\fP besides keeping the
last failed posting in \fI$HOME/dead.article\fP. Default is ON.
.TP
.B Keep posted arts in ~/Mail/posted (keep_posted_articles)
If ON keep all postings in \fI$HOME/Mail/posted\fP. Default is ON.
.TP
.B Use 8bit characters in mail headers (mail_8bit_header)
Allows 8bit characters unencoded in the header of mail message. Default is
OFF. Turning it ON is effective only if \fBmail_mime_encoding\fR is also set
to 8bit. Leaving it OFF is safe for most users and compliant to Internet
Mail Standard (STD 11/RFC 822 and RFC 2047).
.TP
.B Mail address (mail_address)
User's mail address, if not username@host.
.TP
.B MIME encoding in mail messages (mail_mime_encoding)
MIME encoding of the body in mail message, if necessary (8bit, base64,
quoted-printable, 7bit) Default is 8bit and no encoding (or charset
conversion) is performed (i.e., local charset is used as it is). If set to
7bit, CJK text in 8bit encoding (EUC-CN, EUC-TW, EUC-JP, EUC-KR, Big5,
Shift_JIS) is supposed to be converted into ISO-2022-KR/JP/CN. Only EUC-KR
to ISO-2022-KR conversion has been implemented, however. Accordingly,
setting it to 7bit has no effect on MIME charsets/encodings other than
EUC-KR (Korean).
.TP
.B Quote line when mailing (mail_quote_format)
Default is "In article %M you wrote:"
.TP
.B Mark saved articles/threads as read (mark_saved_read)
If ON mark articles that are saved as read. Default is ON.
.TP
.B MM_CHARSET (mm_charset)
Charset supported locally, which is also used for MIME header (charset
parameter and charset name in header encoding)
in mail and news posting unless local charset/encoding needs to be
converted into other charset/encoding as in case of EUC-KR which
is converted to ISO-2022-KR if \fBmail_mime_encoding\fR is set to 7bit.
Possible values include ISO-8859-X (where X is 1 to 10), EUC-JP, EUC-CN,
EUC-KR, EUC-TW, Big5, Shift_JIS, and so forth.
If \fBMIME_STRICT_CHARSET\fR is defined at the compile time, text in
charset other than the value of this parameter is considered
not displayable and represented as '?'. Otherwise, all character
sets are regarded as compatible with the display. If it's not set,
the value of the environment variable $\fBMM_CHARSET\fR is used. US-ASCII
or compile-time default is used in case neither of them is defined.
.TP
.B newnews
These are internal timers used by tin to keep track of new newsgroups. Do not
change them unless you understand what they are for.
.TP
.B Display these header fields (or *) (news_headers_to_display)
Which news headers you wish to see. If you want to see _all_ the headers,
place an '*' as this value. This is the only way a wildcard can be used.
If you enter 'X-' as the value, you will see all headers beginning
with 'X-' (like X-Alan or X-Pape). You can list more than one by delimiting with
spaces. Not defining anything turns off this option.
.TP
.B Do not display these header fields (news_headers_to_not_display)
Same as \fBnews_headers_to_display\fR except it denotes the opposite.
An example of using both options might be if you thought X- headers were
A Good Thing(tm), but thought Alan and Pape were miscreants...well then you
would do something like this:
\fInews_headers_to_display=X-\fP
\fInews_headers_to_not_display=X-Alan X-Pape\fP
Not defining anything turns off this option.
.TP
.B Quote line when following up (news_quote_format)
Format of quote line when posting/following up an article (%A=Address, %D=Date,
%F=Addr+Name, %G=Groupname, %M=Message-Id, %N=Name).
Default is "%F wrote:"
.TP
.B PgDn goes to next artice at EOF (pgdn_goto_next)
If ON the PGDN or DOWN command will goto next article when pressed
at end of message
.TP
.B Goto first unread article in group (pos_first_unread)
If ON put cursor at first unread article in group otherwise at last article.
Default is ON.
.TP
.B Use 8bit characters in news headers (post_8bit_header)
Allows 8bit characters unencoded in the header of news article.
Default is OFF. Only enacted if \fBpost_mime_encoding\fR is also set to 8bit.
In a number of local hiearchies where 8bit characters are used,
using unencoded (raw) 8bit characters in header is acceptable and sometimes
even recommended so that you need to check the convention adopted in
the local hierarchy of your interest to determine what to do with this and
\fBpost_mime_encoding\fR.
.TP
.B MIME encoding in news messages (post_mime_encoding)
MIME encoding of the body in news message, if necessary. (8bit, base64,
quoted-printable, 7bit) Default is 8bit, which leads to no encoding (or
charset conversion, i.e., local charset is posted as it is). If set to 7bit,
Chinese and Japanese text (in 8bit encodings such as EUC-CN, EUC-TW, EUC-JP,
Shift_JIS, Big5) is supposed to be converted into ISO-2022-CN/JP, but it's
NOT yet implemented. Therefore, currently 7bit has NO effect (i.e.
equivalent to 8bit) whatever MIME charset/encoding is chosen.
.TP
.B post_process_command
Full pathname of a command to be run after successfully uudecoding an
article / thread. This option should be used in conjunction with
post processing type 2=(uudecode)
A sample script (for Linux) demonstrates a possible use for this:
.RS
.nf

# !/bin/bash
# Sample Tin newsreader postprocessor.
# $1 is the filename that has been uudecoded.
#

[ ! -f "$1" ] && exit 1

case ${1##*.} in
    # View pictures in console mode or X
    #
    gif|jpg|GIF|JPG)
        [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && zgv $1 || xv $1
        ;;
    # List zip archives
    #
    zip)
        unzip -l $1
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Unsupported or missing suffix: ${1##*.}"
        file $1
        ;;
esac

echo ""
echo "Press <RETURN> to exit."
read ans

# end of sample script

.fi
.RE
.TP
.B Post process saved art/thread with (post_process_type)
This specifies the default type of post processing to perform on saved
articles. The following types of processing are allowed:
.in +.5i
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emnone.
