Tin (newsreader) 714152 223138470 2008-07-02T19:09:06Z Tedickey 1942604 rename cat {{Infobox Software | name = tin| screenshot = [[Image:Tin-threading.png|300px|Screenshot showing tin's threading of a topic]] | caption = Tin Newsreader - Threading | developer = Urs Jan&#223;en | latest_release_version = Stable 1.8.3; Unstable 1.9.3 | latest_release_date = Stable [[February 1]], [[2007]], Unstable [[May 6]], [[2008]] | operating_system = [[Unix]], [[Linux]], [[Mac OS X]], [[OpenVMS]] | genre = [[news client]] | OSI approved = {{yes}} | license = [[BSD License|BSD]] | website = [http://www.tin.org/ www.tin.org] }} {{lowercase|tin (newsreader)}} '''tin''' is an [[open source]] text-based and threaded [[news client]]. It is available for a variety of [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s. It is based on [[TASS (software)|TASS]] newsreader, whose [[source code]] had been posted in 1991 on [[USENET]] by [[Rich Skrenta]].<ref>{{cite newsgroup |url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sources/browse_frm/thread/9f925ffe9361ab4d/9003d570c82ed9a1?tvc=1#9003d570c82ed9a1 |title=Tass 3.2 newsreader |author=Rick Skrenta |newsgroup=alt.sources newsgroup |date=April 18, 1991 }}</ref> '''tin''' was begun shortly afterwards by [[Iain Lea]],<ref>{{cite newsgroup |url=http://groups.google.com/group/news.software.readers/msg/d114fab1f98ce5bc |title=ANNOUNCEMENT: tin v1.00 - YAN (Yet Another Newsreader) |author=Iain Lea |date=August 24, 1991 |newsgroup=news.software.readers }}</ref> who provided information for the [[IETF]] RFC 2980.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.tools.ietf.org/html/draft-barber-nntp-imp-04 |title=Common NNTP Extensions (draft 4) |last=Barber |first=Stan |date=1996 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2980 |title=RFC 2980 Common NNTP Extensions |last=Barber |first=Stan |date=October 2000 }}</ref> Since [[1996]] '''tin''' has been maintained by Urs Jan&#223;en. The program is generally compared with [[rn (newsreader)|trn]] or [[nn (newsreader)|nn]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.savetz.com/yic/YIC05FI_10.html |title=Your Internet Consultant - The FAQs of Life Online &mdash; 5.10. What program should I use to read news? |last=Savetz |first=Kevin |date=1996 |publisher=Sams Publishing }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://docs.rinet.ru/LiSys/lsg41.htm |title=Linux System Administrator's Survival Guide |last=Parker |first=Tim |publisher=Same |date=1996 }}</ref><ref name="Kirch">{{cite book |url=http://www.faqs.org/docs/linux_network/x-087-2-newsreaders.html |title=Linux Network Administrators Guide &mdash |pages=Chapter 24. Newsreader Configuration |first=Olaf |last=Kirch |coauthors=Terry Dawson |publisher=O'Reilly |date=2000 }}</ref> Some note that '''tin''' has the most flexible threading support.<ref name="Kirch" /> '''tin''' runs on any [[UNIX]] or [[POSIX]] platform. This is because '''tin''' was an early adopter of [[autoconf]], in [[1996]]. Older versions of '''tin''' also ran on [[OpenVMS]];<ref>{{citation |url=http://vms.tuwien.ac.at/freeware/TIN-1-4-4/ |title=OpenVMS Freeware CDs V5.0 |contribution=TIN-1-4-4 |last=Dickey |first=Thomas E |date=April 2001 }}</ref> the newer versions which have [[UTF-8]] support do not. 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_(programming_library)|curses]] &mdash; again improving portability. Other changes, such as localization using [[gettext]], as well as [[IPv6]] support have kept the application current. Unlike [[rn (newsreader)|trn]] or [[nn (newsreader)|nn]], it is easy to follow the progress of changes since [[1995]] in '''tin''' because its [[changelog]] is detailed, and dated. ==See also== *[[List of news clients]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.tin.org/ tin.org] - Official homepage *[http://www.skrenta.com/tass/ Notes on '''tass'''] [[Category:Free Usenet clients]] [[Category:Termcap]] [[Category:Terminfo]] [[Category:Curses-based software]] [[Category:Ncurses]] {{unix-stub}} {{network-software-stub}} [[de:Tin (Newsreader)]] [[pl:Tin]]