raggle(1)

NAME

raggle - Console RSS aggregator.

SYNOPSIS

raggle     [-aAhlvV]     [--add      [url]]      [--ascii]
[--default-config]    [--diag]    [--force]   [--help]   [--list]
[--lock-title]   [--purge]   [--save-items]   [--server   [port]]
[--sort]  [--unlock-title] [--unsave-items] [--usage] [--verbose]
[--version] [-c file] [--config file] [-d feed]  [--delete  feed]
[-e   feed]   [--edit  feed]  [--export-opml  file]  [-f  string]
[--find-feeds  string]   [--import-opml   file/uri]   [-i   feed]
[--invalidate   feed]   [--max  num]  [-p  priority]  [--priority
priority] [-r refresh_time] [--refresh refresh_time]  [-t  title]
[--title title] [-u url] [--url url] [--U feed] [--update feed]

DESCRIPTION

raggle is a curses-based RSS aggregator.

The following options are available:

-a [url] --add [url]

Add a new feed. You can optionally specify url, oth

erwise it requires --url.

-A --ascii

Use ASCII graphics for windows.

-c file --config file

Use file as an alternate configuration file.

-d feed --delete feed

Delete feed from the feed list.

--default-config

Print out the default configuration of Raggle in a

format suitable for your config.rb file.

--diag

Print out full stack traces, and other diagnostic in

formation intended for bug hunting.

-e feed --edit feed

Edit feed's information.

--export-opml file

Export all feeds to file in OPML format.

-f string --find string

Find a feed containing string (uses Syndic8).

--force

Force an edit/addition to succeed even if it wants to

do things that are generally unwise.

-h --help --usage

Show usage information.

--import-opml file/uri

Import feeds from an OPML format file or uri.

-i feed --invalidate feed

Invalidate feed (force it to be refreshed). If -1 is

given as feed then all feeds are updated.

-l --list

List current feeds. Use -v or --verbose to display

extra info.

--lock-title

Lock the title of a feed (blocks updating of a feed's

title from data in the feed itself), used with --add or --edit.

--max num

Set the maximum number of items in a feed to num.

Automatically sets --save-items.

-p priority --priority priority

Set the feed priority to priority. 0 is the default,

higher values will sort a feed closer to the top.

--purge

Purge deleted feeds from the feed cache.

-r refresh_time --refresh refresh_time

Set a feed's refresh time to refresh_time; used with

--add or --edit.

--save-items

Save all old items from a feed rather than replacing

them with newly fetched ones; used with --add or --edit.

--server [port]

Run Raggle in HTTP server mode, optionally specifying

a port.

--sort

Sort feed list by priority then by title, case-insen

sitive.

-t title --title title

Set a feed's title to title, used with --add or

--edit.

--unlock-title

Reverse the actions of --lock-title, causing it to be

updated from the title stored in the RSS feed; used with --add or

--edit.

--unsave-items

Reverse the actions of --save-items, cause old items

to be removed from the feed cache; used with --add or --edit.

-U feed --update feed

Update the specified feed (or all for all feeds).

-u url --url url

Set the URL from which to retrieve a feed to url,

used with --add or --edit.

-v --verbose

Turns on verbose output, displaying extra info on the

command line.

-V --version

Show raggle version.

KEYS: MOTION

F12, q

Quit raggle

Right Arrow, Tab, l

Move to the next window.

Left Arrow, h

Move to the previous window.

Up Arrow, k

Scroll up.

Down Arrow, j

Scroll down.

End, $, G

Scroll to bottom.

Home, 0, g

Scroll to top.

PageUp

Scroll up one page.

PageDown

Scroll down one page.

KEYS: INTERACTION

Return, Space

Select item.

o Open the current feed or item's link in your browser.

1 through 9

Open a link from the current story in your browser.

