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Newsbeuter

Newsbeuter is an open-source RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals. It runs on Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and other Unix-like operating systems. Newsbeuter's great configurability and vast number of features make it a perfect choice for people that need a slick and fast feed reader that can be completely controlled via keyboard.

A summary of some of its features:

  • Subscribe to RSS 0.9x, 1.0, 2.0 and Atom feeds
  • Download podcasts
  • Freely configure your keyboard shortcuts
  • Search through all downloaded articles
  • Categorize and query your subscriptions with a flexible tag system
  • Integrate any data source through a flexible filter and plugin system
  • Automatically remove unwanted articles through a "killfile"
  • Define "meta feeds" using a powerful query language
  • Synchronize newsbeuter with your bloglines.com account
  • Import and exporting your subscriptions with the widely used OPML format
  • Freely define newsbeuter's look'n'feel through free color configurability and format strings


Installation

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# pacman-g2 -S newsbeuter


Before using newsbeuter, you have to import a feed list (see more after).

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$ newsbeuter -i blogroll.opml

where blogroll.opml is the location of your OPML file

Configuration

User terminal 48px.png
$ vim ~/.newsbeuter/config

Here mine :

bookmark-cmd "~/bin/bookmark-delicious.sh" 
bookmark-interactive yes 
browser "elinks %u"
reload-time 60
reload-threads 2
feed-sort-order firsttag
html-renderer "elinks -dump -T text/html"
notify-format "%d nouveaux articles (%n articles non lus, %f flux non lus)"
save-path "~/rss"
search-highlight-colors white black bold
# red scheme
color listnormal white black
color listfocus  magenta yellow bold reverse
color info       blue yellow reverse bold
color background white black
color article    white black
# cyan-colored newsbeuter color scheme
#color listnormal cyan black
#color listfocus  cyan black reverse
#color info       white blue
#color background white black
#color article    white black
# urls-source "googlereader"
# googlereader-login "m.brangeon@gmail.com"
# googlereader-password "xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Add feeds

Feed list is managed by the file ~/.newsbeuter/urls. you can also edit this list in newsbeuter with E on feed list page.

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$ vim ~/.newsbeuter/urls

one feed per line, with tags at the end of the line.

http://planet.frugalware.org/fr/rss20.xml "gnu/linux" "planet"
http://planet.frugalware.org/rss20.xml "gnu/linux" "planet"
http://planet.april.org/rss20.xml "Libre" "Planet"
http://www.planet-libre.org//feed.php?type=rss "Libre" "planet"
http://formats-ouverts.org/rss.php "Libre"
http://www.siteduzero.com/Templates/xml/tutoriels_fr.xml "tutoriel" "~Site du Zero"
http://www.siteduzero.com/Templates/xml/news_fr.xml "web"
http://www.framasoft.net/spip.php?page=backend&id_rubrique=5 "Libre"
http://www.jesuislibre.org/backend_xml.php3 "Libre"

Note : a tag like "~Planet Frugalware francophone", beginning with ~, change feed title.

Commands

Here some commands for using newsbeuter. ? and man newsbeuter for more :)

  • R : update all feeds
  • r : update feed
  • n : next unread feed
  • p : prev unread feed
  • t : filter list by tag
  • Control+t : cancel filter by tag
  • F : filter
  • <CR> : read feed
  • A : unread all feeds
  • q : quit (go to last window)
  • Q : quit newsbeuter
  • o : open feed link
  • u : list all links of feed
  • E : dit feed list

Captures d'écrans

Liste des flux
Liste des billets d'un flux


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