This is MicroPlanet Gravity, an opensource news reader for Microsoft Windows. The previous maintainer has not updated the code for over 10 years, but I still use it when I'm on Windows to read mailing lists on gmane.
I've decided to adopt it and make new releases.
I've updated the code to compile with Visual Studio 2019, fixed a few bugs and crashes, and added a few features I've wanted. I've also modified it to build with GNU make and WiX my preferred build and install systems.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpgravity/
Just want an installer? Click Here!
I use GNU make, you can install it from here.
If you want to build the installer, you also need the WiX toolset.
Open a "Developer Command Prompt", navigate to the directory where you checked out these sources, and type make.
C:\..\mpgravity> make
As far as I know, you only need MSVC, MFC and the SDK components of
Visual Studio.
The latest version is 3.0.6
3.0.6 Release 19/04/2020
[+] Added : Experimental support for NNTPS, you can select
"Connect Securely" in the server dialog.
[+] Changed : Disable the splashscreen by default.
[+] Changed : Use startup directory to find help file, which makes
portable installation easier.
3.0.5 Released 07/04/2020
[+] Upgraded : Gravity now builds with VS2019.
[+] Added : Mouse scroll wheel now works in subscription dialog.
[+] Added : New rule syntax "Cross-posted to alt.terrible.group".
[-] Fixed : Dialog titles could sometimes contain garbage or crash.
[+] Upgraded: zlib 1.2.3 (from 2005) to 1.2.11 (from 2017).
[+] Upgraded: pcre 4.4 (from 2003!) to 8.8 (from 2020).
[+] Upgraded: hunspell 1.2.8 (from 2008) to 1.7.0 (from 2018).
[+] Upgraded: libpng 1.2.8 (from 2004) to 1.6.37 (from 2019).
[+] Upgraded: Updated the affix and dictionaries from libreoffice.
[+] Fixed : Spellchecker no longer uses HKLM to lookup dictionary
path, this doesn't make sense post-Vista. It now always uses
the folder that the Gravity executable is in.
[+] Upgraded: Installer now builds with WiX.
Please check the releases tab if you want an installer.
Please create a new issue if there are any bugs.
I'll also consider implementing feature requests.
I will fix any security bugs you report, you can either create an issue or email me at [email protected].