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emunpacking of multi-part shar files (shell archives).
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emunpacking of multi-part uuencoded files.
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emunpacking of multi-part uuencoded files, which produce a *.zoo archive
whose contents is listed.
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emunpacking of multi-part uuencoded files, which produce a *.zoo archive
whose contents is extracted.
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emunpacking of multi-part uuencoded files, which produce a *.zip archive
whose contents is listed.
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emunpacking of multi-part uuencoded files, which produce a *.zip archive
whose contents is extracted.
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emunpacking of multi-part uuencoded files, which produce a *.lha archive
whose contents is listed (AmigaOS version only).
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emunpacking of multi-part uuencoded files, which produce a *.lha archive
whose contents is extracted (AmigaOS version only).
.in -.5i
.TP
.B Print all headers when printing (print_header)
This allows the complete mail header or only the ``Subject:'' and ``From:''
fields to be output when printing articles.
Default is OFF.
.TP
.B Process only unread articles (process_only_unread)
If ON only save/print/pipe/mail unread articles (tagged articles excepted).
Default is ON.
.TP
.B Show empty Followup-To in editor (prompt_followupto)
If ON show empty Followup-To header when editing an article
.TP
.B Characters used as quote-marks (quote_chars)
The character used in quoting included text to article followups and mail
replies. The '_' character represents a blank character and is replaced
with ' ' when read. Default is '>_'.
.TP
.B Quote empty lines (quote_empty_lines)
If ON quote empty lines, too. Default is OFF due to backward compatibility,
but it is highly recommended to turn it on as it makes quotes much more
readable.
.TP
.B Quote signatures (quote_signatures)
If ON quote signatures, too.
.TP
.B Interval in secs to reread active (reread_active_file_secs)
The news active file is reread at regular intervals to show if any new news
has arrived. Default is 1200. Setting this to 0 will disable this feature.
.TP
.B Save mail in MMDF style (save_to_mmdf_mailbox)
Allows articles to be saved to a MMDF style mailbox instead of mbox format.
Default is OFF unless reading news on SCO Unix which uses MMDF by default.
.TP
.B In group menu, show author by (show_author)
If set 'None' (0) only the ``Subject:'' line will be displayed.
If set 'Addr' (1) ``Subject:'' line & the address part of the ``From:'' line are displayed.
If set 'Name' (2) ``Subject:'' line & the authors full name part of the ``From:'' line are displayed.
If set 'Both' (3) ``Subject:'' line & all of the ``From:'' lin are displayed.
Default is 2, authors full.
.TP
.B Show description of each newsgroup (show_description)
If ON show a short group description text after newsgroup name at
the group selection level. The ``\fB-d\fR'' commandline flag will override
the setting and trun descriptions off.
The text used is taken from the \fI$NEWSLIBDIR/newsgroups\fP file.
Default is ON.
.TP
.B Show last line of previous page (show_last_line_prev_page)
The last line of the previous page will be displayed as the first line of
next page. Default is OFF.
.TP
.B Show no. of lines in thread listing (show_lines)
Show number of lines of first unread article in thread listing (ON/OFF).
.TP
.B Show only unread articles (show_only_unread)
If ON show only new/unread articles otherwise show all articles.
Default is ON.
.TP
.B Show only groups with unread arts (show_only_unread_groups)
If ON show only subscribed to groups that contain unread articles.
Default is OFF.
.TP
.B Display signatures (show_signatures)
If OFF don't show signatures when displaying articles.
.TP
.B Display X-Comment-To: header (show_xcommentto)
If ON, the real name in the ``X-Comment-To:'' header is displayed in the
upper-right corner. Default is OFF.
.TP
.B Prepend signature with '\en-- \en' (sigdashes)
If ON prepend the signature with sigdashes. Default is ON.
.TP
.B Add signature when reposting (signature_repost)
If ON add signature to reposted articles.
.TP
.B Sort articles by (sort_article_type)
This specifies how articles should be sorted. The following sort
types are allowed:
.in +.5i
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emdon't sort articles (none=0).
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emsort articles by ``Subject:'' field (descending=1 & ascending=2).
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emsort articles by ``From:'' field (descending=3 & ascending=4).
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emsort articles by ``Date:'' field (descending=5 & ascending=6).
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emsort articles by filtering score (descending=7 & ascending=8).
.in -.5i
Sort by ascending Date (6) is the default.
.TP
.B Spamtrap warning address parts (spamtrap_warning_addresses)
Set this option to a list of comma-separated strings to be warned if you are
replying to an article by mail where the e-mail address contains one of
these strings. The matching is case-insensitive.
.TP
.B Space goes to next unread article (space_goto_next_unread)
If ON the SPACE command will goto next unread article at article viewer
level when the end of the article is reached (rn-style pager)
.TP
.B Start editor with line offset (start_editor_offset)
Set ON if the editor used for posting, follow-ups and bug reports has
the capability of starting and positioning the cursor at a specified line
within a file. Default is ON.
.TP
.B Strip blanks of end of lines (strip_blanks)
Strips the blanks from the end of each line therefore speeding up the display
when reading on a slow terminal or via modem. Default is ON.
.TP
.B Remove bogus groups from newsrc (strip_bogus)
Bogus groups are groups that are present in your \fI.newsrc\fP file that
no longer exist on the news server. There are 3 options. 0 means do
nothing & always keep bogus groups. 1 means bogus groups will be
permanently removed. 2 means that bogus groups will appear on the Group
Selection Menu, prefixed with a 'D'. This allows you to unsubscribe
from them as and when you wish. Default is 0 (Always Keep).
.TP
.B No unsubscribed groups in newsrc (strip_newsrc)
If ON, then unsubscribed groups will be permanently removed from
your \fI.newsrc\fP file. Default is OFF.
