---
name: "xpn"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xpn"
version: "1.2.6-5.1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xpn"
---

# xpn(1)

graphical newsreader written in Python with the GTK+ toolkit

## NAME

xpn - graphical newsreader written in Python with the GTK+ toolkit

## SYNOPSIS

**xpn** \[**-d** \| **--home\_dir**\]

**xpn** \[**-c** \| **--custom\_dir=** {*directory*}\]

**xpn** \[**-h** \| **--help**\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **xpn** command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in the GNU [**info**(1)](/info/1.md) format; see below.

**xpn** is a graphical newsreader written in Python with the GTK+ toolkit.

With XPN you can read/write articles on the Usenet with a good MIME support. XPN can operate with all the most diffuse charset starting from US-ASCII to UTF-8. When you edit an article XPN automatically chooses the best charset, however is always possible to override this choice.

There also other useful features like scoring, filtered views, random tag-lines, external editor support, one-key navigation, ROT13, spoiler char, ...

## OPTIONS

- **-d**, **--home\_dir**

  use the home directory to store config files and articles (default).

- **-c** *directory*, **--custom\_dir=***directory*

  specify an existing *directory* where to store config files and articles.

- **-h**, **--help**

  show summary of options.

## FILES

*${HOME}/.xpn/*

Default directory where xpn stores its configuration and articles.

## AUTHORS

**Antonio Caputo** \<nemesis2001@gmx.it\>

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  Upstream author.

**Batista Facundo** \<facundo@taniquetil.com.ar\>

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  Contributed some code.

**David Paleino** \<d.paleino@gmail.com\>

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  Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

**Emmanuele Bassi** \<emmanuele.bassi@infinito.it\>

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  Contributed some code.

**Guillame Bedot** \<guillaume.bedot@wanadoo.fr\>

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  French translator and contributed some code.

**Marek Macioschek** \<Marek.M@gmx.net\>

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  German translator.

**Patrick Lamaiziere** \<patrick.softs@lamaiziere.net\>

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  French translator.

**Rene Fischer** \<rene.fischer@gaehn.org\>

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  German translator.

**Valentino Volonghi** \<dialton3@virgilio.it\>

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  Contributed some code.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008 David Paleino\

This manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in */usr/share/common-licenses/GPL*.