<s>
slrn	B-Language
is	O
a	O
console	B-Device
based	O
news	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
for	O
multiple	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
developed	O
by	O
John	O
E	O
.	O
Davis	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
in	O
1994	O
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
and	O
VMS	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
now	O
also	O
supports	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
scoring	O
rules	O
to	O
highlight	O
,	O
sort	O
or	O
kill	O
articles	O
based	O
on	O
information	O
from	O
their	O
header	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
customizable	O
,	O
allows	O
free	O
key-bindings	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
extended	O
using	O
the	O
S-Lang	B-Device
macro	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Offline	O
reading	O
is	O
possible	O
by	O
using	O
either	O
slrnpull	O
(	O
included	O
with	O
slrn	B-Language
)	O
or	O
a	O
local	O
newsserver	O
(	O
like	O
leafnode	B-Protocol
or	O
INN	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
slrn	B-Language
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
slrn	B-Language
was	O
maintained	O
by	O
Thomas	O
Schultz	O
from	O
2000	O
to	O
2007	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
others	O
who	O
made	O
contributions	O
,	O
but	O
development	O
is	O
now	O
again	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
author	O
,	O
John	O
E	O
.	O
Davis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
development	O
focuses	O
on	O
better	O
support	O
for	O
different	O
character	B-General_Concept
sets	I-General_Concept
and	O
tighter	O
integration	O
of	O
the	O
S-Lang	B-Device
language	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0.0	O
of	O
slrn	B-Language
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
21	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
18	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Historically	O
slrn	B-Language
was	O
the	O
starting	O
point	O
for	O
many	O
Usenet	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
slrn	B-Language
is	O
still	O
a	O
compromise	O
between	O
features	O
,	O
resource	O
usage	O
and	O
simplicity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
slrn	B-Language
is	O
fully	O
controlled	O
with	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
messages	O
are	O
composed	O
with	O
an	O
external	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
slrn	B-Language
name	O
derives	O
from	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
S-Lang	B-Device
and	O
its	O
function	O
to	O
read	O
news	O
.	O
</s>
