tin (newsreader)
Developer(s) | Urs Janßen |
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Initial release | August 23, 1991[1] |
Stable release | 2.6.3[2]
/ 24 December 2023 |
Operating system | Unix, Linux, macOS, OpenVMS |
Type | Newsreader (Usenet) |
License | BSD-3-Clause[3] |
Website | www |
tin is an
History
Tin was initially used on text-only
Tin is available for a variety of Unix-like operating systems. It is based on the TASS newsreader, whose source code had been posted in 1991 on Usenet by Rich Skrenta.[4] The work on tin was begun shortly afterward by Iain Lea,[5] who provided information for the IETF RFC 2980.[6][7] Since 1996, tin has been maintained by Urs Janßen.
The program is generally compared with trn or nn.[8][9][10] The latter is also based on TASS.[11] Some note that tin has the most flexible threading support.[10]
Tin runs on any
The original tin used termcap. Along with the portability improvements gained by using autoconf, its developers improved the adaptability by making it work with terminfo or curses—again improving portability. Other changes, such as localization using gettext, as well as IPv6 support have kept the application current.
Unlike trn or nn, it is easy to follow the progress of changes since 1995 in tin because its changelog is detailed and dated.
See also
References
- ^ "History".
- ^ "[tin-announce] [ANNOUNCE] tin 2.6.3 released". 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Compilation and installation notes for tin".
- ^ Rick Skrenta (April 18, 1991). "Tass 3.2 newsreader". Newsgroup: alt.sources.
- ^ Iain Lea (August 24, 1991). "ANNOUNCEMENT: tin v1.00 - YAN (Yet Another Newsreader)". Newsgroup: news.software.readers.
- ^ Barber, Stan (June 1996). "Common NNTP Extensions (draft 4)". Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ Barber, Stan (October 2000). "RFC 2980 Common NNTP Extensions".
- ^ Savetz, Kevin (1996). "Your Internet Consultant - The FAQs of Life Online – 5.10. What program should I use to read news?". Sams Publishing.
- ^ Parker, Tim (1996). "Linux System Administrator's Survival Guide". Same. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ^ a b Kirch, Olaf; Terry Dawson (2000). Linux Network Administrators Guide –. O'Reilly. Chapter 24. Newsreader Configuration.
- ^ Nancy McGough (5 May 1995). "Getting Started with News and the NN News Reader". Retrieved April 8, 2021.
- ^ Dickey, Thomas E (April 2021). "TIN – News reader". VMS redux.