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5 @set UPDATED November 2005 | |
6 @settitle Newsticker @value{VERSION} | |
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13 This manual is for Newsticker (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}). | |
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17 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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19 @quotation | |
20 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document | |
21 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or | |
22 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no | |
23 Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual'', | |
24 and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license | |
25 is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License'' | |
26 in the Emacs manual. | |
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30 developing GNU and promoting software freedom.'' |
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32 This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free | |
33 Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document | |
34 separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the | |
35 license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. | |
36 @end quotation | |
37 @end copying | |
38 | |
39 @dircategory Emacs | |
40 @direntry | |
41 * Newsticker: (newsticker). A Newsticker for Emacs. | |
42 @end direntry | |
43 | |
44 @titlepage | |
45 @title Newsticker -- a Newsticker for Emacs | |
46 @subtitle for version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED} | |
47 @author Ulf Jasper | |
48 @author @email{ulf.jasper@@web.de} | |
49 @author @uref{http://de.geocities.com/ulf_jasper} | |
50 @page | |
51 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll | |
52 @insertcopying | |
53 @end titlepage | |
54 | |
55 @contents | |
56 | |
57 @ifnottex | |
58 @node Top | |
59 @top Newsticker | |
60 @end ifnottex | |
61 | |
62 @menu | |
63 * Overview:: General description of newsticker. | |
64 * Requirements:: Requirements for using newsticker. | |
65 * Installation:: Installing newsticker on your system. | |
66 * Usage:: Basic newsticker instructions. | |
67 * Configuration:: Customizable newsticker settings. | |
68 * Remarks:: Remarks about newsticker. | |
69 * GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation. | |
70 * Index:: Variable, function, and concept index. | |
71 @end menu | |
72 | |
73 @node Overview | |
74 @chapter Overview | |
75 | |
76 Newsticker provides a newsticker for Emacs. A newsticker is a thing | |
77 that asynchronously retrieves headlines from a list of news sites, | |
78 prepares these headlines for reading, and allows for loading the | |
79 corresponding articles in a web browser. | |
80 | |
81 | |
82 Headlines consist of a title and (possibly) a small description. They | |
83 are contained in "RSS" (RDF Site Summary) or "Atom" files. Newsticker | |
84 should work with the following RSS formats: | |
85 | |
86 @itemize | |
87 @item RSS 0.91 (see @uref{http://backend.userland.com/rss091} or | |
88 @uref{http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-spec-0.91.html}), | |
89 @item RSS 0.92 (see @uref{http://backend.userland.com/rss092}), | |
90 @item RSS 1.0 (see @uref{http://purl.org/rss/1.0/spec} | |
91 @item RSS 2.0 (see @uref{http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss}), | |
92 @end itemize | |
93 @itemize | |
94 as well as the following Atom formats: | |
95 @item Atom 0.3 | |
96 @item Atom 1.0 (see | |
97 @uref{http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-atompub-format-11.txt}). | |
98 @end itemize | |
99 | |
100 That makes Newsticker.el an "Atom aggregator, "RSS reader", or "RSS | |
101 aggregator". | |
102 | |
103 Newsticker provides several commands for reading headlines, navigating | |
104 through them, marking them as read/unread, hiding old headlines etc. | |
105 Headlines can be displayed as plain text or as rendered HTML. | |
106 | |
107 Headlines can be displayed in the echo area, either scrolling like | |
108 messages in a stock-quote ticker, or just changing. | |
109 | |
110 Newsticker allows for automatic processing of headlines by providing | |
111 hooks and (sample) functions for automatically downloading images and | |
112 enclosed files (as delivered by podcasts, e.g.). | |
113 | |
114 @ifhtml | |
115 Here are screen shots of the @uref{newsticker-1.7.png, version 1.7 | |
116 (current version)} and some older screen shots: | |
117 @uref{newsticker-1.6.png, version 1.6}, | |
118 @uref{newsticker-1.5.png, version 1.5}, | |
119 @uref{newsticker-1.4.png, version 1.4} | |
120 @uref{newsticker-1.3.png, version 1.3}, | |
121 @uref{newsticker-1.0.png, version 1.0}. | |
122 @end ifhtml | |
123 | |
124 @node Requirements | |
125 @chapter Requirements | |
126 | |
127 Newsticker can be used with | |
128 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html, GNU Emacs} version | |
129 21.1 or later as well as @uref{http://www.xemacs.org, XEmacs}. It | |
130 requires an XML-parser (@file{xml.el}) which is part of GNU Emacs. If | |
131 you are using XEmacs you want to get the @file{net-utils} package | |
132 which contains @file{xml.el} for XEmacs. | |
133 | |
134 Newsticker requires a program which can retrieve files via http and | |
135 prints them to stdout. By default Newsticker will use | |
