X Python Newsreader Explained

XPN
Screenshot Size:	250px
Developer:	Antonio Caputo
Released:	^[1]
Operating System:	multiplatform
Genre:	News client
License:	GPL
Website:	xpn.altervista.org

XPN (X Python Newsreader) is a news client written in Python and based on the GTK+ library.

Features

It offers a good MIME support, scoring system, filtered views, random tag-lines, external editor support, one-key navigation, ROT13, Face and X-Face headers decoding, spoiler char and many more. XPN is free software licensed under the GPL licence.

Thanks to Python and GTK+ it is completely multiplatform. It should work wherever Python and GTK work. A binary Windows version is also provided.

XPN is available in English, Italian, French and German.

ScreenShots

File:XPN-main-large.png|XPN running on LinuxFile:XPN-main-win-large.png|XPN running on Windows

See also

• List of Usenet newsreaders
• Comparison of Usenet newsreaders

External links

• "Account suspended" - dead link?

Notes and References

1. Web site: Change Log - XPN - X Python Newsreader. https://web.archive.org/web/20041019010449/http://xpn.altervista.org/codice/ChangeLog. TXT. 2004-10-19. 2023-09-10.