nrss(1)

Overview

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.

Homepage

http://codezen.org/nrss

Releases

Unchanged in 5 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

5.0–9