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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>