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Re (3): snownews: HOW2 access cache ?

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In article <slrnjs20ri.qj.catwheezel@ID-107770.user.individual.net>, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote: 

> On 2012-05-25, no.top.post@gmail.com <no.top.post@gmail.com> wrote:
> > In article <slrnjrsoc4.q3.catwheezel@ID-107770.user.individual.net>,
> > Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote: 
> >> On 2012-05-24, no.top.post@gmail.com <no.top.post@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >> When you run snownews, you should see a list of subscribed feeds.  To
> >> refresh all feeds, hit R; for help, hit h.  
> >
> > Is it unrealistic to hope to use it a bit like a newsreader:
> > 1. to be able to d/l the header list of a URL once-only & cache it.
> > 2. to be able to d/l the articles corresponding to headers once-only &
> > cache them.
> >
> > When I've got one blog 'open for replying', I want to have time to compose
> > a serious text, and not just do-a-twitter-kiddie.  So I'd want to be
> > able to open others, at the same time. But `snowman` allows only 1
> > pid=<snowman>.
> >
> > Can you get around this; perhaps one per user ?
> >
> > == TIA.
> 
> I'm not sure what your problem is; if you're looking at a web page
> you're no longer using Snownews - you're using a web browser.  
I'm using snownews on your recommendation.
Do YOU know how to use it without the limitations of 'a browser'?

> Snownews
> is perfectly happy to tell your browser to start a new window or tab to
> open another web page, so you can have as many web pages open at once as
> you like (or your system allows).  
> 
> Those browser tabs or windows will remain open until you specifically
> close each one, or kill all browser instances.  If you're having
> difficulty with switching between browser windows or between the browser
> and Snownews, then you should look at your browser settings or your
> underlying system set-up.
> 
> If you're using a Linux or Unix console without a GUI, consider the
> utility called "Screen", which allows multiple independent sessions (for
> the same user) within the one console; that will allow you to switch
> easily between a multitude of applications or different instances of the
> same application.  
> 
> If you're using Snownews' default browser, "Lynx", consider using
> "Elinks" instead (which supports tabs), or one of the graphical browsers
> if you have a GUI.
> 
OK, I've only got elinks on an old partition/installation,
and <set browser used> to `chroot /mnt/p14 /usr/bin/elinks`,
may have problems.

A serious limitation of snownews: that you can't have multiple copies
running simultaneously,  like you can with links, lynxs ..etc.; has for me
no obvious good reason.

> A completely different approach, which might suit you very well, is to
> use the <http://gwene.org/> service to provide a 'feed' you can
> subscribe to using your usenet client.
> -- 
OK, I'm looking into that.

Thanks.

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snownews: HOW2 access cache ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-05-24 12:46 +0000
  Re: snownews: HOW2 access cache ? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2012-05-24 16:27 +0000
    Re (2): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-05-25 16:51 +0000
      Re: Re (2): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2012-05-26 16:22 +0000
        Re (3): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-05-27 06:09 +0000
          Re: Re (3): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2012-05-27 18:48 +0000
            Re (4): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-05-31 08:07 +0000
            Re (4): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-05-31 09:12 +0000
              Re: Re (4): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2012-05-31 13:32 +0000
                Re (5): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-06-02 17:25 +0000
                Re: Re (5): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2012-06-03 14:24 +0000
                Re (5): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-06-03 11:07 +0000
                Re: Re (5): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2012-06-03 14:07 +0000
                Re (6): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-06-03 17:40 +0000
                Re: Re (6): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2012-06-04 20:03 +0000
    Re (2): snownews: HOW2 access cache ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-05-25 16:51 +0000

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