QNNTPGet
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The aim of qnntpget is to create an easy to use interface to download
multipart binaries from a usenet newsserver.

It currently uses Python 2.0 and PyQT 2.2 which are available from

http://www.python.org

http://www.thekompany.com/projects/pykde

You only need PyQT, not PyKDE. Beware that this is a quite a big
compile. But if you're into Python and/or want to experiment with
GUI then this is the thing. It even works under windows.

Installing
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Get Python 2.0 and PyQT (See above). Since you're reading this
you already uncompressed the tarbal. Edit the "newsrc" file
and add the newsgroup you want to see, something like:

alt.binaries.very.big.group: 1-1

will work fine.  Now run ./qnntpget.py, it will present you with a
screen which asks for the news server and login information. 
If you don't know your login information you probably won't need it.
Close the window (Yes, there is no OK button). Next you'll see a 
screen with the newsgroups you've added to the newsrc file. Hit
'Refresh', double click on a newsgroup. If there's a lot of 
article's you will be asked how much article's you want to see.
After all the header information is grabbed from the server
and some analyses you'll get the main screen. Select the binaries
you want (green are complete binaries, red are broken binaries
blue are double postings) with the usual shift/ctrl click and
press 'Queue'. Next hit 'Download' and download will resume;
your stuff will be in the 'cache' directory.

Why Python/PyQT
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Basically because I wanted to make something that worked without
spending to much time on it. Python let's you do this very 
easily. 

Why
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Well since I discovered avifile (http://http://divx.euro.ru/ I like to
watch an occasional divx ;-)

Status
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I've decided to package the whole thing and make a 0.1 release. 
The code is emberassing to say the least but getting an overview
of binaries in a newsgroup and downloading them now seems to
work. It's still far from complete, for more information see TODO.

Credits
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The icons were borrowed from PAN (http://www.superpimp.org), if I have the
time I will provide some orignal icons (although the the current icons do
look good)

Author
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Frido Ferdinand (frido@euronet.nl)


Availability
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http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/qnntpget/