.TP
.B Do tab after X automatically (tab_after_X_selection)
If enabled will automatically goto the first unread article after having
selected all hot articles and threads with the `X' command at group index
level. Default is OFF.
.TP
.B Tab goes to next unread article (tab_goto_next_unread)
If enabled pressing <TAB> at the article viewer level will goto the next
unread article immediately instead of first paging through the current
one. Default is ON.
.TP
.B Thread articles by (thread_articles)
.\" FIXME - this looks ugly
Thread articles by 0=(nothing) 1=(Subject) 2=(References) 3=(Both)
Default is 3, thread by references and subject.
It's also possible to set the threading type on a per group basis by setting
the group attribute variable 'thread_arts' to 0 - 3 in the file
\fI$HOME/.tin/attributes\fP. (See also GROUP ATTRIBUTES)
.TP
.B Catchup thread by using left key (thread_catchup_on_exit)
If ON catchup group/thread when leaving with the left arrow key.
Default is ON.
.TP
.B Remove ~/.article after posting (unlink_article)
If ON remove \fI~/.article\fP after posting. Default is ON.
.TP
.B Use builtin inews (use_builtin_inews)
Allows the builtin NNTP inews to be enabled/disabled. This has no effect
when reading/posting direct to local spool where external \fBinews\fR(1)
will always be used. Default is ON (enabled).
.TP
.B Use ANSI color (use_color)
If enabled \fBtin\fR uses ANSI-colors. Default is OFF.
.TP
.B Use interactive mail reader (use_mailreader_i)
Interactive mailreader: if ON mailreader will be invoked earlier for
reply so you can use more of its features (eg. MIME, pgp, ...)
this option has to suit \fBdefault_mailer_format\fR
.TP
.B Use metamail upon MIME articles (use_metamail)
If ON metamail can/will be used to display MIME articles. Default is ON.
.TP
.B Use mouse in xterm (use_mouse)
Allows the mouse key support in a \fBxterm\fR(1x) to be enabled/disabled.
Default is OFF.
.TP
.B Wildcard matching (wildcard)
Allows you to select how \fBtin\fR matches strings. The default is 0 and
uses the wildmat notation, which is how this has traditionally been handled.
Setting this to 1 allows you to use full POSIX regular expressions. You
will probably want to update your filter file if you use this regularly.
NB: Newsgroup names will always be matched using the wildmat notation.
.TP
.B What to display instead of mark (word_h_display_marks)
Should the leading and ending stars and dashes also be displayed,
even when they are highlighting marks?
0 - no    1 - yes, display mark    2 - print a space instead
.TP
.B Word highlighting in message body (word_highlight)
Enable word highlighting. See word_h_display_marks for the options
available is this is enabled.
.TP
.B Quote line when cross-posting (xpost_quote_format)
Format is the same as for \fBnews_quote_format\fR, this is used when
answering to a crossposting to several groups with no ``Followup-To:'' set
.\"
.\"
.SH "GROUP ATTRIBUTES"
.\" FIXME - add missing descriptions
\fBtin\fR allows certain attributes to be set on a per group basis. These
group attributes are read from the file \fI$HOME/.tin/attributes\fP.
A later version will provide a menu interface to set all the attributes.
At present you will have to edit the file with your editor.
.PP
Note that the \fIscope=<groupname>\fP line has to be specified before the
attributes are specified for that group. All attributes are set to a
reasonable default so you only have to specify the attribute that you want
to change (i.e., savedir). All toggle attributes are set by specifying
ON/OFF. Otherwise, these function exactly the same as their global
equivalents. The following group attributes are available:
.TP 4
\fBscope
.TP
.B maildir
.TP
.B savedir
.TP
.B savefile
.TP
.B organization
.TP
.B from
.TP
.B sigfile
.TP
.B followup_to
.TP
.B printer
.TP
.B auto_select
.TP
.B auto_save
.TP
.B auto_save_msg
.TP
.B batch_save
.TP
.B delete_tmp_files
.TP
.B show_only_unread
.TP
.B thread_arts
.TP
.B show_author
.TP
.B sort_art_type
.TP
.B post_proc_type
.TP
.B mailing_list
.TP
.B x_headers
.TP
.B x_body
.TP
.B quick_kill_scope
.TP
.B quick_kill_expire
.TP
.B quick_kill_case
.TP
.B quick_kill_header
.TP
.B quick_select_scope
.TP
.B quick_select_expire
.TP
.B quick_select_case
.TP
.B quick_select_header
.TP
.B x_comment_to
.TP
.B news_quote_format
.TP
.B quote_chars
.PP
Examples:
.RS
.nf
.ft CW

# in *sources* set post process type to shar
scope=*sources*
post_proc_type=1

# in *binaries* set post process type to uudecode
# remove tmp files and set Followup-To: poster
scope=*binaries*
post_proc_type=2
delete_tmp_files=ON
followup_to=poster

# in fido.* newsgroups change quote_chars
# and add X-Comment-To: line
scope=fido.*
quote_chars=%s>_
x_comment_to=ON

# in *.test newsgroups, don't append signature
# and preset Subject
scope=*.test
sigfile=--none
x_headers=Subject: test - ignore - no reply
.ft P
.fi
.RE
.\"
.\"
.SH "FILTERING ARTICLES"
.\" FIXME - add scoring description
When there is a subject or an author which you are either very
interested in, or find completely uninteresting, you can easily
instruct \fBtin\fR to \fIauto-select\fP or \fIauto-kill\fP articles
with specific subjects or from specific authors. These instructions
are stored in a \fIkillfile\fP.
.PP
This menu is accessed by pressing `^K' at the group and page levels. It
allows the user to kill or select an article that matches the current
``Subject:'' line, ``From:'' line or a string entered by the user.
The user entered string can be applied to the ``Subject:'' or ``From:''
lines of an article. The kill description can be limited to the current
newsgroup or it can apply to all newsgroups. Once entered the user can
abort the command and not save the kill description, edit the kill file
or save the kill description.
