From 2091de8d0c00392c26f4abea29dd304c3529b83c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charlie Root Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 15:06:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added new documentation for usenet --- docs/alpine.gph | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/slrn.gph | 17 +++++++++++++++++ docs/tin.gph | 0 docs/usenet.gph | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 102 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/alpine.gph create mode 100644 docs/slrn.gph create mode 100644 docs/tin.gph create mode 100644 docs/usenet.gph diff --git a/docs/alpine.gph b/docs/alpine.gph new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6b08bd9 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/alpine.gph @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ + [Alpine News Configuration] + +1. Start alpine + +$alpine + +2. Press "S" to get to the Setup menu + +3. Press "C" to get to the Configuration screen + +4. For NNTP server, Change the value to localhost + +5. Exit Setup and save your changes. + +6. Now, from the main screen in alpine, Press "L" to go to your +folder list. You should see a new folder list called "News on +localhost/nntp". Select this collection and Press > or Enter to +view it. + +7. At first it will be empty. Press "A" to add groups. + +8. Alpine will ask you to enter a newsgroup name. You can enter "*" +to see all the groups. + +9. From here you can select a group to add, or Press "L" to enter +List Mode which lets you select multiple groups. The pink.general +group is a good place to start. This is an internal group that is +not shared with the rest of the tildeverse. The group tilde.pink is +our public share. + +10. Press "S" to subscribe to the selected group(s). + +11. Now you should be back in your folder list and your subscribed +groups will be visible. To see the news in a group, select the +group and press > or Enter. + +12. From here you can read articles, reply to articles, or post a +new article. Consider reading these guidelines: +[h|Netiquet|URL:http://lol-russ.umn.edu/webruss/WebRuss/russ1102/comphelp/netiquet.html|server|port] + +Guide created by dbucklin on tilde.town. Modified for tilde.pink. diff --git a/docs/slrn.gph b/docs/slrn.gph new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7bcb724 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/slrn.gph @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +It's fairly easy to configure slrn. Enter the following line from +tthe comand line: + +slrn -f /home/test/.jnewsrc --create + +After this initial command, you will only need to type 'slrn" to +tto start it. You'll be presented with a list of news groups with +new messages when you first run the program. All old messages you +have viewed will be marked for deletion after you ahve viewed them. +You can view the messages by highlighting the newsgroup you want to +view and pressing enter. The process is the same for viewing +messages. If you want to return to the main list of newsgroups, +type 'q'. 'q' frm the main list will exit the program. + +More information can be found on the slrn documentation webpage. + +[h|Slrn Documentation Webpage|URL:http://slrn.sourceforge.net/documentation.html|server|port] diff --git a/docs/tin.gph b/docs/tin.gph new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/docs/usenet.gph b/docs/usenet.gph new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fdcbbb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/usenet.gph @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ + [Usenet/News Services] + +Usenet is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on +computers. Users read and post messages (called articles or posts, +and collectively termed news) to one or more categories, known as +newsgroups. (Thanks Wikipedia) + +The tildeverse hosts its own network of usenet servers linked +together across different tildes. We are hosting our own node here +on tilde.pink. To access tilde news, you need to use a news +reader. We have three different options to use. They are slrn, +alpine, and tin. You may already be using alpine for reading mail. + +[1|Alpine|/docs/alpine.gph|server|port] +Alpine configuration. + +[1|Slrn|/docs/slrn.gph|server|port] +Slrn configuration. + +[1|Tin|/docs/tin.gph|server|port] +Tin configuration. + +Current Newsgroups + +ttilde.meta +ttilde.services.uucp +ttilde.art.ascii +ttilde.text +ttilde.food+drink +ttilde.javascript +ttilde.meetups +ttilde.nsfw +ttilde.php +ttilde.python +ttilde.poetry +ttilde.projects +ttilde.services +yourtilde.general +ttilde.cosmic +ttilde.team +ttilde.black +ttilde.pink + +