diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 45 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ Dependencies ------------ - C compiler. -- expat library (used by sfeed.c and sfeed_opml_config.c, +- expat library (used by sfeed.c and sfeed_opml_import.c, http://expat.sourceforge.net/). Optional dependencies --------------------- -- POSIX shell (used by sfeed_update). +- POSIX shell (used by sfeed_update and sfeed_opml_export). - curl (used by sfeed_update, http://curl.haxx.se/). - iconv (used by sfeed_update, http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/). @@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ sfeed_update - Shellscript; update feeds and merge with old feeds in the file $HOME/.sfeed/feeds by default. sfeed_plain - Format feeds file (TSV) from sfeed_update to plain text. sfeed_html - Format feeds file (TSV) from sfeed_update to HTMLi. -sfeed_opml_config - Generate a sfeedrc config file based on an opml file. +sfeed_opml_import - Generate a sfeedrc config file based on an opml file. +sfeed_opml_export - Generate an opml file based on a sfeedrc config file. sfeedrc.example - Example config file. @@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ item author - string feed type - string ("rss" or "atom") feed name - string (extra field added by sfeed_update) feed url - string (extra field added by sfeed_update) +item baseurl site - string (extra field added by sfeed_update) Usage @@ -87,12 +89,6 @@ To build and install (respects DESTDIR and PREFIX variable): make install -Generate a sfeedrc config file from your exported list of feeds in opml -format: - -sfeed_opml_config < opmlfile.xml > $HOME/.sfeed/sfeedrc - - To update feeds and format the feeds file (configfile argument is optional): sfeed_update "configfile" @@ -117,6 +113,18 @@ or to view in your editor: $EDITOR "$HOME/.sfeed/feeds.txt" +Generate a sfeedrc config file from your exported list of feeds in opml +format: + +sfeed_opml_import < opmlfile.xml > $HOME/.sfeed/sfeedrc + + +Export an opml file of your feeds from a sfeedrc config file (configfile +arguments is optional): + +sfeed_opml_export configfile > myfeeds.opml + + tip to remove feeds older than a date (change time="YYYY mm dd HH mm ss") gawk -F '\t' 'BEGIN { @@ -131,6 +139,25 @@ gawk -F '\t' 'BEGIN { mv feeds.clean feeds +Common errors and solutions +--------------------------- + +If you execute sfeed_update and see the error: + + "sfeed: error parsing xml not well-formed (invalid token) at line <linenumber> + column <column>" + +it's possible sfeed is trying to parse a feed which is non-UTF8 encoded. You can +specify the encoding in your sfeedrc file so it will be converted to UTF-8 +using iconv, for example for iso-8859-1 change: + + feed "feedname" "feedurl" "baseurl" + +to: + + feed "feedname" "feedurl" "baseurl" "iso-8859-1" + + License ------- |