\fBtin\fR.
.PP
On starting \fBtin\fR the user's killfile \fI$HOME/.tin/filter\fP is read
and on entering a newsgroup any kill or select descriptions are applied.
.PP
Articles that match a kill description are marked killed and are not
displayed. Articles that match an auto-select description are marked
with a ``*'' when displayed.
.\"
.\"
.SH "POSTING ARTICLES"
\fBtin\fR allows posting of articles, follow-up to already posted articles
and replying direct through mail to the author of an article.
.PP
Use the `w' command to post an article to a newsgroup. After entering
the post subject the default editor (i.e., vi) or the editor specified
by the $\fBEDITOR\fR environment variable will be started and the article can
be entered. To crosspost articles simply add a comma and the name of
the newsgroup(s) to the end of the ``Newsgroups:'' line at the beginning of
the article. After saving and exiting the editor you are asked if you
wish to a)bort posting the article, e)dit the article again or p)ost
the article to the specified newsgroup(s).
.PP
Use the `W' command to display a history of the articles you have posted.
The date the article was posted, which newsgroups the article was
posted to and the articles subject line are displayed.
.PP
Use the `f' / `F' / `^W' command to post a follow-up article to an already
posted article. The `f' command will copy the text of the original article
into the editor. The `^W' command will copy the text and all headers of the
original article into the editor. The editing procedure is the same as when
posting an article with the `w' command.
.PP
Use the `r' / `R' / `^E' command to reply direct through mail to the author
of an already posted article. The `r' command will copy the text of the
original article into the editor. The `^E' command will copy the text and all
headers of the original article into the editor. The editing procedure is
the same as when posting an article with the `w' command. After saving and
exiting the editor you are asked if you wish to a)bort sending the article,
e)dit the article again or s)end the article to the author.
.\"
.\"
.SH "CUSTOMIZING THE ARTICLE QUOTE STRING"
When posting a followup to an article or replying direct to the author
of an article via email the text of the article can be quoted. The
beginning of the quoted text can contain information about the quoted
article (i.e., Name and the Message Id of the article). To allow for
different situations certain information from the article can be used
in the quoted string. The following variables are expanded if found in
the tinrc variables 'mail_quote_format' or 'news_quote_format':
.RS
.nf
.ta \w'%A  'u +\w'Address'u
\fB%A\fR	Address (Email)
\fB%D\fR	Date
\fB%F\fR	Full address (%N (%A))
\fB%G\fR	Groupname
\fB%M\fR	Message Id
\fB%N\fR	Name of user
.fi
.RE
i.e.,
.RS
.nf
.ft CW
mail_quote_format=On %D in %G you wrote:
news_quote_format=In %M, %F wrote:
.ft P
.fi
.RE
would expand when used to:
.RS
.nf
.ft CW
On 21 Jul 1992 09:45:51 -0400 in alt.sources you wrote:
In <abcINN123@ecrc.de>, Iain Lea (iain@ecrc.de) wrote:
.ft P
.fi
.RE
The quoted text section of an article is marked by a preceding quote string
at the beginning of each quoted line. The default quote string is set
to '>_'. The default can be changed by setting the tinrc variable 'quote_chars'
to ones own preference. (note that '_' underline is used to represent a
space).
.\"
.\"
.SH "MAILING PIPING PRINTING REPOSTING AND SAVING ARTICLES"
The command interface to mail (`m'), pipe (`|'), print (`o'),
repost (`x') and save (`s') articles is the same for ease of use.
.PP
The initial command will ask you to select which a)rticle, t)hread,
h)ot (auto selected) r)egex pattern, t)agged articles you wish to
mail, pipe etc.
.PP
Tagged articles must have already been tagged with the `t' command.
All tagged articles can be untagged by the 'U' untag command.
.PP
If regex pattern is selected you are asked to enter a pattern
(i.e., to match all articles subject lines containing 'net News' you enter
"net News").
Any articles that match the entered expression will be mailed, piped etc.
See also the wildcard= tinrc variable for advanced pattern matching options.
.PP
To save articles to a mailbox with the name of the current newsgroup
(i.e., Alt.sources) enter '=' or '=<mailbox name>' when asked for the
save filename.
.PP
To save articles in <newsgroup name>/<filename> format enter '+<filename>'.
.PP
When saving articles you can specify whether the saved files should be
post processed (i.e., \fBunshar\fR(1) shell archive, \fBuudecode\fR(1)
multiple parts etc). A default process type can be set by the 'Process type:'
in the `M' options menu.
.\"
.\"
.SH "AUTOMATIC MAILING AND SAVING NEW NEWS"
\fBtin\fR allows new/unread news articles to be mailed (``\fB-M\fR'' and
``\fB-N\fR'' option) or saved (``\fB-S\fR'' option) in batch mode for later
reading. Useful when going on holiday and you don't want to return and find
that expire has removed a whole load of unread articles. Best to run from
crontab everyday while away, after which you will be mailed a report of
which articles were mailed/saved from which newsgroups and the total number
of articles mailed/saved. Articles are saved in a private news structure
under your <savedir> directory (default is \fI$HOME/News\fP). Be careful of
using this option if you read a lot of groups because you could overflow
your file system. If you only want to save a few groups it would be best to
backup your full \fI$HOME/.newsrc\fP and create a new one that only contains
the newsgroups you want to mail/save. Saved news can be read later by
\fBtin -R\fR.
.PP
.TP 2i
.B tin -M iain -c -f newsrc.mail
(mail any unread articles in newsgroups specified in file newsrc.mail and
mark them as read)
.PP
.TP 2i
.B tin -S -c -f newsrc.save
(save any unread articles in newsgroups specified in file newsrc.save and
mark them as read)
.PP
.TP 2i
.B tin -R
(read any articles saved by \fBtin -S\fR)
.\"
.\"
.SH RANGES
A range is simply a group of items marked using the range ('#') key. Certain
\fBtin\fR commands will operate on a range if one exists rather than
just the current item. Currently the only commands that understand ranges
are 'K', 'z' and 'Z' at the Group level.
