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slackware:snownews [2012/09/13 09:04 (UTC)] – [Snownews Colours] typo sycamorexslackware:snownews [2013/03/14 18:02 (UTC)] (current) – [Downloading and Reading RSS feeds] Spelling gerardo.zamudio
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-======Reading RSS feeds======+======Snownews======
  
-[[https://kiza.eu/software/snownews/snowscripts/|Snownews]] is a lightweight [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS|RSS]] newsreader for console lovers. It lets you aggregate news from a variety of sources in one place in a very easy and quick way. Additionally, it comes with Slackware so there is a big change that it is already installed on your system.+=====Downloading and Reading RSS feeds===== 
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 +[[https://kiza.eu/software/snownews/snowscripts/|Snownews]] is a lightweight [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS|RSS]] newsreader for console lovers. It lets you aggregate news from a variety of sources in one place in a very easy and quick way. Additionally, it comes with Slackware so there is a big chance that it is already installed on your system.
  
 ===== Starting Snownews ===== ===== Starting Snownews =====
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 ===== Adding New Feeds ===== ===== Adding New Feeds =====
  
-To ''add'' new feeds, press <key>'a'</key>, paste the feed URL and hit <key>'Enter'</key>. The following, for example, is Slackware Documentation Project RSS feed URL:  +To ''add'' new feeds, press <key>'a'</key>, paste feed URL and hit <key>'Enter'</key>. The following, for example, is Slackware Documentation Project RSS feed URL:  
  
 <code>http://docs.slackware.com/feed.php</code> <code>http://docs.slackware.com/feed.php</code>
  
 You will see the name of the new feeds source. Pressing <key>'Enter'</key> will display new feeds. To go back to the main screen, press <key>'q'</key> You will see the name of the new feeds source. Pressing <key>'Enter'</key> will display new feeds. To go back to the main screen, press <key>'q'</key>
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 +Nowadays most websites provide RSS feeds. If there is a website that doesn't, you could try to employ scripts like [[http://script4rss.sourceforge.net/|script4rss]] to convert static HTML pages to feeds.
  
 ===== Other Commands ===== ===== Other Commands =====
  
-To display a list of other commands available, press <key>'h'</key> which is context dependent.+To display a list of other commands available, press <key>'h'</key> which is context dependent:
  
 ====Feed Sources List View==== ====Feed Sources List View====
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 To add a new feed, you need to press <key>'a'</key>. If you want to change it, simply replace ''a'' with a key of your choice. To add a new feed, you need to press <key>'a'</key>. If you want to change it, simply replace ''a'' with a key of your choice.
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 +=====Open Links from Feeds in a Web Browser======
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 +Newsfeeds usually include URLs that can be opened in a web browser. To open a URL, type <key>'o'</key> (lower-case letter ''o''). By default, ''snownews'', being a command line application, opens URLs in another command line tool, ie. Lynx. To change the default browser, type <key>'B'</key> from the main ''snownews'' window and type:
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 +<code>/usr/bin/firefox %s</code>
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 +From now on, all URLs will open in Firefox.
  
 =====Easter Egg===== =====Easter Egg=====
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 Snownews has a Christmas related Easter Egg. Simply create the ''santa_hunta'' file inside ''~/.snownews/'', open the ''About'' window by pressing <key>'A'</key> from the main screen and enjoy the game. Snownews has a Christmas related Easter Egg. Simply create the ''santa_hunta'' file inside ''~/.snownews/'', open the ''About'' window by pressing <key>'A'</key> from the main screen and enjoy the game.
  
 +===== Links =====
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 +  * [[slackware:common_software#rss_readers|List]] of other popular RSS newsreaders.
  
 ====== Sources ====== ====== Sources ======
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-  * Originally written by [[wiki:user:sycamorex | Marcin Herda]]+  * Originally written by [[wiki:user:sycamorex | sycamorex]]
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