----Original Message---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] u.org] On Behalf Of Charles Kerr Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 09:44 To: pan-users@nongnu.org Subject: [Pan-users] More info on the impending version of Pan
> I'm glad there are people interested in new versions of Pan! > I should have the code ready for cvs in a couple of days. > > The new version works on gtk 2.4, but I *strongly* recommend > gtk 2.8 or newer because they are so much faster, > particularly in the header pane. > > The rewrite is to address the old version's design problems > that had over time grown to make Pan less fun to hack. So > the backend is even more different than the front, and > there's not a lot of compatability to be found in the .pan directory: > > * It now uses standard newsrc files to know what groups a > server has. > * It now uses standard newsgroups.dsc for group descriptions > * It now uses standard nzb files for making a resumable task list. > * There's now one file per group, not one per group per server. > * Many preferences settings have gone away. > (i.e., use Gnome or Windows registry to know what web > browser to use) > * The data files are human-readable and -editable. > (It's never been easier to raise your connection limit > past four! ;) > > However, none of these changes are gratuitious: they've all > been either to make the files more human-readable, to make > them load or save faster, > or to make them more compatable with other readers and nzb tools. > > Hopefully there will be enough advantages to the new version > to offset the churn of such a big change. > > Also, here's the screenshot. :) > > cheers, > Charles The new version of Pan sounds great. What do I have to do to get it to run on my XP Home machine? Thanks -- Travis in Shoreline Washington _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
