RE: Mix of Ideas (Please read the first lineas at least to decid

[Gianluca Montecchi <gm518464 silab dsi unimi it>]

On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, Mario Filipe wrote:

> > I am also thinking about this program. But I already say I think to port
> > skim to Gtk.
> > Can you explain your idea ?
>
>         Well my ideia was to start by reading the rfc :)))
> 
>         Seriouly. To the web interface i'm planning on starting it from the
> beggining using php, but for the gnomenews (or wahtever it gets called) I had
> thought about pickinkg up the code of one or two newsreaders arround and get
> some ideias from them. And then give it a nice interface. 

It is possible to port skim under gtk. skim in fact is only a shell script
that is based on various little program that implememt the needed
functions. Also xskim is a script, developed in tcl/tk; so in fact i think
is a easy task to port skim under gtk (and we have a newsreader). After
is possible to expand the program.

>         I thought it would be nice to have a newsreader with the following
> capabilites :
> 
>         - Download the news the user want's,

skim already do it.

>         - the possibilty to search for something in the news server (don't
> know if this is possible) and download the articles that matter or even the
> threads that include those articles.

I am not sure that this can be a good choice forwho have a connection via
modem to internet (and pay bill phone based on the time)

>         And other ideias that might come along the way. IMHO we should try to
> provide a newsreader easy to handle and at the same time very powerfull.

I agree.

Gianluca


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