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133 lines
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.TH NEWT 1
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.SH NAME
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newt \- network news transport protocol (NNTP) client
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B newt
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[
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.B -f
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.I newsgroup
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] [
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.B -m
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.I mountpoint
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] [
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.B -p
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.I maxposts
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Newt
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provides an interactive, text-based interface to NNTP
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articles served by
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.IR nntpfs (4) .
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.PP
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There are a number of options:
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.TP
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.B -f
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Load the specified newsgroup. Default is
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.B alt.test.
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.TP
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.B -m
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Directory where
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.I nntpfs
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is mounted. Default is
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.B /mnt/news.
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.TP
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.B -p
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Number of posts to display, up to and including the most recent post.
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.PP
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.I Newt
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starts by reading the list of messages in the
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.I newsgroup,
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printing out the number of messages, and then prompting for commands
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from standard input. The prompt itself presents the name of the group
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and the message number in the form of a file system path relative to the
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.I mountpoint.
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.PP
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The commands are:
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.PP
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.TP
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.I number
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Print message
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.I number.
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.TP
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.B b
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Print the previous message.
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.TP
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.B e
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Enter a new message, honoring the environment variable
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.I editor.
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Default is
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.IR hold (1) .
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.TP
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.B f
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Jump to the first message in the group.
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.TP
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.BI g " newsgroup
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Change to the specified
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.I newsgroup.
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The name of a group may be provided in dotted
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(\fIalt.test\fR) or path (\fIalt/test\fR) format.
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.TP
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.B h
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Print the disposition, date, sender and subject line
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of all messages in the group. These lines are suitable
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for selecting and sending to the prompt, in order to
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print messages either singly or in aggregate.
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.TP
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.B help
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Print a summary of the available commands.
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.TP
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.BI k " [newsgroup]
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Without an argument,
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.I k
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walks the directories under the current group
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and prints commands suitable for changing to each
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available sub-group. When provided with an argument,
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it instead walks the directories under the group specified
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by the argument.
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.TP
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.B l
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Jump to the last message in the group.
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.TP
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.B n, or enter key
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Print the next message.
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.TP
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.B p
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Print the current message with minimal headers.
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.TP
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.B P
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Print the raw message with full headers.
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.TP
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.B q
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Quit.
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.TP
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.B r
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Reply to the current message.
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.TP
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.B y
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Synchronize message list with the server.
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.TP
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.BI | command
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Run the
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.I command
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with the message body as standard input.
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.TP
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.BI || command
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Run the
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.I command
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with the whole message as standard input.
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.TP
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\fB"\fP
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Print the current message in quoted form, suitable for reply.
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.SH SOURCE
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.B /rc/bin/newt
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.IR nntpfs (4)
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.SH BUGS
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The list of available newsgroups offered by a given server
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may run to many megabytes in size. This complicates
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walking the list over a slow Internet connection, and renders
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searching all but infeasible.
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.SH HISTORY
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.I Newt
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first appeared in 9front (April, 2014).
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