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josch 12 years ago
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Create a feeds.yaml (you can copy feeds.yaml.example) and then run: Create a feeds.yaml (you can copy feeds.yaml.example) and then run:
$ python pyferea.py $ python pyferea.py
Naming Naming
====== ======
@ -31,8 +31,17 @@ no sane RSS feed reader out there that would please me. I did not think that I
would require much. Just three panes for feeds, entries and content, keeping would require much. Just three panes for feeds, entries and content, keeping
record of unread entries and rendering content in a browser. Liferea came close record of unread entries and rendering content in a browser. Liferea came close
but was poisoned by feature bloat (as many others... especially gnome but was poisoned by feature bloat (as many others... especially gnome
dependencies) and major slowness. Pyferea does just what I want, is simple, DE dependencies) and major slowness. On top of that it created a new feed entry
agnostic (uses python and gtk) and fits in about 1000 lines of code. everytime I accidentally drag&drop something. I call all of those bugs and they
never got fixed. Pyferea does just what I want, is simple, DE agnostic (uses
python and gtk) and fits in about 1000 lines of code.
Pyferea is for you if you want:
- an offline feed reader
- no gnome, KDE, mono dependencies
- no rss reader as a browser plugin
- not terminal based, hence webbrowser for rendering
Bugs Bugs
==== ====
@ -47,6 +56,23 @@ it. If anybody feels inclined to do so, then patches are welcome.
Dependencies Dependencies
============ ============
apt-get install python-gobject python-yaml python-lxml python-feedparser gir1.2-webkit-3.0
As of February 2012, the dependency size of the following feed readers in a
fresh Debian Sid minimal chroot:
pyferea: 172MB
liferea: 225MB
gpodder: 226MB
blam: 408MB
akregator: 758MB
Keyboard shortcuts
==================
To make it faster to switch between the three panes and scroll in them, use the
keys 1, 2 and 3 to select the first, second or third pane respectively.
feeds.yaml feeds.yaml
========== ==========
@ -76,3 +102,12 @@ ythtml5.js
A javascript that I load upon each pageload to convert youtube videos into A javascript that I load upon each pageload to convert youtube videos into
their html5 versions so that the webkit plugin can render them even withoutme their html5 versions so that the webkit plugin can render them even withoutme
having flash. having flash.
Possible future work
====================
(patches welcome)
- build debian package
- add hooks to load custom javascript/css for feeds
- i18n

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