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- From: skrenta@blekko.commodore.com (Rich Skrenta)
- Newsgroups: alt.sources
- Subject: Tass visual threaded newsreader
- Message-ID: <144@blekko.commodore.com>
- Date: 14 Feb 91 19:32:15 GMT
-
- Tass is a full screen threaded newsreader.
-
- o Organizes articles by threads. Displays a really nice
- article selection page.
-
- o Group selection page makes it easy to scan newsgroups, subscribe,
- unsubscribe, reorder your .newsrc
-
- o If you've ever used Notes, this is the program for you.
- Tass looks a lot like Notes, but has a few improvements:
- visual group selection page, Notes didn't have one
- rn style unread article detection as opposed to single timeline
- uses standard /usr/spool/news article layout
-
- I wrote Tass because I "learned" the Usenet on Notes and couldn't stand rn.
- No rn flames here, but if you've wished you could view the news a different
- way, try Tass.
-
- Newsreading style under Tass tends to be different than with rn. Instead of
- plowing through each group reading everything unread, you may find yourself
- reading fewer articles in more groups. It's easier to skip about and only
- read interesting threads with Tass.
-
- Tass keeps an index file for each group. The first time you enter a group,
- it will be a bit slow creating this file. After that Tass will incrementally
- update the index file and there should be little delay.
-
- You can also run Tass in "update mode" out of cron to update the indexes.
-
- If you make Tass setuid news, it will keep the indexes in the spool directory
- for each group. If not, Tass will hide them in the user's home directory.
-
- Rich
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