TIN (Threaded Internet Newsreader) provides access to the USENET newsgroups
received by Liberty, and allows users to read and post articles. Each
newsgroup contains a number of articles and responses to them; users may post
brand new articles or follow-up responses to any existing article or response.
An article together with its responses is called a THREAD.
Here's a typical tin newsgroup screen:
Group Selection (2748)
h=help
1 wlu.practice Practice
2 3 alt.exotic-mu Exotic m
u 3 632 comp.infosystems.gis All aspe
u 4 1431 comp.infosystems.gopher Discussi
u 5 73 comp.infosystems.wais The Z39.
6 wlu.general When no
7 3 alt.music.world
8 3 alt.fan.pratchett For fans
9 alt.culture.indonesia
10 bionet.cellbiol
11 bionet.chlamydomonas
12 1 alt.internet.talk-radio
13 wlu.computing Computin
14 3 comp.graphics.data-explorer
15 7 sci.bio.ecology
u 16 - alt.1d
=set current to n, TAB=next unread, /=search pattern, c)atchup,
g)oto, j=line down, k=line up, h)elp, m)ove, q)uit, r=toggle all/unread,
s)ubscribe, S)ub pattern, u)nsubscribe, U)nsub pattern, y)ank in/out
Added 2737 groups
TO START TIN:You must have a Liberty account to use tin. After logging in,
choose 4. Usenet News Groups; or choose 5. Liberty Functions, then 1. UNIX,
and at the $ prompt type tin .
TO QUIT TIN:The <Q> command will quit the tin program from any level.
The <q> command will take you back to the previous program level.
If you are connected through a networked DOS computer, <Alt><x>
will completely disconnect you from Liberty and return you to your PC menu or
system prompt.
SOME HELPFUL COMMANDS
AT ANY LEVEL OF TIN:Use arrow keys to move from one line to another in a
list of newsgroups or newsgroup articles.
h help screens for that particular level
c mark all articles as read
<Enter> or <TAB> Move to next level (look at Index Page for a selected
group, look at articles in a selected thread, etc.)
<Space> Move to next page or next article
b Move to previous page or article
From the group selection level:
y (Yank) allows you to see the entire list of
newsgroups; the list of newsgroups will initially
be only those to which you have "subscribed".
Every new user is automatically subscribed to local
(W&L only) usegroups called wlu.general and
wlu.practice .
/ ? </> allows you to search forward and <?> backward in
the list of newsgroups; type in all or part of a
newsgroup name followed by <Enter> to move quickly
to a newsgroup that has your typed text as part of
its name.
s subscribe to a selected newsgroup
u unsubscribe to a selected newsgroup
z mark an article as unread
From the Index Page level:
w Write (post) an article to the group
l List the thread of the selected article
m Mail thread or article to e-mail address of your
choice (the default sends it to your Pine mail
address)
c Mark all articles as read
From the Article Pager level:
n Move to the next article
p Move to the previous article
w Write (post) an article to the group
f Write (post) a followup (response) to the selected
article or thread, including the text of the original
article
F Write (post) a followup (response) to the selected
article or thread, not including the text of the
original article
m Mail thread or article to e-mail address of your
choice (the default is your own address)
<Tab> Move to the next unread article
c Mark all articles as read
r Respond to the author only and include the
original article
R Respond to the author only but do not include
the original article