Yarn and XyWrite

[hseaver@xxxxxxxx (Harmon Seaver)]

> Do you mean that YARN is available in your university's system? You can
> use XYWRITE with any communications software that allows you to upload
> into a message. Is YARN different in that respect?

  Yes, Yarn is an offline reader. It resides on my machine, and on my server
(has to be Unix) is UQWK which gathers all my e-mail and all the newsgroups I'm
subscribed to, packs it all into a tidy little bundle, and then I download it
all each day, read and reply at my leisure, etc.
Then upload the replies. Yarn lets you select whatever editor you choose,
DOS or OS/2, and then when you hit "r" for reply, or "f" for post (just like in
trn, Xywrite starts up with the appropriate header etc already in place, you
write/spell check/cut&paste/whatever you like and there it is.
  The difference is also that Yarn is the first offline reader I've ever found
that worked with XyWrite, but I would use it even if it didn't, since it is
head & shoulders above anything else I've seen on Fidonet or
Internet. And, for me, offline reading is preferable -- you can get up and
walk away, for hours if you want, come back and read/reply, etc. On line
reading tends to make you feel like you have to finish. Plus, right now, my
access is Nyx in Colorado, I'm in Wisconsin, and online reading is very
expensive. 8-(

Harmon Seaver hseaver@xxxxxxxx

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