.PP
.\"
.SH SIGNATURES
\fBtin\fR will recognize a signature in either \fI$HOME/.signature\fP or
\fI$HOME/.Sig\fP. If \fI$HOME/.signature\fP exists, then the signature
will be pulled into the editor for mail commands. A signature in
\fI$HOME/.signature\fP will not be pulled into the editor for posting
commands since \fBinews\fR(1) will append the signature itself.
.PP
A signature in \fI$HOME/.Sig\fP will be pulled into the editor for both
posting and mailing commands.
.PP
The following is an example of a \fI$HOME/.Sig\fP file:
.RS
.nf
.ft CW
NAMES  Iain Lea    iain@ecrc.de
SNAIL  Bruecken Str 12, 90419 Nuernberg 90, Germany
.ft P
.fi
.RE
.PP
\fBtin\fR also has the capability to generate random signatures on a per
newsgroup basis if so desired. The way to accomplish this is to specify
the default signature or the group attribute sigfile as a directory.
If for example the sigfile path is \fI/usr/iain/.sigs\fP and \fI.sigs\fP is
a directory then \fBtin\fR will select a random signature from any file that
is in the directory \fI.sigs\fP (note: one signature per numbered file). A
random signature can also consist of a fixed part signature that can contain
your name, address etc. followed by the random sig. The fixed part of the
random sig is read from the file \fI$HOME/.sigfixed\fP.
.\"
.\"
.SH "TIPS AND TRICKS"
\fBtin\fR can be pretty much be navigated by using the four cursor keys. The left
arrow key goes up a level, the right arrow key goes down a level, the up arrow
key goes up a line (page at article viewer level) and the down arrow key goes
down a line (page at article viewer level).
.PP
The following newsgroups provide useful information concerning news software:
.in +.5i
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emnews.software.readers (info. about news user agents tin, rn, nn, vn etc.)
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emnews.software.nntp (info. about NNTP)
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emnews.software.b (info. about news transport agents Bnews, Cnews and INN)
.ti -\w'\(em'u
\(emnews.answers (Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about many different themes)
.PP
Many prompts (i.e., 'Mark everything as read? (y/n): y') within \fBtin\fR
offer a default choice that the cursor is positioned on. By pressing
<CR> the default value is taken.
.PP
Many prompts (i.e., 'Post subject []>') within \fBtin\fR can be aborted by
pressing ESC.
.PP
When \fBtin\fR is run in an \fBxterm\fR(1x) it will resize itself each time
the \fBxterm\fR(1x) is resized.
.PP
\fBtin\fR will reread the active file at set intervals to show any newly
arrived news.
.PP
If you find large number of New newsgroups cluttering up your screen,
pressing 'r' will make them go away.
.\"
.\"
.SH "XTERM BUTTONS"
If the environment variable $\fBTERM\fR is set to \fBxterm\fR(1x),
then button pressing can be used to select groups and articles.
In this discussion, the buttons are assumed to be assigned conventionally
(i.e., Button1 is the left button).
.PP
In general (i.e., for the group, thread and article menus),
.TP 10
Button1 (left)
enters next (lower) level if you click on a article,
otherwise pages down.
.TP
Button2 (centre)
returns to the previous (upper) level if you click on a article,
otherwise pages up.
.TP
Button3 (right)
positions on the article line under mouse cursor,
or pages down if you've clicked outside the list of articles.
.PP
In the group selection menu, if the mouse is pointing at a group then:
.TP 10
left button
moves to and selects the group pointed at,
just like <CR>.
.TP
centre button
quits the program, just like `q'.
.TP
right button
moves to the group pointed at.
.PP
In the article menu, if the mouse is pointing at an article (or thread) then:
.TP 10
left button
reads the article pointed at, just like <CR>,
or the thread, just like `l'.
.TP
centre button
exits the menu, catching up on the group
if you have `group_catchup_on_exit` set in your configuration,
just like `q'.
.TP
right button
moves to the article (or thread) pointed at.
.PP
In the thread menu, if the mouse is pointing at an article then:
.TP 10
left button
reads article pointed at, just like <CR>.
.TP
centre button
exits the menu, catching up on the thread
if you have 'thread_catchup_on_exit' set in your configuration,
just like `q'.
.TP
right button
moves to the article pointed at.
.PP
In other menus and areas button pressing reverts back to usual cut
and paste of \fBxterm\fR(1x), but after one click of any button.
.\"
.\"
.SH "INDEX FILES"
If your news server supports NOV index files (most modern installations
will), then this section can be ignored.
.PP
If your news server doesn't support NOV index files, \fBtin\fR will maintain
an index for each newsgroup. There are a number of methods in which index
files can be created and updated.
.PP
The simplest method is that each user creates/updates his/her own index
files that are stored in \fI$HOME/.tin/.news\fP. This has the advantage that
any user can compile and install \fBtin\fR, but the disadvantage is that
each user is going to be creating duplicate files and using precious disk
space. A good way to keep index files updated is by doing a \fBtin -U\fR
that will update index files in the background while you are reading news in
the foreground. You can also update index files via the system batcher cron
with the ``\fB-u\fR'' option:
.PP
.RS
.nf
.ft CW
30 6 * * * /usr/local/bin/tin -u
.ft P
.fi
.RE
.PP
A slightly better method is to set \fBtin\fR setuid news and have all index
files created and updated in the news spool directory (i.e.,
\fI/var/spool/news/.news\fP). This has the advantage that there will only be
one copy of the index files on each machine on your network, but the
disadvantage is that you will have \fBtin\fR running setuid news.
