snownews

Command-line RSS/RDF(/Atom) newsreader (org.dyndns.hvkls.snownews) // configuration

snownews is a text mode RSS/RDF newsreader. It supports all versions of RSS natively, and other feed formats via plugins.

• enter: View item 
• n: Next item; p: Previous item
• o: Open homepage; O: Open link
• r: Reload this feed; T: Force reload this feed
• m: Mark all read; M: Toggle item read status
• i: Show feed info… 
• tab: Type Ahead Find
• q: Return to main menu

Defaults to opening URLs in Safari on iPhone.

• http://snownews.kcore.de/
• atom2rss extension: http://kiza.kcore.de/software/snownews/snowscripts/scripts/atom2rss

Version History

• 1.5.12-4 Added dependency to org.dyndns.hvkls.repository

Usage

MobileSafari as the URL handler (default)

• # Quit snownews prior to running this code!
  echo ‘url_handler.sh %s &’ > /var/mobile/.snownews/browser

atom2rss Usage

• New Bookmarks
  Press “a”, add the URL plus the filter “xsltproc atom2rss -” when prompted.

• Existing bookmarks
  Edit ~/.snownews/urls, append “xsltproc atom2rss -” to each URL in question.