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title: "Newsboat"
date: 2023-01-19T11:37:10-05:00
Newsboat is an RSS-reader.
A normal person asks: "What is an RSS reader?"
It's a way to follow sites and social media updates without needing social media.
Documentation
man newsboat
Running
Press super + shift + n or run newsboat in the terminal.
Bindings
- j/k -- move up and down.
- enter -- enter feed or article.
- q -- return to previous screen or quit.
- h/l -- open feed or return (same as q and enter).
- a -- mark as read.
- n -- go to next unread.
- A -- mark all as read.
- ,, -- open the main link of an article. (Usually opens in a browser, or if a video, will play the video in mpv.)
- u/d -- page up and down.
- g/G -- go to top or bottom of screen.
To follow a visible link, use the st binding alt + l, or to just copy it, alt + k.
Files
~/.config/newsboat/urls-- the file holding your RSS feeds. Add URLs here to make them appear in newsboat. Open itquickly by typingcfuin the terminal.~/.config/newsboat/config-- the general newsboat config. Typecfnin the terminal. You can set granulated coloring and effects here, as well as change key bindings.~/.local/bin/linkhandler-- the opener file used by newsboat for dealing with URLs with the ,, binding. This can be modified as needed. By default, it opens normal URLs in a browser, opens videos with mpv, downloads audio/podcast files and downloads and opens images with sxiv, etc.
Links
- newsboat website
- MIT License