From 668e3a1e8b9db7eb73cdcdeaeade068b539de720 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DarkSun Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 01:04:54 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98:=2020200228=20Revive=20your?= =?UTF-8?q?=20RSS=20feed=20with=20Newsboat=20in=20the=20Linux=20terminal?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit sources/tech/20200228 Revive your RSS feed with Newsboat in the Linux terminal.md --- ...eed with Newsboat in the Linux terminal.md | 152 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 152 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sources/tech/20200228 Revive your RSS feed with Newsboat in the Linux terminal.md diff --git a/sources/tech/20200228 Revive your RSS feed with Newsboat in the Linux terminal.md b/sources/tech/20200228 Revive your RSS feed with Newsboat in the Linux terminal.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..27a8d6ecbd --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20200228 Revive your RSS feed with Newsboat in the Linux terminal.md @@ -0,0 +1,152 @@ +[#]: collector: (lujun9972) +[#]: translator: ( ) +[#]: reviewer: ( ) +[#]: publisher: ( ) +[#]: url: ( ) +[#]: subject: (Revive your RSS feed with Newsboat in the Linux terminal) +[#]: via: (https://opensource.com/article/20/2/newsboat) +[#]: author: (Scott Nesbitt https://opensource.com/users/scottnesbitt) + +Revive your RSS feed with Newsboat in the Linux terminal +====== +Newsboat is an excellent RSS reader, whether you need a basic set of +features or want your application to do a whole lot more. +![Boat on the ocean with Creative Commons sail][1] + +Psst. Word on the web is that RSS died in 2013. That's when Google pulled the plug on Google Reader. + +Don't believe everything that you hear. RSS is alive. It's well. It's still a great way to choose the information you want to read without algorithms making the decision for you. All you need is the [right feed reader][2]. + +Back in January, Opensource.com Correspondent [Kevin Sonney][3] introduced a nifty terminal RSS reader [called Newsboat][4]. In his article, Kevin scratched Newsboat's surface. I figured it was time to take a deeper dive into what Newsboat can do. + +### Adding RSS feeds to Newsboat + +As Kevin writes, "installing Newsboat is pretty easy since it is included with most distributions (and Homebrew on macOS)." You can, as Kevin also notes, import a [file containing RSS feeds][5] from another reader. If this is your first kick at the RSS can or it's been a while since you've used an RSS reader, chances are you don't have one of those files handy. + +Not to worry. You just need to do some copying and pasting. Go to the folder **.newsboat** in your **/home** directory. Once you're there, open the file **urls** in a text editor. Then, go to the websites you want to read, find the links to their RSS feeds, and copy and paste them into the **urls** file. + +![Newsboat urls file][6] + +Start Newsboat, and you're ready to get reading. + +### Reading your feeds + +As Kevin Sonney points out, you refresh your feeds by pressing the **r** or **R** keys on your keyboard. To read the articles from a feed, press **Enter** to open that feed and scroll down the list. Then, press **Enter** to read an item. + +![Newsboat reading][7] + +Return to the list of articles by pressing **q**. Press **q** again to return to your list of feeds. + +Every so often, you might run into a feed that shows just part of an article. That can be annoying. To get the full article, press **o** to open it in your desktop's default web browser. On my desktop, for example, that's Firefox. You can change the browser Newsboat works with; I'll explain that below. + +### Following links + +Hyperlinking has been a staple of the web since its beginnings at CERN in the early 1990s. It's hard to find an article published online that doesn't contain at least a couple of links that point elsewhere. + +Instead of leaving links embedded in an article or post, Newsboat gathers them into a numbered list at the end of the article or post. + +![Hyperlinks in Newsboat][8] + +To follow a link, press the number beside it. In the screenshot above, you'd press **4** to open the link to the homepage of one of the contributors to that article. The link, as you've probably guessed, opens in your default browser. + +### Using Newsboat as a client for other feed readers + +You might use a web-based feed reader, but might also want to read your RSS feeds in something a bit more minimal on your desktop. Newsboat can do that. + +It works with several feed