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From: scoob@vlsi.polymtl.ca (Christian Marcotte)
Newsgroups: news.software.nn,news.software.b
Subject: REPLY: Why use NN when there is TRN???
Message-ID: <1990Nov23.160854.13868@vlsi.polymtl.ca>
Date: 23 Nov 90 16:08:54 GMT
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  Since the only responses I got from my question: "Why use NN when there
  is TRN?" were people asking me where I could get TRN, I decided to 
  advertise this FINE product a bit...

  TRN IS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO USENET SINCE NNTP & CNEWS !!!

  Wayne Davison wrote it in 1990.  It's a superset to rn (the most 
  popular news reader in the world).  It can be toggled from enhanced
  TRN mode to good old unefficient rn (Useful if not all your co-worker
  appreciate innovation...)



  Here is part of the documentation file we wrote when installing
  TRN on our net:

##########################################################################
# 			TRN version 1.0
#
#   Ftp Sources:	caesar.cs.montana.edu    After 5 pm...
#			uunet.uu.net (under /news)
#
###########################################################################

	TRN is an enhanced version of the world popular RN by Larry Wall.

	It can be used as rn with no difference from the original or
	we can switch on the TRN options.

	These options bring us two main features:

		A menu to select (tag) the articles that we want
		to read or mark as read.

		A tree displaying the conversation threads between
		the articles (plus the commands to move in that tree).

		Overall, it speeds up the news reading and clarifies
		the links  between articles.

	Read news.software.b for articles concerning trn.
	(Maybe a newsgroup news.software.trn will eventually be
	 created.)


	To maintain data about the threads between articles, TRN has
	it's own little database (about 2Meg for 45Meg of news).

	Trn can be installed straihgt or NNTP option (like rrn).


	We've been using this baby for a couple of months now without a
	single bug (EVER).

	News reading is now REALLY EFFICIENT  thanks to TRN !!!

	Good luck !!!

			Scoob