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Paperboy for Windows 1.90
Description
Paperboy is a Windows based offline newsreader, compatible
with the SOUP message format. Version 1.90 is a "beta" test
version, released in the hopes of soliciting bug reports and
comments.
Distribution
Version 1.90 is intended only for experienced users of
offline readers. A later release will have documentation,
suitable for less adventurous folks.
License
Paperboy is protected under the GNU General Public License,
version 2 or later. See the file COPYING for details.
Author
Paperboy was written by Michael H. Vartanian
(vart@eniac.seas.upenn.edu) using Microsoft's
Visual Basic 3.0 and Visual C++ 1.0.
Requirements
Paperboy runs under Microsoft Windows, on a 386 or greater
processor. It requires the file VBRUN300.DLL, which is
freely available, and often already present.
Location
PBOY190.ZIP is available at the following FTP sites:
ftp.gte.com (/pub/incoming for now.)
ftp.cica.indiana.edu (/pub/pc/win3/uploads for now.)
More sites will be added when Paperboy stabilizes.
Manifest
README (This file)
COPYING GNU General Public License
PAPERBOY.EXE The PAPERBOY program
PBOYSOUP.DLL Support library
CMDIALOG.VBX Microsoft Common Dialog Box Support
SAMPLE.ZIP Sample feed, useful for verifying proper
installation
SOURCE.ZIP Source code
Installation
After unzipping the archive, copy the CMDIALOG.VBX file to
your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, checking first that you
don't have a later version already installed.
Unzip SAMPLE.ZIP. Several files (AREAS, INFO, *.MSG) should
be created.
From Windows, run PAPERBOY.EXE.
From the "File" menu, select "Open Areas...", and select the
previously created AREAS file.
Or from DOS, just type PAPERBOY [full path of AREAS file].
Using Paperboy
After exploring the sample newsfeed, try accessing a SOUP
packet generated on your host system. Replies are made up of
a REPLIES file, and several PBR###.MSG files, all of which
are fed into the packet processor on the host system.
The interface should be pretty straightforward. For quickly
navigating messages, the spacebar scrolls down, and pressing
"n" will skip to the next message.
Reporting bugs
If Paperboy behaves unexpectedly, please let me know!
Serious crashes may result in a \PBFAULT.LOG file being
dumped, this file contains useful information on the
internal state of Paperboy leading up to the crash.
Known problems/limitations
Poor threading of messages
No external editor
Few keyboard shortcuts
Slow, fat DLL (debugging code)
Poor documentation/online help
Only tested with uqwk 1.8
Doesn't keep mail between sessions
Not totally SOUP 1.2 compliant
Doesn't handle MIME
-Michael Vartanian
(vart@eniac.seas.upenn.edu)