INTRODUCTION TO NN & NN-TK (NN-TK 15.0)
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nn is a menu based (point and shoot) netnews reader with a complete
set of features to satisfy both the expert and the novice user.  When
compiled as nn-tk it has an X windows interface and many extra features.


Some of the key features of nn are:

 *  Menu-based article selection prior to reading the articles
    with the articles sorted according to subject & posting time!

    This significantly reduces the time spent on news reading.
    No keystorkes are wasted on articles you don't want to read, and
    only the articles selected on the menu will be read.

 *  Digests are automatically split and presented as ordinary articles!
    You can transparently save and respond to individual subarticles.

 *  Full folder support: read, save, and delete individual articles.

 *  Online help and manual.

 *  Built-in unshar and patch functions.

 *  Built-in uudecode function which will automatically unpack,
    concatenate, and decode multi-part postings.

 *  Easy remapping of keys with advanced macro definition features.

 *  Automatic kill & selection of articles based on subject or author.

 *  User specified presentation sequence of news groups based on the
    news group hierarchy.

 *  Whole classes of news groups can easily be unsubscribed
    permanently, e.g. talk.all and all.politics

 *  Related groups can be merged and presented as a single group, e.g.
    comp.emancs and all gnu.emacs groups.

 *  News collection and presentation is extremely fast, because nn
    uses its own database on top of the standard news system.

 *  In a distributed environment, the database can be shared among all
    hosts on the network.  Only one daemon is needed on the news server
    for all hosts.  This works in a heterogenous environment as well.

 *  NNTP is also supported 

 *  Default sorting of articles is by Reference: threads

The features of nn-tk:

	NN-TK retains the basic structure of screen mode NN where you first
	select the articles in a group you want to read and then page through
	them. All the old NN commands should still work.

	The TCL/TK code provides a GUI interface with command menus and
	buttons, the use of the mouse to select articles, a scrolling panel
	for displaying articles and group selection using either of scrolling
	panel or cascading menus. The group list can be used for modifying
	the group sequence and group subscription. There is a panel that
	displays the Reference thread tree structure.

	If EXMH is available then there is also an internal editor for 
	posting items and the ability to send and read 	MIME and PGP 
	messages as well as to turn URL's into buttons for passing to 
	Netscape (or another WWW reader). With EXMH V2 it can display
	inline HTML.

	NN-TK requires TK v4.

			     DISTRIBUTION
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The nn/nn-tk source is available at
	ftp.uwa.edu.au:/pub/nn/nn-tk


			     INSTALLATION
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The following files are contained in the `doc' subdirectory:

The installation procedure is described in the file INSTALLATION.

You may also find useful information in the files PROBLEMS and NNTP.

		      NN HAS ITS OWN NEWS GROUP
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We have an unmoderated news group dedicated to nn: news.software.nn

The news.software.nn group is used for discussion on all subjects
related to the nn news reader.  This includes, but is not limited to,
questions, answers, ideas, hints, information for development, patches, etc.

			   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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NN was written by Kim Fabricius Storm, after that it was by Peter Wemm 
(peter@dialix.oz.au). This version and the  TK based GUI interface is 
by Toivo Pedaste (toivo@ucs.uwa.edu.au)