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    From Wolfgang Bauer@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 24 10:46:01 2023
    Hello.

    I have Kubuntu 23.10 installed and am using Tin as a console reader.
    Is it possible to start tin with your own profile via the desktop starter?

    With kind regards
    --
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    Und das nennen sie ihren Standpunkt.
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  • From Wolfgang Bauer@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Tue Oct 24 12:14:46 2023
    Marco Moock schrieb:
    Am 24.10.2023 um 10:46:01 Uhr schrieb Wolfgang Bauer:

    Is it possible to start tin with your own profile via the desktop
    starter?

    You can use

    xterm -e tin
    in a desktop starter as the command.

    Nothing happens like this, Tin doesn't start like this.
    Thanks.
    With kind regards
    Wolfgang

    Freundliche Grüße
    Wolfgang
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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 24 11:54:00 2023
    Am 24.10.2023 um 10:46:01 Uhr schrieb Wolfgang Bauer:

    Is it possible to start tin with your own profile via the desktop
    starter?

    You can use

    xterm -e tin
    in a desktop starter as the command.

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 24 12:57:27 2023
    Am 24.10.2023 um 12:14:46 Uhr schrieb Wolfgang Bauer:

    Nothing happens like this, Tin doesn't start like this.
    Thanks.

    Does it work if you start it through the terminal with xterm -e?

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  • From Mike Easter@21:1/5 to Wolfgang Bauer on Tue Oct 24 06:41:59 2023
    Wolfgang Bauer wrote:
    I have Kubuntu 23.10 installed and am using Tin as a console reader.
    Is it possible to start tin with your own profile via the desktop starter?

    I installed tin in a live LM Cinnamon; I've never used it.

    The info about 'profile' is about the profile of the console/terminal
    per se. Kub's default is konsole.

    Tin's 'configuration' is largely in its directory in your home dir.

    My news provider NIN has instructions for 'configuring' for its use w/
    that server which you may find helpful even tho' that isn't your NSP,
    and the instructions are for tin 1.9 whereas my current is 2.6.2

    https://news.individual.net/configuration/tin-1.9-linux-en.php
    Program configuration for tin 1.9

    Make the following adjustments to use our news server:




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    Mike Easter

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  • From Mike Easter@21:1/5 to Mike Easter on Tue Oct 24 07:54:42 2023
    Mike Easter wrote:
    The last time I twiddled w/ a console news agent it was slrn, but that process didn't suit me.

    I liked Alpine ok 'tho'.

    It has a curses interface and help/configuration are 'built-in'. The
    2.26 v. is in the Ub repo/s which is current. It calls itself a mail
    agent, but I've only used it for news.

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  • From Mike Easter@21:1/5 to Mike Easter on Tue Oct 24 07:31:06 2023
    Mike Easter wrote:
    My news provider NIN has instructions for 'configuring' for its use
    w/ that server

    Other help; the tin site has two useful man sections 1 & 5.
    http://tin.org/
    Section 1 manpage of the latest stable version

    Section 5 manpage of the latest stable version

    1 has 'Usage' and 5 has config files.

    Personally, I find all of that 'confusing'. The last time I twiddled w/
    a console news agent it was slrn, but that process didn't suit me.

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    Mike Easter

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