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New page: = Linux Tutorial - Snownews = [http://kiza.kcore.de/software/snownews/ Snownews] is a text mode RSS/RDF newsreader. It supports all versions of RSS natively and supports other formats vi...

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= Linux Tutorial - Snownews =

[http://kiza.kcore.de/software/snownews/ Snownews] is a text mode RSS/RDF newsreader. It supports all versions of RSS natively and supports other formats via plugins.

=== This Document Assumes the following ===

You have followed the procedure to Access Linux on the device and have enabled the Optware repositories and software [[Portal:Accessing_Linux]]

You have installed the Terminal application [[Application:Terminal]]

Once these procedures are done you should have access to:

The Optware software repositories through ipkg-opt

The Terminal Application through the WebOS (should load, be the root user, and function)

== Installation ==

Within the terminal application, enter the following command for installation:

<pre><nowiki>
ipkg-opt install -o /var snownews
</nowiki></pre>

== Configuration ==

This setting will make it so that feed items will load in the built-in webOS browser.

Once loaded (simply type snownews within the terminal app), press B (shift+b) and place the following code into the box, and then hit enter.
<pre><nowiki>
luna-send -n 1 palm://com.palm.applicationManager/launch {\"id\":\"com.palm.app.browser\",\"params\":{\"scene\":\"page\",\"target\":\"%s\"}}
</nowiki></pre>

== Basic Commands ==

a = add an rss feed

B = change browser settings

D (shift+d) = delete an rss feed

Up/Down Arrow = highlight feed/story

Enter = select feed/story

m = mark all read (within a feed does all the items, at the main list does all the feeds)

o = open site/feed item in browser

== Known Issues ==

Up/Down arrows are set by default within the Terminal App as:

Up Gesture area - 2

Down Gesture area - 8

which makes typical usage slightly clunky. I will look into setting different keybindings for either snownews or the terminal application itself to help correct this.

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Punzada: New page: = Linux Tutorial - Snownews = [http://kiza.kcore.de/software/snownews/ Snownews] is a text mode RSS/RDF newsreader. It supports all versions of RSS natively and supports other formats vi...