Re: GNOME: Newsreader development

[Gianluca Montecchi <gm518464 silab dsi unimi it>]

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Gregory Dearing wrote:

hi.


> The first thing I'm interested in finding out is whether or not anyone
> has already started work on such a beast.  My impression from the
> Gnome web site is that while there has been some discussion on how it
> should be done, nobody has actually picked up the ball.  Since I'm not
> big on wheel-reinvention or parallel work, I'd probably be happy to
> contribute to any existing efforts.


I am already working on a newsreader, for now is on a very early level.
There is only a idea of the gui (like the netscape newsreader until the
versione 4.xx, I have a little problem with the paned widget, but I think
to fix it today. 


> On the assumption that I'd be working alone on this, my initial plans
> will probably be pretty close to just slapping a Gtk front-end onto
> slrn.  Even though I'm normally a gnus man, slrn has a lot of things
> going for it, including...

I am writing it from scratch, but my idea is to make a little program, so
this method seems work (for now)

The goal is to write a program that can be used both on-line and off-line.


> * Offline newsreading capability, independent of the system news spool.
>     + Probably will have to wait for a while, but the initial design
>       will keep this in mind.

I am also thinking about this, but I think to make a simple interface to
skim.


> * Read-ahead ability
>     + While you read one article, the next few logical choices should
>       should be downloaded.  Once again, probably won't be implemented
>       in early versions.

Good idea.

> * Intelligent display of articles.
>      + Distinguish between various levels of nested text (using
>        colorization and/or fonts) ala gnus.
>      + Recognition of embedded links.  Should at least be able to
>        launch a browser and utilize netscape's 'kick' feature.  I
>        imagine, given the nature of the environment, the Gnome browsers
>        have similar functionality.
>      + Related to the last point, possibly be able to handle HTML
>        formatting...someone mentioned a Gtk HTML viewing lib somewhere,
>        but I consider this a very low priority.

Personlly I hate the news written with html, but I am thinking to
implement it, just to have a simple way to have a reader. In the begin I
think to use it... just in case....


I don't understand just a thing: it will be a text reader or a graphics
reader ? The question because I am writing a graphic reader and I'd like
to have some help. I cannot swap to a text reader, where I have the access
to the net, I have not the console, only x-window and x-term.


bye


Gianluca

P.S. Someone know where I can find a library that implement the NNTP
specs?




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