.\"     Title: XPN
.\"    Author: Antonio Caputo <nemesis2001@gmx.it>
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.\"      Date: 02/09/2008
.\"    Manual: xpn User Manual
.\"    Source: xpn
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.TH "XPN" "1" "02/09/2008" "xpn" "xpn User Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
xpn - graphical newsreader written in Python with the GTK+ toolkit
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 4
\fBxpn\fR [\fB\-d\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-home_dir\fR]
.HP 4
\fBxpn\fR [\fB\-c\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-custom_dir=\fR\ {\fIdirectory\fR}]
.HP 4
\fBxpn\fR [\fB\-h\fR | \fB\-\-help\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This manual page documents briefly the
\fBxpn\fR
command\.
.PP
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page\. Instead, it has documentation in the GNU
\fBinfo\fR(1)
format; see below\.
.PP
\fBxpn\fR
is a graphical newsreader written in Python with the GTK+ toolkit\.
.PP
With XPN you can read/write articles on the Usenet with a good MIME support\. XPN can operate with all the most diffuse charset starting from US\-ASCII to UTF\-8\. When you edit an article XPN automatically chooses the best charset, however is always possible to override this choice\.
.PP
There also other useful features like scoring, filtered views, random tag\-lines, external editor support, one\-key navigation, ROT13, spoiler char, \.\.\.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-home_dir\fR
.RS 4
use the home directory to store config files and articles (default)\.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-c \fR\fB\fIdirectory\fR\fR, \fB\-\-custom_dir=\fR\fB\fIdirectory\fR\fR
.RS 4
specify an existing
\fIdirectory\fR
where to store config files and articles\.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
show summary of options\.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
\fI${HOME}/\.xpn/\fR
.RS 4
Default directory where
xpn
stores its configuration and articles\.
.RE
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBAntonio Caputo\fR <\&nemesis2001@gmx\.it\&>
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.IP "" 4
Upstream author\.
.PP
\fBBatista Facundo\fR <\&facundo@taniquetil\.com\.ar\&>
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.IP "" 4
Contributed some code\.
.PP
\fBDavid Paleino\fR <\&d\.paleino@gmail\.com\&>
.sp -1n
.IP "" 4
Wrote this manpage for the Debian system\.
.PP
\fBEmmanuele Bassi\fR <\&emmanuele\.bassi@infinito\.it\&>
.sp -1n
.IP "" 4
Contributed some code\.
.PP
\fBGuillame Bedot\fR <\&guillaume\.bedot@wanadoo\.fr\&>
.sp -1n
.IP "" 4
French translator and contributed some code\.
.PP
\fBMarek Macioschek\fR <\&Marek\.M@gmx\.net\&>
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.IP "" 4
German translator\.
.PP
\fBPatrick Lamaiziere\fR <\&patrick\.softs@lamaiziere\.net\&>
.sp -1n
.IP "" 4
French translator\.
.PP
\fBRene Fischer\fR <\&rene\.fischer@gaehn\.org\&>
.sp -1n
.IP "" 4
German translator\.
.PP
\fBValentino Volonghi\fR <\&dialton3@virgilio\.it\&>
.sp -1n
.IP "" 4
Contributed some code\.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright \(co 2008 David Paleino
.br
.PP
This manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by others)\.
.PP
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation\.
.PP
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in
\fI/usr/share/common\-licenses/GPL\fR\.
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