readers, including The Old Reader, Inoreader, Newsblur, Tiny Tiny RSS, FeedHQ, and the newsreader apps for [ownCloud][9] and [Nextcloud][10]. Before you can read feeds from any of them, you'll need to do a little work. + +Go back to the **.newsboat** folder in your **/home** directory and create a file named **config**. Then add the settings that hook Newsboat into one of the RSS readers it supports. You can find more information about the specific settings for each reader in [Newsboat's documentation][11]. + +Here's an example of the settings I use to connect Newsboat with the newsreader app in my instance of Nextcloud: + + +``` +urls-source "ocnews" +ocnews-url "" +ocnews-login "myUserName" +ocnews-password "NotTellingYouThat!" +``` + +I've tested this with Nextcloud, The Old Reader, Inoreader, and Newsblur. Newsboat worked seamlessly with all of them. + +![Newsboat with The Old Reader][12] + +### Other useful configuration tricks + +You can really unleash Newsboat's power and flexibility by tapping into [its configuration options][13]. That includes changing text colors, the order Newsboat sorts feeds, where it saves articles, the length of time Newsboat keeps articles, and more. + +Below are a few of the options I've added to my configuration file. + +#### Change Newsboat's default browser + +As I mentioned a few paragraphs back, Newsboat opens articles in your default graphical web browser. If you want to read feeds in a [text-only browser][14] like w3m or ELinks, add this to your Newsboat configuration file: + + +``` +`browser "/path/to/browser %u"` +``` + +In my configuration file, I've set w3m up as my browser: + + +``` +`browser "/usr/bin/w3m %u"` +``` + +![Newsboat with w3m][15] + +#### Remove read articles + +I like an uncluttered RSS feed. That means getting rid of articles I've already read. Add this setting to the configuration file to have Newsboat do that automatically: + + +``` +`show-read-feeds  no` +``` + +#### Refresh feeds at launch + +Life gets busy. Sometimes, I go a day or two without checking my RSS feeds. That means having to refresh them after I fire Newsboat up. Sure, I can press **r** or **R**, but why not have the application do it for me? I've added this setting to my configuration file to have Newsboat refresh all of my feeds when I launch it: + + +``` +`refresh-on-startup  yes` +``` + +If you have a lot of feeds, it can take a while to refresh them. I have around 80 feeds, and it takes over a minute to get new content from all of them. + +### Is that everything? + +Not even close. In addition to all of its configuration options, Newsboat also has a number of command-line switches you can use when you fire it up. Read more about them in the [documentation][16]. + +On the surface, Newsboat is simple. But a lot of power and flexibility hides under its hood. That makes Newsboat an excellent RSS reader for anyone who needs a basic set of features or for someone who needs their RSS reader to do a whole lot more. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://opensource.com/article/20/2/newsboat + +作者：[Scott Nesbitt][a] +选题：[lujun9972][b] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://opensource.com/users/scottnesbitt +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/styles/image-full-size/public/lead-images/CreativeCommons_ideas_520x292_1112JS.png?itok=otei0vKb (Boat on the ocean with Creative Commons sail) +[2]: https://opensource.com/article/17/3/rss-feed-readers +[3]: https://opensource.com/users/ksonney +[4]: https://opensource.com/article/20/1/open-source-rss-feed-reader +[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPML +[6]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/uploads/newsboat-urls-file.png (Newsboat urls file) +[7]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/uploads/newsboat-reading.png (Newsboat reading) +[8]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/uploads/newsboat-links.png (Hyperlinks in Newsboat) +[9]: https://github.com/owncloudarchive/news +[10]: https://github.com/nextcloud/news +[11]: https://newsboat.org/releases/2.18/docs/newsboat.html#_newsboat_as_a_client_for_newsreading_services +[12]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/uploads/newsboat-oldreader.png (Newsboat with The Old Reader) +[13]: https://newsboat.org/releases/2.18/docs/newsboat.html#_example_configuration +[14]: https://opensource.com/article/16/12/web-browsers-linux-command-line +[15]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/uploads/newsboat-read-with-w3m.png (Newsboat with w3m) +[16]: https://newsboat.org/releases/2.18/docs/newsboat.html