Last night's LUG meeting

Sean picasso@madflower.com
Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:21:42 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Edward Glowacki wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Sean wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Edward Glowacki wrote:
> > > [1] I'm adding this one to the list.  =) I like Pine, I feel good
> > > using it, but it's missing some features I'd like... (built-in
> > > PGP/GPG support, keywords/categories for email, better
> > > new/read/answered/important/archived status management, etc.)  The
> > > goal would be to use some of the design principles from Pine and
> > > build a new system.  My first choice would be Python and Ncurses,
> > > but those two don't seem to like to play well together for me, so
> > > my second thought is Python and wxWindows.  Either way, the primary
> > > interface is going to be the keyboard, not the rodent. =)  Oh, and
> > > is it obvious I'm itching to write something cool?!?! ;)
> > 
> > Someone already is working on a pine knockoff. Search Freshmeat. I forgot
> > the name of it =)
> 
> I looked through there not too long ago and didn't see anything
> when I searched for "pine".  Just checked again and didn't see it.

hmm i swear to god i saw it. 
mmr is one but it wasnt what I was thinking of. 
http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/projects/mmr/

it is written in C++ though.