nrss

Langue: en

Version: 262111 (debian - 07/07/09)

Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)

NAME

NRSS - An ncurses RSS reader

DESCRIPTION

NRSS is an RSS reader built to use minimal amounts of external libraries, using a minimal interface while maintaining a featureful client.

COMMAND LINE USAGE

-h
Simple help
-v
Print version
-c [num]
Set number of columns
-D [path]
Set the configuration directory (default: ~/.nrss/)
-C [path]
Set the configuration file (default: ~/.nrss/config)
-F [path]
Set the feed directory (default: ~/.nrss/feeds)
-L [path]
Set the log file (default: ~/.nrss/log)

INTERNAL USAGE

Within the program you can use the following (default) keys. These can be changed in your configuration file by using the "key" command.
UP or DOWN
Select previous or next item/feed (next) (prev)
PGUP or PGDOWN
Goto previous or next feed (next-feed) (prev-feed)
h
Display usage (toggle-usage)
C
Toggle collapse all feeds (toggle-collapse-all)
Space
Collapse a feed or read a story (default)
g
Use the defined browser to goto the item's URL (goto)
x
Show all items in feed (toggle-expand)
r
Refresh the current feed (refresh)
R
Refresh all (refresh-all)
M
Mark all read (mark-all-read)
D
Redraw screen (redraw)
q
Quit NRSS (quit)

CONFIGURATION

The ~/.nrss/config file is where all of the configuration is. You can start by using the example config below.

EXAMPLE CONFIG

 default_rate "5"
 default_show "30"
 default_maxitems "50"
 
 #Add some feeds
 add "http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot" "Slashdot"
 add "http://www.digg.com/rss/index.xml" "Digg All"
 add "http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/front_page/rss.xml" "BBC"
 add "http://www.osnews.com/files/recent.xml" "OSNews"
 add "http://distrowatch.com/news/dw.xml" "DistroWatch"
 
 #Change rate for Slashdot
 rate "30" "Slashdot"
 
 #These aren't defaults, but examples
 browser "/usr/bin/elinks %u"
 
 #Text browsers should enable this
 browser_wait "1"
 
 
 

FILES

~/.nrss/config
Main configuration file. For advanced usage, see the online configuration documentation: http://codezen.org/nrss-config
~/.nrss/log
Everyday log file.
~/.nrss/feeds/
This is where the raw XML is stored.

BUGS

None known, but it's not outside of the realm of possibility =P.

HOMEPAGE

http://codezen.org/nrss

AUTHOR

Jack Miller <jjm2n4@umr.edu>