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NewsWire

Welcome to the NewsWire page.

NewsWire is a specialized mini WWW browser that presents information in a ticker-tape manner.

Version 0.4b fixes some bugs.

New ! Completly free for Linux. Sources now available.

New ! LinuxSparc Version is now available.

New ! Win32 Version is now available.

Some of NewsWire's characteristics:

No special server is required. Any HTTP server can be used to create NewsWire services.
Index documents that point to other NewsWire services can be created.
NewsWire documents can be created on the fly with CGI or any other method supported by your server.
Proxy Servers are supported.
Can be configured as a helper application in your browser.
Server side control over document refresh time.

How does NewsWire work:

NewsWire is a WWW browser that reads standard HTML files of an HTTP server. Two types of documents can be created: regular documents that are scrolled through the main window and index documents that contain pointers to other NewsWire services and that are presented in an index window.

Presently NewsWire supports a limited subset of HTML tags. Particular information required by NewsWire is passed to it using <META> tags. For more information please read "Creating NewsWire Services"

NewsWire was developed using Dr. Bruce E. Wampler's C++ gui framework V

The Win32 version was compiled using the gnu-win32 compliler form Cygnus.

Obtaining NewsWire.

Version 0.4 beta for Intel Linux ELF can be obtained at:

ftp://www.cdm.com.mx/pub/newswire/NewsWire-LinuxELF-Dynamic-v0.4b.tgz

ftp://www.cdm.com.mx/pub/newswire/NewsWire-LinuxELF-Static-v0.4b.tgz

Version 0.3 beta for Sparc Linux can be obtained at:
(Thanks to Andrzej K. Brandt)

ftp://www.cdm.com.mx/pub/newswire/NewsWire-LinuxSparc-Dynamic-v0.3b.tgz

Version 0.3 beta for Win32 can be obtained at:

ftp://www.cdm.com.mx/pub/newswire/nw-win32.zip

Versions for 16 bit MS Windows and Java will be available shortly.

Sources are here:

ftp://www.cdm.com.mx/pub/newswire/NewsWire-v0.4b-src.tgz

NewsWire Documentation.

NewsWire Services in this server.

If you have already installed NewsWire open this Url to access our services:

http://www.cdm.com.mx/newswire/index.nw

Licensing.

This software is licensed free of charge for use on the Linux operating system and other free operating systems. For use on other operating systems it is licensed free of charge for non commercial use only. Permission is granted to distribute and modify these source files provided that this copyright and licensing notice is included. For comercial use on non free operating systems a license fee of US $30.00 is required. This includes free upgrades up to version 1.0. Please contact Xavier Llamas for more information and payment arrangements.

Bugs.

Known bugs:

Proportional fonts do not work properly yet.
A bug reported with kernels 2.0.xx is probably fixed with latest version 0.2b
No icon yet.

Please report bugs to: Xavier Llamas.

What is planned for next releases of NewsWire:

Support for more HTML tags.
In-line images.
Hot Links that will open documents on your Web browser.
Personal programs that will rotate a user defined set of NewsWire services.
Any other thing that you may think of.