.PP
A better method is to install the \fBtind\fR index file updating daemon and
have it create and update index files for all groups in your active file at
regular intervals in the news spool directory (i.e.,
\fI/var/spool/news/.news\fP). This has the advantage that there will only be
one copy of the index files on each machine on your network and
\fBtin\fR must not be setuid news, but the disadvantage is that you will
have to have news permissions to install \fBtind\fR and root permissions to
install an entry in the cron batcher system to have \fBtind\fR regularly
update index files.
.PP
The best method is to install the \fBtind\fR index file updating daemon on
your NNTP server and have it create and update index files for all groups in
your active file at regular intervals in the news spool directory (i.e.,
\fI/var/spool/news/.news\fP). This has the advantage that there will only be
one copy of the index files on the NNTP server for the whole of your
network, but the disadvantage is that you will have to install my NNTP
server patches to allow \fBtin\fR to retrieve index file from your NNTP
server and and you must install an entry in the cron batcher system to have
\fBtind\fR regularly update index files.
.PP
Entering a group the first time tends to be slow because the index file must
be built from scratch unless the \fBtind\fR update daemon is being used. To
alleviate the slowness start \fBtin\fR to create all index files for the
groups you subscribe to with \fBtin -u -v\fR and go for a coffee. Subsequent
readings of a group will cause incremental updating of the index file.
.PP
If reading news remotely and updating index files locally, operation will be
somewhat slower because the articles must be retrieved from the NNTP server.
.\"
.\"
.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
.TP
.B TINRC
Define this variable if you want to specify command line options that \fBtin\fR
should be started with to save typing them each time it is started. The
contents of the environment variable are added to the front of the command
line options before it is parsed therefore allowing an option specified on
the command line to override the same option specified in the environment.
Note that environment variables that are used to set message header lines
can also be set by adding the header name and value to the
\fI$HOME/.tin/headers\fP file.
.TP
.B TIN_HOMEDIR
Define this variable if you do not want the \fI.tin\fP directory in
\fI$HOME/.tin\fP. (i.e., if you want all \fBtin\fR's private files in \fI/tmp/.tin\fP
you would set $\fBTIN_HOMEDIR\fR to \fI/tmp\fP.
.TP
.B TIN_INDEX_NEWSDIR
Define this variable if you do not want the \fI.news\fP directory in
\fI$HOME/.tin/.news\fP. (i.e., if you want all \fBtin\fR's news index files
in \fI/tmp/.news\fP you would set $\fBTIN_INDEX_NEWSDIR\fR to \fI/tmp\fP.
.TP
.B TIN_INDEX_MAILDIR
Define this variable if you do not want the \fI.mail\fP directory in
\fI$HOME/.tin/.mail\fP. (i.e., if you want all \fBtin\fR's mail index files
in \fI/tmp/.mail\fP you would set $\fBTIN_INDEX_MAILDIR\fR to \fI/tmp\fP.
.TP
.B TIN_INDEX_SAVEDIR
Define this variable if you do not want the \fI.save\fP directory in
\fI$HOME/.tin/.save\fP. (i.e., if you want all \fBtin\fR's save index files
in \fI/tmp/.save\fP you would set $\fBTIN_INDEX_SAVEDIR\fR to \fI/tmp\fP.
.TP
.B TIN_LIBDIR
Define this variable if you want to override the \fBNEWSLIBDIR\fR path that was compiled
into the \fBtin\fR binary via the Makefile.
.TP
.B TIN_SPOOLDIR
Define this variable if you want to override the \fBSPOOLDIR\fR path that was
compiled into the \fBtin\fR binary via the Makefile.
.TP
.B TIN_NOVROOTDIR
Define this variable if you want to override the \fBNOVROOTDIR\fR path that was
compiled into the \fBtin\fR binary via the Makefile.
.TP
.B TIN_ACTIVEFILE
Define this variable if you want to override the \fBNEWSLIBDIR/active\fR path that was
compiled into the \fBtin\fR binary via the Makefile.
.TP
.B NNTPSERVER
The default NNTP server to remotely read news from. This variable only
needs to be set if the ``\fB-r\fR'' command line option is specified and
the file \fI/etc/nntpserver\fP does not exist.
.TP
.B NNTPPORT
The NNTP tcp port to read news from. This variable only
needs to be set if the the tcp port is not the default 119.
The ``\fB-p\fR'' command line option overrides $\fBNNTPPORT\fR.
.TP
.B DISTRIBUTION
Set the article header field ``Distribution:'' to the contents of the
variable instead of the system default.
.TP
.B TEX2ISO
Set the article viewer to decode German style umlaut codes to ISO latin1.
Value 0 has the same effect as not defining the variable. Use in combination
with $\fBISO2ASC\fR.
.TP
.B ISO2ASC
Set the ISO to ASCII charset decoding table character to use in decoding
an articles text. Values can range from 0 to 6.
.TP
.B ORGANIZATION
Set the article header field ``Organization:'' to the contents of the
variable instead of the system default. If reading news on an Apollo
DomainOS machine the environment variable $\fBNEWSORG\fR has to be used
instead of $\fBORGANIZATION\fR.
.TP
.B REPLYTO
Set the article header field ``Reply-To:'' to the return address specified
by the variable.
This is useful if the machine is not registered in the UUCP mail maps
or if you wish to receive replies at a different machine.
.TP
.B MAILER
This variable has precedence over the default mailer that is used in all
mailing operations within \fBtin\fR.
.TP
.B EDITOR
This variable has precedence over the default editor (i.e., \fBvi\fR(1)) that
is used in all editing operations within \fBtin\fR (i.e., posting `w',
replying `r', follow-ups `f', ...).
.TP
.B VISUAL
If $\fBEDITOR\fP is unset, then this variable is looked up for an default
editor. If $\fBEDITOR\fP and $\fBVISUAL\fR are both unset, tin will uses the
systems default editor (i.e. \fBvi\fR(1) on UNIX-systems).
.TP
.B AUTOSUBSCRIBE
\fBtin\fR interprets this variable similarly to rn. It contains a list of
patterns, separated by commas and possibly prefixed with exclamation points.
