XPN

NAME

xpn - graphical newsreader written in Python with the GTK+ toolkit

SYNOPSIS

	xpn [−d | −−home_dir]
	xpn [−c | −−custom_dir= {directory}]
	xpn [−h | −−help]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the xpn command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in the GNU info(1) format; see below.

xpn is a graphical newsreader written in Python with the GTK+ toolkit.

With XPN you can read/write articles on the Usenet with a good MIME support. XPN can operate with all the most diffuse charset starting from US−ASCII to UTF−8. When you edit an article XPN automatically chooses the best charset, however is always possible to override this choice.

There also other useful features like scoring, filtered views, random tag−lines, external editor support, one−key navigation, ROT13, spoiler char, ...

OPTIONS

−d, −−home_dir

use the home directory to store config files and articles (default).

−c directory, −−custom_dir=directory

specify an existing directory where to store config files and articles.

−h, −−help

show summary of options.

FILES

${HOME}/.xpn/

Default directory where xpn stores its configuration and articles.

AUTHORS

Antonio Caputo <nemesis2001@gmx.it>

Upstream author.

Batista Facundo <facundo@taniquetil.com.ar>

Contributed some code.

David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>

Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

Emmanuele Bassi <emmanuele.bassi@infinito.it>

Contributed some code.

Guillame Bedot <guillaume.bedot@wanadoo.fr>

French translator and contributed some code.

Marek Macioschek <Marek.M@gmx.net>

German translator.

Patrick Lamaiziere <patrick.softs@lamaiziere.net>

French translator.

Rene Fischer <rene.fischer@gaehn.org>

German translator.

Valentino Volonghi <dialton3@virgilio.it>

Contributed some code.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008 David Paleino

This manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common−licenses/GPL.