Link numbers are given at the bottom of the description window.

u Move item up.

d Move item down.

a Add a feed. Will add the currently selected feed af

ter a search via f, otherwise you will be prompted for the ad

dress.

O Import or export an OPML copy of your feed list. If

the given name is an existing file or a URI, it will be imported;

otherwise, a new OPML file will be created with the given name.

e Edit the current feed's options to your liking.

I Invalidate the current feed, causing a refresh.

Delete

Delete feed or item.

y Undelete all items in the current feed.

/ Find an entry.

f Search for a feed via Syndic8.

p Select previous unread item.

n Select next unread item.

m Mark all items as read.

M Mark all items as unread.

N Mark current item as unread.

s Sort list.

r Lower the current feed's sorting priority.

R Raise the current feed's sorting priority.

c Select a feed category to view.

C Close the current window.

KEYS: SYSTEM

! Run a shell in the foreground (exit from it to get

back to raggle)

? Show current key bindings.

_ View item source.

U Start a manual update of feeds.

S Start a manual save of feeds and configuration.

C-l Redraw the screen.

EXAMPLES

Add a feed called "Bar" updating every 2 hours.

$ raggle --add -t Bar --url http://foo.com/bar.rss

--refresh 120

Add a feed called "Baz" that will sort to the top.

$ raggle -a -t "Baz" -u http://foo.com/baz.rss --pri

ority 10

Change the refresh time of the "Bar" feed to update every

hour.

$ raggle --edit 1 --refresh 60

Don't update feed #1's title from the RSS.

$ raggle -e 1 --lock-title

Keep old items associated with feed #16.

$ raggle -e 16 --save-items

Update feed #1's title from the RSS info.

$ raggle -e 1 --unlock-title

Change the URL of feed #3.

$ raggle -e 3 -u http://www.slashdot.org/slashdot.rss

Export all feeds to foo.opml

$ raggle --export-opml foo.opml

Import all feeds from foo.opml, and set their refresh time

to 90 minutes.

$ raggle --import-opml foo.opml -r 90

Import all feeds from foo.opml, and set their refresh time

to 90 minutes.

$ raggle --import-opml foo.opml -r 90

Find feed matching the string "halffull"

$ raggle --find halffull

ENVIRONMENT

BROWSER

Used to find a suitable web browser (see

RAGGLE_BROWSER

HOME Used to find the Raggle configuration directory.

http_proxy

HTTP Proxy server, in the format "http://host:port/".

no_proxy

Comma-delimited list of hosts and domains to connect

directly to (only applicable if you're using an HTTP proxy).

PATH Used to find a suitable web browser (see

RAGGLE_BROWSER

RAGGLE_BROWSER

Path to the web browser Raggle should use when a feed

item is opened. If RAGGLE_BROWSER isn't set, Raggle checks

BROWSER

Note: this behavior can be overridden by setting the 'browser'
config directive in your Raggle configuration file.
RAGGLE_WEB_DATA

Used to find the web interface data files. If it's

not set, Raggle looks for a directory called "web_ui" in the con

figuration directory.

SHELL

Shell to launch when invoking a sub-shell.

WINDOW

Used to determine if Raggle is running in screen.

BUGS

* Pressing Ctrl-C while adding a feed will cause Raggle

to exit unexpectedly, not cancel.

* It's possible that feeds.yaml will be mistakenly

written as an Array rather than a FeedList for no apparent rea

son.

* Possibly more! Please report any you find to

<raggle-dev@raggle.org>

HISTORY

raggle 0.1 was released on 23 Jun, 2003
raggle 0.2 was released on 17 Aug, 2003
raggle 0.3 was released on 20 Feb, 2004
raggle 0.4 was released on 15 Mar, 2005

AUTHORS

Paul Duncan <pabs@pablotron.org>,
Richard Lowe <richlowe@richlowe.net>, Ville Aine <vaine@cs.helsinki.fi>, Thomas Kirchner <redshift@halffull.org>

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