The K Desktop Environment

Chapter 8. KRN's menus

8.1. The Group List window Menus

The Group List window contains 4 menus:

8.1.1. The Group List File menu

File->Connect to Server

Open a connection to your newsserver

File->Disconnect from Server

Close the connection to your newsserver

File->Get Active File

Retrieve a list of currently available groups from your newsserver

File->Post Queued messages

Send any waiting messages to your newsserver.

File->Exit

Close KRN. KRN will normally expire messages first, depending on your settings.

8.1.2. The Group List Newsgroup

Newsgroup->Open

Open the currently selected newsgroup in a reader window

Newsgroup->Find

Opens a dialog where you can enter the name, or part of a name, of a newsgroup to search for.

Newsgroup->(un)Subscribe

Toggle the subscribed/unsubscribed state of the currently selected newsgroup.

Newsgroup->(un)Tag

Toggle the tagged/not tagged state of the currently selected newsgroup.

Newsgroup->Catchup

Catch up in the currently selected newsgroup. This means to mark all messages read, up to the most recent message number available on your server, regardless of whether you have downloaded them or not.

Newsgroup->Post new article

Opens a composer window, where you can write a new post to the currently selected newsgroup.

Newsgroup->Post all queued articles

Posts any articles you have written but not yet sent to the newsserver.

Newsgroup->Subscribed

Opens a submenu containing items that operate only on currently subscribed groups.

This submenu contains:

Newsgroup->Subscribed->Get subjects

Download the article headers for the subscribed groups. The number of headers retrieved depends on your settings in the NNTP options dialog.

Newsgroup->Subscribed->Get articles

Download the entire articles (headers and bodies) in the currently subscribed newsgroups. The number of headers retrieved depends on your settings in the NNTP options dialog.

Newsgroup->Subscribed->Catchup

Catch up in the subscribed newsgroup. This means to mark all messages read, up to the most recent message number available on your server, regardless of whether you have downloaded them or not.

Newsgroup->Tagged

This submenu contains items that only operate on the currently tagged groups. You can have only subscribed groups tagged, only unsubscribed groups tagged, or a mixture of both.

Newsgroup->Tagged->Get subjects

Download the article headers for the tagged group(s). The number of headers retrieved depends on your settings in the NNTP options dialog.

Newsgroup->Tagged->Get articles

Download the entire articles (headers and bodies) in the currently tagged newsgroup(s). The number of headers retrieved depends on your settings in the NNTP options dialog.

Newsgroup->Tagged->(un)subscribe

Toggle the subscribed/unsubscribed state of the currently tagged newsgroup(s).

Newsgroup->Tagged->Untag

Untag the currently tagged group(s).

Newsgroup->Tagged->Catch up

Catch up in the tagged newsgroup(s). This means to mark all messages read, up to the most recent message number available on your server, regardless of whether you have downloaded them or not.

8.1.3. The Group List Options menu

Options->Identity

Opens the a dialog, where you can change the way you and your posts are identified. The Identity configuration Dialog is covered in it's own section

Options->NNTP Options

Opens a dialog where you can change options relating to your server, covered separately in Section 5.2.

Options->Expire Options

Opens a dialog where you can set options relating to how long articles and headers are kept in your local cache. Discussed in Section 5.3

Options->Printing Options

Opens a dialog to configure printing options. Covered in more detail in Section 5.4

8.1.4. The Group List Help menu.

Help->Contents

Opens this document.

Help->About KRN

Opens a window with credits and license information about KRN