🚀 go-pugleaf

A couple of years ago I started writing a program called EEP which
allows novice users to edit their .newsrc for use with rn or trn.  I now
have it running under DOS, and am adding hooks for Waffle.  A key
feature of EEP is that it reads /usr/lib/news/newsgroups to obtain the
descriptions of each newsgroup that come through on the net (courtesy of
Gene Spafford, last time I looked.)

Because I run Waffle at home, I thought it might be a nice idea.  The
only problem is that I have used PDcurses to handle the screen, which
seems to preclude access by users via modem, unless they use DOORWAY
mode through a Door.

Anyway, I wish to poll for opinions on a couple of matters:

1.  Is there some convention for having a NEWSGROUP file in
    c:/waffle/system/ or do people like to keep the descriptions in the
    forum file? (/name=).

2.  Would this kind of program be useful to anyone?  I feel that
    Waffle's newsgroup selection mechanism is somewhat klunky,
    especially for naive users.

3.  This is not a newsreader, but could become one later.  Does
    anyone want to collaborate on this?

4.  Since this will run under UNIX as well, is there any request
    (i.e. someone willing to beta test) a Waffle/UNIX version?

Hoping to hear from someone sometime someplace....

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paul@actrix.co.at (Paul Gillingwater)
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