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Xnews-under-Linux-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Xnews under Linux HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2003</CiteTitle>.
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2003</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to set up and use the Windows Usenet newsreader
Xnews under the Linux operating system using the Wine "emulator." </Para>
</ListItem>

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Xnews-under-Linux-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Xnews under Linux HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2003</CiteTitle>.
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2003</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to set up and use the Windows Usenet newsreader
Xnews under the Linux operating system using the Wine "emulator." </Para>
</ListItem>

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<!-- Most recent revision goes at the top; list in descending order -->
<revhistory>
<revision>
<revnumber>1.0</revnumber>
<date>2003-09-01</date>
<authorinitials>dq</authorinitials>
<revremark>initial LDP release</revremark>
<revremark>some updates</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>0.12</revnumber>
<date>2003-08-31</date>
@ -62,9 +69,9 @@ Xnews.
<para>
Xnews, created by Luu Tran, is a free newsreader for Windows,
available from the website
<ulink url="http://xnews.newsguy.com/">http://xnews.newsguy.com</ulink>:
<ulink url="http://xnews.newsguy.com/">http://xnews.newsguy.com</ulink>. Here is
a list of Xnews' features listed on the website:
</para>
<para><itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
@ -136,7 +143,7 @@ This HOWTO assumes that:
<para><itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
the Wine "emulator" is installed properly on the Linux machine. To
The Wine "emulator" is installed properly on the Linux machine. To
download Wine, visit
<ulink url="http://www.winehq.com/">http://www.winehq.com</ulink>.
The version used at the
@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ time of this writing was 20030813.
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
the reader has access to a Windows machine. Certain files are needed
The reader has access to a Windows machine. Certain files are needed
from the Windows operating system. This HOWTO covers Windows 98SE and
Windows XP.
</para>
@ -172,7 +179,7 @@ tested at the time of this writing). The website for Xnews is
is copyrighted (C) 2003 by <emphasis>Daniel Quintiliani</emphasis>.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
License, Version 1.1 or any later version published
License, Version 1.2 or any later version published
by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections,
with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
A copy of the license is available at
@ -191,9 +198,9 @@ tested at the time of this writing). The website for Xnews is
<para>
No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted.
Use the concepts, examples and information at your own risk.
There may be errors and inaccuracies, that could be damaging to
your system. Proceed with caution, and although this is highly
unlikely, the author(s) do not take any responsibility.
There may be errors and inaccuracies that could be damaging to
your system, although any damage is highly unlikely. Proceed with
caution; the author(s) do not take any responsibility.
</para>
<para>
@ -236,11 +243,26 @@ tested at the time of this writing). The website for Xnews is
<sect2>
<title>Configuring Wine for Xnews</title>
<para>
Wine is capable of &quot;emulating&quot; many different versions of Windows. Wine is not perfect,
however; it runs slower than a normal Windows installation and it is not a stable product. Certain
problems occur when running Xnews; these are discussed in the
&quot;<link linkend="problems" endterm="problems.title"/>&quot; section of the document.
</para>
<para>
Before Xnews can run under Linux, certain files from a Windows installation need to be copied to the
Xnews root directory. Depending on which version of Windows the reader of this document has access to,
there will be different files to copy and different instructions for configuring Wine. This document
currently covers a Windows 98SE and a Windows XP configuration. Below are the instructions describing
how to configure Wine for Xnews.
</para>
<sect3>
<title>Windows 98SE</title>
<para>
If the reader has access to a Windows 98SE machine, the Wine configuration
If the reader of this document has access to a Windows 98SE machine, the Wine configuration
(found at <filename>$HOME/.wine/config</filename>) must be set up
according to these instructions.
</para>
@ -275,7 +297,7 @@ than Wine.
<title>Windows XP</title>
<para>
If the reader has access to a Windows XP machine, the Wine configuration
If the reader of this document has access to a Windows XP machine, the Wine configuration
(found at <filename>$HOME/.wine/config</filename>) must be set up
according to these instructions.
</para>
@ -311,14 +333,14 @@ than Wine.
<title>Copying Required Files</title>
<para>
The following DLL files must first be copied to the root Xnews directory from
Several DLL files must first be copied to the root Xnews directory from
an existing Windows installation.
</para>
<para>
If Xnews lies on a Windows partition on the same machine, the DLL files must
be copied to that directory. Xnews will be run from that directory on the
Windows partition.
be copied to the Xnews root directory.
Xnews will be run from this directory on the Windows partition.
</para>
<para>
@ -373,9 +395,9 @@ Xnews.
<title id="problems.title">Problems</title>
<sect2>
<title>Fixed fonts and alt.ascii-art</title>
<title>Fixed-width fonts and alt.ascii-art</title>
<para>
ASCII art requires fixed fonts to view. Clicking the fixed font button above
ASCII art requires fixed-width fonts to view. Clicking the fixed font button above
the message headers will simply lock the message so the vertical scrollbar
won't work.
</para>
@ -421,6 +443,7 @@ terminal. Do not press
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>C</keycap></keycombo>,
etc as this will cause problems. Be
sure to click the Save button to save the newsrc first.
</para>
</sect3>
@ -432,20 +455,20 @@ sure to click the Save button to save the newsrc first.
<para>
First of all, I'd like to thank Luu Tran for releasing a great
newsreader; hopefully he will reconsider releasing it as open-source,
the demand does exist and is great.
the demand does exist and is big.
</para>
<para>
I'd also like to thank Vancouverite and the other people in the
<ulink url="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=65884">Gentoo forum
message</ulink> who described how to
run Xnews under Wine using Windows 98SE files (I discovered how to do
it using the XP files and how to deal with fixed fonts and other
problems).
run Xnews under Wine using Windows 98SE files. I discovered how to do
it using the XP files, and also how to deal with fixed-width fonts and other
problems.
</para>
<para>
I'd like to thank Greg Ferguson and Tabatha Marshall of the Linux
I'd like to thank Greg Ferguson, Tabatha Marshall, and Mark Garboden of the Linux
Documentation Project for helping me submit my first HOWTO. Greg Ferguson
translated my document from plain text to XML.
</para>
@ -459,3 +482,4 @@ me on this HOWTO, and to Usenet users everywhere.
</article>