From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 19 11:18:00 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA28961 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 11:18:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (vet.vet.purdue.edu [128.210.79.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA28956 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 11:17:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA06988 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 14:17:21 -0500 Message-Id: <199512191917.OAA06988@localhost> X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.vet.purdue.edu: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.5 12/11/95 To: "freebsd.questions" Subject: Re: XFree86; Where to from here? From: Benjamin Lewis Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 14:17:18 -0500 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > any recommendations on an X news reader? I've been sticking > pretty much to text one in an xterm (trn) and wonder if I'm missing > anything :) nn-tk isn't too bad, but has some rough spots and eats up a lot of memory. I used to use it, but it has a few rough spots that were driving me crazy, so I went back to gnus since emacs is almost always running anyway. I think that if you are used to a text-based newsreader, you'll probably be happiest staying with it. The X based newsreaders just aren't as sophisticated as the old standards yet. Plus, all the fooling around with the mouse and whatnot can drive you crazy if you're used to being able to do everything without moving your hands from the home row. nn-tk and Knews are the only two threaded X newsreaders I know of. Knews 0.9.3 didn't handle using a larger font very gracefully, and completely flaked out when asked to use a proportional font. nn-tk beta 12 handled all that ok, but didn't process all the "article mode" commands correctly. I wasn't interested in non-threaded newsreaders, so didn't try any others. tknews' README said that threading was in the near future, so you might keep an eye out for it. Hope this helps, -Ben -- Benjamin Lewis (blewis@vet.vet.purdue.edu)