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R2E(1)							      General Commands Manual							    R2E(1)

NAME

       r2e - receive RSS feeds by email

SYNOPSIS

       r2e [-d dir] action [options]

DESCRIPTION

       r2e  is a simple program which you can run in your crontab.  It watches RSS feeds and sends you nicely formatted email message for each new
       item.

       The program is configured by ~/.rss2email/config.py by default. To use a different config file in a different directory,  you  can  specify
       the -d option before any actions.

       For a quick start with r2e, try these steps:

	      r2e new your@address
	      r2e add http://feed.url/somewhere.rss
	      r2e run

       The last command should eventually be put into your crontab, if you
       want things be sent you automatically.

       It is possible to use authenticated feeds using the following syntax:

	      r2e add http://user:password@example.com/feed

ACTIONS

       new [youremail]
	      Create a new feedfile. If the second option is specified, it sets the default email address that mails are sent to.

       add url [youremail]
	      Subscribe to a feed. The first option is the URL of the feed.  The optional second option is the email address to send new items to.
	      Repeat for each feed you want to subscribe to.

       run [--no-send] [num]
	      Scan the feeds and send emails for new items. This can be run in a cron job.

       The --no-send option stops r2e from sending any email. This can be useful the first time you run it,  as  otherwise  it	would  send  every
       available story.

       If a number is specified, r2e will only download that feed. The list command lists the feed numbers.

       email yournewemail
	      Change the default email address.

       list   List all your currently subscribed feeds.

       delete n
	      Delete a feed, using its number from the list command.

       pause n
	      Temporarily ignore a feed. A paused feed won't be updated at all.

       unpause n
	      Re-enable updates from a feed.

       opmlimport url
	      Import feeds from an OPML file.

       opmlexport
	      Export feeds to standard output, as an OPML file.

CONFIGURATION

       The  program's behavior can be controlled via the ~/.rss2email/config.py config file. The file is a python file, so variables are set using
       a syntax like this: VARIABLE = "value"

       If the value is a number, the quotes may be omitted. Most configuration variables in the file are boolean values, where a 1  indicates  the
       option is set, and a 0 disables it.

       See the example config.py file for a full list of available configuration variables.

FILES

       ~/.rss2email/feeds.dat
	      The database of feeds. Use r2e to add, remove, or modify feeds, do not edit it directly.

       ~/.rss2email/config.py
	      If this file exists, it it read to configure the program.

AUTHOR

       Aaron Swartz <rss2email@aaronsw.com>

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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>

Version 0.3.9							 26 February 2008							   NRSS(1)
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