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Quban v0.7.5    README 03-08-2015

Din't test much.


 CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
========================

1. INTRODUCTION

2. REQUIREMENTS

3. INSTALLATION

4. LICENSE, COPYRIGHT, DISCLAIMER

5. CONTACT

6. CREDITS

7. SUPPORT AND DONATIONS

8. HISTORY

9. RESTRICTIONS



1. INTRODUCTION
===============

Welcome to Quban v0.7.5 port for OS/2 and eComStation.

Quban is a Qt4 program to download encoded articles from the usenet news service, 
using the nntp protocol. It supports multiple servers, multiple download threads per server, 
automatic joining and decoding of articles.

It was forked from Klibido 0.2.5.

* What's included:

built in ssl support

.nzb support

File viewer for image and text files

Getting group lists and subscribing to newsgroups

Getting headers, sorting, filtering by subject, state and "completeness" 

downloading and decoding of binary posts (including yEnc).

Queue management: it's possible to move items to the top or bottom of the download queue 
to change the order of download, pause the queue, pause and cancel the items in the queue.

Server priorities and balancing

Re-queueing: if an article fails on a server, it is automatically tried on the other servers.

Group categories and aliases

2. REQUIREMENTS
===============
  The following requirements can be installed either by rpm or by zip files  
  except Extended System Tray widget which is currently available as zip only.
  

  RPM Installation (preferred):
  ============================
  klibc
  -----
    1. yum install libc
  
  GCC4Core
  --------
    1. yum install libgcc1
    2. yum install libssp
    3. yum install libstdc++6 libstdc++
    4. yum install libsupc++6 libsupc++
    5. yum install libgcc-fwd
  
  Qt4 dll
  -------
    1. yum install libqt4
    
  Zlib  
  ----
    1. yum install zlib
  
   pthread
  -------
    1. yum install pthread
  
  db4
  ---
    1. yum install db4


  ZIP Installation:
  =================
  klibc    
  -----
    1. Download klibc 0.6.6 or better (see http://svn.netlabs.org/libc for 
        more information)
    2. Install the files to your libpath eg x:\ecs\dll
  
  GCC4Core   
  --------
    1. Download GCC4Core 1.2.2 or better from ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc
    2. Install the files to your libpath eg. x:\ecs\dll
  
  Qtcore4   
  -------
    1. Download Qt4 4.7.3 or better (see http://svn.netlabs.org/qt4 for more 
      information). 'Qt Runtime Libraries and Plugins' is sufficient.
    2. Install the files according to the readme
  
  Zlib   
  ----
    1. Download zlib from f.i. http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip/
    2. Unpack and install z.dll to your libpath eg. x:\ecs\dll

  pthread
  -------
    1. Download pthread from f.i. http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip
    2. Unpack and install the dll to your libpath eg. x:\ecs\dll

  db4
  ---
    1. Download pthread from f.i. http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip
    2. Unpack and install the dll to your libpath eg. x:\ecs\dll

  Extended System Tray
  --------------------
    1. ExtendedSysTray widget for xCenter/eCenter. Not strictly required 
       but strongly recommended. Get it from here if you do not have it 
       installed already - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qt4/xsystray/

4. INSTALLATION
===============

Quban
-----

  1. Create a directory for Quban.
  2. Extract the Quban package to the new directory.
  3. Create a WPS object for Quban.exe.
  4. Start Quban
  5. Enjoy the app
  

5. LICENSE, COPYRIGHT, DISCLAIMER
=================================

(C) 2010-2015 <martin.demet@gmail.com> http://quban.sourceforge.net

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


6. CONTACT
==========


if you find a bug, then add a ticket to the trac at http://svn.netlabs.org/qtapps

Only bug reports with a reproducable bug are accepted. :-)



7. CREDITS
==========

The port was done by:

Elbert Pol aka TeLLie

Thanks go to:

  * Martin Demet
  * Dmitry A. Kuminov
  * Silvan Scherrer

They either helped me when I had some nasty questions or did some testing for me.


8. SUPPORT AND DONATIONS
========================

Quban is based on volunteer work. If you would like to support further
development, you can do so in one of the following ways:


  * Donate to the Qt4 project: see qt.netlabs.org for more information

  * Contribute to the project: Besides actual development, this also includes
    maintaining the documentation and the project web site as well as help
    for users.


9. HISTORY
==========
Compiled now with Qt v4.7.3 GA


Changelog:

Quban 0.7.5
release date: August 1st, 2015

This release resolves a number of bugs and provides greater application stability.


* What's included:
 - built in ssl support
 - .nzb support
 - Automatic repair and unpacking for par2, rar, zip and 7z files.
 - Compressed header file downloading.
 - File viewer for image and text files
 - Drag and drop for downloading from nzb files
 - Wizard for simple configuration
 - Server priorities and balancing
 - Getting a list of available newsgroups and subscribing/unsubscribing to them
 - Getting headers, sorting, filtering by subject, state and "completeness" 
 - Downloading and decoding of binary posts (including yEnc).
 - Versitile Queue management
 - Requeueing: if an article fails on a server, it is automatically tried on
   the other servers.
 - Jobs console: for monitoring and cancelling background jobs
 - Newsgroup categories and aliases
 - Server download limits
