From cdf63f6f86a0331ba8cfdc1ac315f862b22f5d9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: keyboardan Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:08:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Merge and remove slrn.md Merge slrn.md into netnews.md. There was much duplicate information in both of these files. Remove slrn.md . Now only netnews.md file persists, without the wiki losing any information. Readers need one less clicky. Signed-off-by: keyboardan --- wiki/source/netnews.md | 11 ++++++++--- wiki/source/slrn.md | 10 ---------- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 wiki/source/slrn.md diff --git a/wiki/source/netnews.md b/wiki/source/netnews.md index 531876c..6a73b54 100644 --- a/wiki/source/netnews.md +++ b/wiki/source/netnews.md @@ -30,10 +30,15 @@ and [~xwindows](/~xwindows/) (technical troubleshooter). ### slrn [slrn](slrn.html) is a newsreader; see [http://slrn.sourceforge.net/](http://slrn.sourceforge.net/) for details. -First, add `export NNTPSERVER="localhost"` to your shellrc (`.bashrc`, `.zshrc`) -and source it (`source path/to/.shellrc`). +First, add `NNTPSERVER='news.tilde.club' && export NNTPSERVER` to your shellrc (`.bashrc`, `.zshrc`). If your shell is Bash, you may write it `export NNTPSERVER='news.tilde.club'`, instead. And, source it (`source path/to/.shellrc`). -Then run `slrn --create` to create the slrn config file, and lastly `slrn -d` to +Then, create a file called .slrnrc in your home directory like this: + +set hostname "tilde.club" +set username "your-tilde.club-user" +set realname "Your-Firstname Your-Lastname" + +Afterwards, run `slrn --create` to create the slrn config file, and lastly `slrn -d` to populate group names. You're now ready to run `slrn`! If the list is empty, press `L` (for list-groups) and enter `*` in the field for all groups. You might need to enter each group (pressing `space`) to get a proper count for how many (if any) unread messages there are. diff --git a/wiki/source/slrn.md b/wiki/source/slrn.md deleted file mode 100644 index 167c0bb..0000000 --- a/wiki/source/slrn.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Slrn -category: links ---- - -``slrn`` is a news reader for [Usenet](netnews.html). - -Documentation for slrn can be found at [http://slrn.sourceforge.net](http://slrn.sourceforge.net) - -Tilde-specific slrn info is on [http://tilde.club/~joeld/slrn.html](http://tilde.club/~joeld/slrn.html)