A new group is checked against the list of patterns; if it matches,
\fBtin\fR subscribes the user to the group without further query. An
exclamation point negates the meaning of a match on this pattern, and can be
used to cancel certain matches. For example, setting
.sp
\fIAUTOSUBSCRIBE=comp.os.unix.*,talk.*,!talk.politics.*\fP
.sp
will automatically subscribe the user to all new groups in the comp.os.unix
hierarchy, and all talk groups other than talk.politics groups (which will
be queried for as usual.)
.TP
.B AUTOUNSUBSCRIBE
\fBtin\fR interprets this variable similarly to rn. It is handled like the
$\fBAUTOSUBSCRIBE\fP variable, but groups matching the list are unsubscribed
from without further query. For example, setting
.sp
\fIAUTOUNSUBSCRIBE=alt.flame.*,u*,!uk.*\fP
.sp
will automatically unsubscribe the user from all new alt.flame groups
and all groups starting with u (university groups) other than UK groups (which
will be queried for as usual.)
.TP
.B SPAMTRAP
Set this variable to a list of comma-separated strings to be warned if you
are replying to an article by mail where the e-mail address contains one of
these strings. The matching is case-insensitive. Example:
.sp
\fISPAMTRAP=spam,delete,remove\fP
.TP
.B METAMAIL
Set this variable to point to \fBmetamail\fR(1) or a replacement
(i.e. metamutt).
.\"
.\"
.SH FILES
.TP 2i
\fI$HOME/.newsrc\fP
subscribed to newsgroups.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.newsauth\fP
"\fInntpserver\fP \fIpassword\fP [\fIuser\fP]" pairs for NNTP servers
that require authorization.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/tinrc\fP
options.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/attributes\fP
contains user specified group attributes.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/.news\fP
newsgroups index files directory.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/.mail\fP
mailgroups index files directory.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/.save\fP
saved newsgroups index files directory.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/active.mail\fP
active file of user's mailgroups.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/active.save\fP
active file of user's saved newsgroups.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/filter\fP
filtering file for article killing and auto-selection.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/group.times\fP
list of last time all groups were updated (used only by \fBtind\fR index
daemon).
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/headers\fP
extra header lines to be added to each article to be posted.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/posted\fP
history of articles posted by user.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/newsrctable\fP
"\fInntpserver\fP \fInewsrc\fP \fIshortname\fP [...]" pairs to use with ``\fB-g\fR'' command-line
switch.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/.inputhistory\fP
history of last used strings.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.tin/postponed.articles\fP
postponed articles from the `o' command, reuse via ``\fB-o\fR''
command-line switch or via CTRL-O from within tin.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.signature\fP
signature. If you are not using use_builtin_inews, \fBinews\fR(1)
automatically appends this file to your article after composing it (you
won't see your signature in the $\fBEDITOR\fR). See also section SIGNATURES.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.Sig\fP
signature. Same as above, but \fBinews\fR(1) won't include it.
.TP
\fI$HOME/.sigfixed\fP
fixed part of a randomly generated signature.
.TP
\fI/usr/lib/news/active.times\fP
Contains list of new newsgroups as they are added to the news history file.
.TP
\fI/usr/lib/news/newsgroups\fP
Short description of all newsgroups.
.TP
\fI/usr/lib/news/subscriptions\fP
List of newsgroups to subscribe first time user to.
.TP 2i
\fI/usr/lib/news/tinrc\fP
Global configuration file.
.\"
.\"
.SH BUGS
See the TODO-file which comes with the source.
.\"
.\"
.SH HISTORY
Based on the \fBtass\fR newsreader that was developed by Rich Skrenta and
posted to alt.sources in March 1991. Tass was itself heavily influenced by
NOTES which was developed at the University of Illinois by Ray Essick and
Rob Kolstad in 1982.
.PP
v1.0 PL0 (full) was posted in 8 parts to alt.sources on 23 Aug 1991.
.br
v1.1 PL0 (full) was posted in 11 parts to alt.sources on 13 Feb 1992.
.br
v1.2 PL0 (full) was posted in 14 parts to alt.sources on 25 May 1993.
.br
v1.2 PL1 (patch) was posted in 8 parts to alt.sources on 14 Jul 1993.
.br
v1.2 PL2 (patch) was posted in 5 parts to alt.sources on 25 Sep 1993.
.br
v1.3 PL0 beta has been available from ftp.scn.de:/pub/news/tin/ since April 1995.
.br
v1.3-unoff-beta has been available from
ftp.akk.uni-karlsruhe.de:/pub/news/clients/tin-unoff/ since March 1996.
.br
v1.4 has been available from
ftp.tin.org:/pub/news/clients/tin/v1.4 since
.\" FIXME - insert date
.\"
.\"
.SH CREDITS
.TP 1.5i
Rich Skrenta
author of \fBtass\fR v3.2 which this newsreader used as its base.
.TP
Bill Davidsen
author of envarg.c environment variable reading routine.
.TP
Mike Gleason
author of sigfile.c random signature generation routines.
.TP
Paul Kramer
author of \fBtin\fR v1.2 intro.txt and cmdref.txt beginners documentation.
.TP
Markus Kuhn
author of charset.c and iso2asc.txt ISO-8859-1 documentation.
.TP
Arnold Robbins
author of strftime.c date formatting routine.
.TP
Jim Robinson
co-author of original kill.c article kill and auto-selection routines.
.TP
Rich Salz
author of wildmat.c pattern matching and parsdate.y date parsing routines.
.TP
Rich Stephan
for translating the manual page to german.
.TP
Dave Taylor
author of curses.c from the elm mailreader.
.TP
Chris Thewalt
author of getline.c \fBemacs\fR style editing routine.
.TP
Mark Tomlinson
for porting \fBtin\fR to the AmigaOS operating system.
.TP
Andreas Wrede
for porting \fBtin\fR to the OS/2 operating system.
.TP
Nigel Ellis & Piers Haken
for porting \fBtin\fR to the Windows/NT operating system.