136 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html, wget} for this task. | |
137 | |
138 | |
139 @node Installation | |
140 @chapter Installation | |
141 | |
142 As Newsticker is part of GNU Emacs there is no need to perform any | |
143 installation steps in order to use Newsticker. | |
144 | |
145 However, if you are using imenu, which allows for navigating with the | |
146 help of a menu, you should add the following to your Emacs startup file | |
147 (@file{~/.emacs}). | |
148 | |
149 @lisp | |
150 (add-hook 'newsticker-mode-hook 'imenu-add-menubar-index) | |
151 @end lisp | |
152 | |
153 That's it. | |
154 | |
155 @node Usage | |
156 @chapter Usage | |
157 | |
158 @findex newsticker-show-news | |
159 The command @code{newsticker-show-news} will display all available | |
160 headlines in a special buffer, called @samp{*newsticker*}. It will | |
161 also start the asynchronous download of headlines. The modeline in | |
162 the @samp{*newsticker*} buffer informs whenever new headlines have | |
163 arrived. Clicking mouse-button 2 or pressing RET in this buffer on a | |
164 headline will call @code{browse-url} to load the corresponding news | |
165 story in your favourite web browser. | |
166 | |
167 @findex newsticker-start-ticker | |
168 @findex newsticker-stop-ticker | |
169 The scrolling, or flashing of headlines in the echo area, can be | |
170 started with the command @code{newsticker-start-ticker}. It can be | |
171 stopped with @code{newsticker-stop-ticker}. | |
172 | |
173 @findex newsticker-start | |
174 @findex newsticker-stop | |
175 If you just want to start the periodic download of headlines use the | |
176 command @code{newsticker-start}. Calling @code{newsticker-stop} will | |
177 stop the periodic download, but will call | |
178 @code{newsticker-stop-ticker} as well. | |
179 | |
180 @node Configuration | |
181 @chapter Configuration | |
182 | |
183 All Newsticker options are customizable, i.e. they can be changed with | |
184 Emacs customization methods: Call the command | |
185 @code{customize-group} and enter @samp{newsticker} for the customization | |
186 group. | |
187 | |
188 All Newsticker options have reasonable default values, so that in most | |
189 cases it is not necessary to customize settings before starting Newsticker | |
190 for the first time. | |
191 | |
192 Newsticker options are organized in the following groups. | |
193 | |
194 @itemize | |
195 | |
196 @item | |
197 @code{newsticker-feed} contains options that define which news | |
198 feeds are retrieved and how this is done. | |
199 | |
200 @itemize | |
201 @item | |
202 @vindex newsticker-url-list | |
203 @code{newsticker-url-list} defines the list of headlines which are | |
204 retrieved. | |
205 @item | |
206 @vindex newsticker-retrieval-interval | |
207 @code{newsticker-retrieval-interval} defines how often headlines | |
208 are retrieved. | |
209 @end itemize | |
210 | |
211 @item | |
212 @code{newsticker-headline-processing} contains options that define | |
213 how the retrieved headlines are processed. | |
214 | |
215 @itemize | |
216 @item | |
217 @vindex newsticker-keep-obsolete-items | |
218 @code{newsticker-keep-obsolete-items} decides whether unread | |
219 headlines that have been removed from the feed are kept in the | |
220 Newsticker cache. | |
221 @end itemize | |
222 | |
223 @item | |
224 @code{newsticker-layout} contains options that define how the | |
225 buffer for reading news headlines is formatted. | |
226 | |
227 @itemize | |
228 @item | |
229 @vindex newsticker-heading-format | |
230 @code{newsticker-item-format} defines how the title of a headline | |
231 is formatted. | |
232 @end itemize | |
233 | |
234 @item | |
235 @code{newsticker-ticker} contains options that define how headlines | |
236 are shown in the echo area. | |
237 | |
238 @itemize | |
239 @item | |
240 @vindex newsticker-display-interval | |
241 @vindex newsticker-scroll-smoothly | |
242 @code{newsticker-display-interval} and | |
243 @code{newsticker-scroll-smoothly} define how headlines are shown in | |
244 the echo area. | |
245 @end itemize | |
246 | |
247 @item | |
248 @code{newsticker-hooks} contains options for hooking other Emacs | |
249 commands to newsticker functions. | |
250 @itemize | |
251 @item | |
252 @vindex newsticker-new-item-functions | |
253 @code{newsticker-new-item-functions} allows for automatic | |
254 processing of headlines. See `newsticker-download-images', and | |
255 `newsticker-download-enclosures' for sample functions. | |
256 @end itemize | |
257 | |
258 @item | |
259 @code{newsticker-miscellaneous} contains other Newsticker options. | |
260 | |
261 @end itemize | |
262 | |
263 Please have a look at the customization buffers for the complete list | |
264 of options. | |
265 | |
266 @node Remarks | |
267 @chapter Remarks | |
268 | |
269 This newsticker is designed do its job silently in the background | |
270 without disturbing you. However, it is probably impossible to prevent | |
271 such a tool from slightly attenuating your Editor's responsiveness | |
272 every once in a while. | |
273 | |
274 Byte-compiling newsticker.el is recommended. | |
275 | |
276 @node GNU Free Documentation License | |
277 @appendix GNU Free Documentation License | |
278 @include doclicense.texi | |
279 | |
280 @node Index | |
281 @unnumbered Index | |
282 | |
283 @printindex cp | |
284 | |
285 @bye | |
286 | |
287 | |
288 | |
289 @ignore | |
290 arch-tag: 7a4de539-117c-4658-b799-0b9e3d0ccec0 | |
291 @end ignore |