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</affiliation>
</author>
<pubdate>2003-12-11</pubdate>
<pubdate>2003-12-12</pubdate>
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<revhistory>
<revision>
<revnumber>2.1</revnumber>
<date>2003-12-12</date>
<authorinitials>dq</authorinitials>
<revremark>Updated to cover Forte Free Agent as well as Xnews and Dialog. Added a Dialog problem.</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>2.02</revnumber>
<date>2003-12-11</date>
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<abstract>
<para>
This document describes how to set up and use several different Windows Usenet
newsreaders under the Linux operating system using the Wine "emulator." This
document was formerly known as the Xnews under Linux HOWTO.
newsreaders under the Linux operating system using the Wine
&quot;emulator.&quot; This document was formerly known as the Xnews under
Linux HOWTO.
</para>
<para>
The latest version of this document is always available at
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<para>
One of the problems with Linux today is the lack of a good newsreader, where
Windows has several newsreader programs of better quality. Under Windows, two
of the most popular newsreaders are Xnews and Dialog.
Windows has several newsreader programs of better quality. Under Windows, three
of the most popular newsreaders are Xnews, Dialog, and Free Agent.
</para>
<para>
Xnews, created by Luu Tran, is a free newsreader for Windows,
Xnews, created by Luu Tran, is a freeware newsreader for Windows,
available from the website
<ulink url="http://xnews.newsguy.com/">http://xnews.newsguy.com</ulink>. Here
is a list of Xnews' features listed on the website:
@ -182,6 +189,18 @@ commercial users and freeware for private users.&quot; It works excellently
under Linux.
</para>
<para>
Free Agent is the feature-slimmed freeware version of Forte's commercial
e-mail and Usenet client Agent. It is available at
<ulink url="http://www.forteinc.com/agent">http://www.forteinc.com/agent/</ulink>.
According to the Features section of the website, the program has basic
newsreader functions, message threading, multi-part binaries, translations,
internal multi-tasking, and URL detection. It also has partial support for
offline data storage, group properties, UI configuration, searching, and
sorting. It runs with few problems under Linux after almost no extra
configuration.
</para>
<sect2 id="prereqs">
<title>Prerequisites</title>
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<ulink url="http://www.40tude.com/dialog/">http://www.40tude.com/dialog/</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
<listitem>
<para>
Free Agent version 1.xx is being used. The website for Free Agent is
<ulink url="http://www.forteinc.com/agent/">http://www.forteinc.com/agent/</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
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<listitem>
<para>
This document may be expanded to cover other Windows newsreaders
such as Forte Free Agent and MicroPlanet Gravity.
such as MicroPlanet Gravity.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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<para>
This document will not cover the following newsreaders: XanaNews (I cannot
get this to work) and newsreaders included in browsers (Outlook Express,
get this to work) and newsreaders included in web browsers (Outlook Express,
Netscape/Mozilla Mail and News, etc)
</para>
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<para>
Use Xnews normally, noting the exceptions in the next section, entitled
&quot;<link linkend="x-problems" endterm="x-problems.title"/>&quot;
Note that these are problems with Wine's &quot;emulation&quot;, not
Note that these are problems with Wine's &quot;emulation,&quot; not
Xnews.
</para>
</sect2>
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<title>Fixed-width fonts and alt.ascii-art</title>
<para>
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.
above the message headers will simply lock the message so that the vertical
scrollbar will not work.
</para>
<para>
The easiest way to deal with this is to go into
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</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Fixed-width fonts and alt.ascii-art</title>
<para>
ASCII art requires fixed-width fonts to view. Only the font &quot;Misc
Fixed&quot; will work.
</para>
<para>
To change the font, go into Settings -&qt; General Settings -&qt;
Fonts/Colors. Change the &quot;Bodies (monospaced)&quot; font to &quot;Misc
Fixed.&quot;
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="agent">
<title>Free Agent</title>
<sect2 id="a-setup">
<title>Setting up Free Agent</title>
<sect3>
<title>Configuring Wine for Free Agent</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 Free Agent;
these are discussed in the
&quot;<link linkend="a-problems" endterm="a-problems.title"/>&quot; section of
the document.
</para>
<para>
Before Free Agent can be run under Linux, a certain file from a Windows
installation need to be copied to Free Agent's root directory. The
instructions are similar for both Windows 98SE and Windows XP configurations.
Below are the instructions describing how to configure Wine for Free Agent.
</para>
<para>
First, find the section &quot;<literal>[Version]</literal>&quot; in the
<filename>.wine/config</filename> file, and make sure that
&quot;<literal>win98</literal>&quot; is the version Wine will imitate:
<screen>
[Version]
; Windows version to imitate (win95,win98,winme,nt351,nt40,win2k,winxp,win20,win30,win31)
&quot;Windows&quot; = &quot;win98&quot;
</screen>
</para>
<para>
Next, add an entry to the &quot;<literal>AppDefaults</literal>&quot;
section which will also tell Wine to use certain files from Windows rather
than Wine.
<screen>
;; sample AppDefaults entries
[AppDefaults\\agent.exe\\DllOverrides]
&quot;comdlg32.dll&quot; = &quot;native&quot;
</screen>
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Copying and/or Installing Required Files</title>
<para>
Several DLL files must first be copied to the root Free Agent directory from
an existing Windows installation.
</para>
<para>
If Free Agent lies on a Windows partition on the same machine, you must copy
the DLL files to the Free Agent root directory. Free Agent will be run from
this directory on the Windows partition.
</para>
<para>
If Free Agent is being run on a Linux-only machine, you must download Free
Agent to your fake C drive (usually <filename>$HOME/c</filename>). You must
then use the supplied installer according to the instructions in the
subsection below entitled
&quot;<link linkend="a-installer" endterm="a-installer.title"/>.&quot;
Alternatively, you may copy an existing Free Agent folder to your fake
C drive. The root Free Agent directory must include the DLL files mentioned in
the following subsections.
</para>
<sect4 id="a-installer">
<title id="a-installer.title">Using the Installer</title>
<para>
To install Free Agent, simply download the installer to your fake C drive,
open up a terminal window, navigate to your fake C drive, and type:
<screen>
wine <literal>installer</literal>.exe
</screen>
(where <literal>installer</literal> is the name of the installer). Installation
should work fine from here. Be sure to copy the DLL files mentioned in the rest
of this section to your Free Agent root directory before running the program.
</para>
</sect4>
<sect4>
<title>Copying required files</title>
<para>
The Windows DLL file <filename>comdlg32.dll</filename> needs to be copied to
the Free Agent root directory. Under Windows 98SE, the file is usually located
in <filename>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\</filename>. Under Windows XP, the file is
usually located in <filename>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\</filename>.
</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="run_agent">
<title>Running Free Agent</title>
<para>
Using a terminal window, navigate to the root Free Agent directory and type:
<screen>
wine agent.exe
</screen>
</para>
<para>
Use Free Agent normally, noting the exceptions in the next section, entitled
&quot;<link linkend="a-problems" endterm="a-problems.title"/>&quot;
Note that these are problems with Wine's &quot;emulation,&quot; not
Free Agent.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="a-problems">
<title id="a-problems.title">Problems and Issues</title>
<sect3>
<title>Fixed-width fonts and alt.ascii-art</title>
<para>
ASCII art requires fixed-width fonts to view. Only the font &quot;Misc
Fixed&quot; will work.
</para>
<para>
To change the font, go into Options -&gt; Display Preferences -&gt; Fonts -&gt;
Fixed-Pitch Body. Make sure the font &quot;Misc Fixed&quot; is being used.
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>