.TP
Andrew Greer
for porting \fBtin\fR to the VAX/VMS operating system.
.TP
Steven Madsen
for adding \fBpgp\fR (Pretty Good Privacy) support.
.TP
Dieter Becker
for generously posting certain releases for me when my net
connection was removed by a group of very short sighted people.
.TP
Philip Hazel <ph10@cam.ac.uk>
for \fBlibpcre\fR (Perl-compatible regular expression library).
.PP
I wish to thank the following people for supplying patches:
.PP
David Abbott, Earle Ake, Orbby S. Arka, Joachim Astel, Anton Aylward, Jens
Chr. Bachem, George Baltz, Volker Barthelmann, Kirk Bauer, Paul Bauwens,
Dieter Becker, Greg Berigan, Enrik Berkhan, Juergen Bernau, Dan Berry, David
Binderman, Andrey Blochintsev, Chris Blum, Fokke de Boer, Andreas Borchert,
Mark Boucher, Bill Brolik, Herman ten Brugge, Martin Buck, Leila
Burrell-Davis, Sean Casey, Peter Castro, Troy Cauble, Andrey A. Chernov, Tan
Kwee Chuan, Boleslaw Ciesielski, Robert Claeson, Steven Cogswell, Don
Costello, Bryan Curnutt, Ned Danieley, Lars Dannenberg, Chris Davies, John
Davis, Borislav Deianov, Thomas E. Dickey, Theo Van Dinter, Ralf Doeblitz,
Bryan Dongray, Michael Douglass, Craig Durland, Bernd Eckenfels, Phil Edge,
Kirk Edson, Nick Efthymiou, Stefan Elf, Rob Engle, Olle Eriksson, Brent
Ermlick, Bernd Ernesti, Ragnar Hojland Espinosa, Jason Faultless, Michael
Faurot, Werner Fleck, John M. Flinchbaugh, Andy Gabor, Torsten Gesang,
Callum Gibson, Mike Glendinning, Philippe Goujard, Dan Greenspan, Karlo
Gross, Carl Hage, Paul Halsema, Ed Hanway, Scott Hauck, Christian Haul, Per
Headland, Arnold Hendriks, Daniel Hermans, Jose Herrero, Dave Hill, Tom
Hite, Torsten Homeyer, Ulli Horlacher, Keith Howell, Tommy Hsieh, Shih-Kun
Huang, Steve Hunt, Jeff Hurwitt, Pieter Immelman, Jarkko Isokungas, Patrick
St. Jean, Hal Jespersen, Park Sang Jin, Robbin Johnson, Jarkko Jormanainen,
Nelson Kading, Geoffrey Keating, Karsten Keil, Fritz Kleeman, Andreas Kies,
Janne Kiviluoto, Tomasz Kloczko, Dwarven Knight, Thomas Koenig, Karl-Koenig
Koenigsson, Martin Kraemer, Thomas Kroener, Florian Kuehnert, Kris Kugel,
Yuri Kuzmenko, Olivier Lacroix, Geoff Lane, Alex Lange, Alain Lasserre,
Stanislav Latishko, Hannu Laurila, Vincent Lefevre, Alexander Lehmann, Marty
Leisner, Thomas Leitner, Hakan Lennestal, Kevin Lentin, Chua Choon Leong,
Chris Lewis, Andreas Ley, David-Michael Lincke, Otto Lind, Richard Lloyd,
Florian Lohoff, Reinhard Luebke, Clifford Luke, Michael Lupp, David
MacKenzie, Hugh Mahon, Giuseppe De Marco, Dmitri A. Martynoff, Kazushi
Marukawa, Owen Medd, Philipp Mergenthaler, Soren Moller, Bruce Momjian,
Sergio Morales, Michael Morrell, Klaus Mueller, Mike Muise, Udo Munk, Daniel
Naber, Torsten Neumann, Dirk Nimmich, James Nugen, David E. O'Brien, Michael
O'Reilly, Oleg Ohotnikov, Ronald Orr, Julien Oster, Jeb Palmer, Neil Parker,
Tom Parry, Jim Patterson, Sven Paulus, Walter Pelissero, Cameron Perkins,
Colin Perkins, Eric Peterson, Tim Pierce, Bill Poitras, Scott W. Powers,
Wolfgang Prediger, Thomas Quinot, Stefan Rapp, Kyle Rhorer, Ted Richards,
Steve Robbins, Ollivier Robert, Branden Robinson, Jim Robinson, Stephen
Roseman, Roland Rosenfeld, Peter Van Rossem, Clifton Royston, Rich Salz,
Gary Sanders, Nickolay Saukh, John Sauter, Christopher Sawtell, Holger
Schif, Volker Schmidt, John Schmitz, Torsten Schneider, Stefan Scholl,
Rainer Scholz, Juergen Schroeder, Larry Schwimmer, Bart Sears, Karl-Olav
Serrander, Doug Sewell, Philip Shearer, Jungshik Shin, Sergey Shkonda,
Andreas Siegert, Mark Smith, Steve Spearman, Cliff Stanford, Steve Starck,
Jason Steiner, Ralf Stephan, Michael Stenns, Helmrich Streitmatter, Hans
Werner Strube, Dieter Stueken, Ed Sznyter, Dean Takemori, Darrell Tangman,
Derek Terveer, Carsten Theis, Julian Thompson, David Tiller, Andry Timonin,
Mark Tomlin, Michael Traub, Adri Verhoef, Paul Vickers, Oliver B. Warzecha,
Jason Wessel, Cary Whitney, Henrik Wist, Greg Woods, Lloyd Wright, Jens
Wuepper, Billy Y., Nickolai Zeldovich, Zbigniew Zych
.\"
.\"
.SH AUTHOR
.TP 1i
Iain Lea <iain@ecrc.de>
.\"
.\"
.SH MAINTAINER
.TP 1i
Urs Janssen <urs@tin.org>