Using RSS
From NewbieDOC
--Chris Lale 10:38, 24 January 2006 (CET)
RSS (Rich Site Summary) is an XML document provided by a link on a website which can be read by a feed reader. It provides up-to-date information about certain pages on the site.
NewbieDOC RSS feed for the Recent changes page enables you to monitor the NewbieDOC wiki straight from your desktop.
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1 Do it in 5 seconds
The trivial way to read RSS (small online news) is to just run thunderbird (email client) or opera or firefox / iceweasel (www clients) and add there a new RSS feed. In thunderbird you do it as a new account, in firefox/iceweasel by adding a new bookmark called Live Bookmark. --LimCore 04:17, 5 March 2007 (CET)
2 Liferea
Liferea is a GTK/GNOME aggregator for online news feeds (Linux feed reader). There is more information, including documentation, at http://liferea.sourceforge.net.
2.1 Installing Liferea
The liferea
package is included in the Debian distribution. Install it using Synaptic in X, or from the commandline as user root:
# aptitude install liferea
2.2 Setting up Liferea for NewbieDOC
Run Liferea. (If you are using Gnome, use the Applications menu):
Applications -> Internet -> Liferea Feed Reader
Configure Liferea. You can copy the Source: URL from the rss link in the toolbox of the Recent changes page (Toolbox -> Special pages -> Recent pages, Toolbox -> rss):
Feeds -> New Subscription Feed Source Source Type: URL Source: http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&feed=rss OK
Wait, if necessary, until the next dialogue box appears, then
Subscription Properties (Accept defaults) OK
2.3 Reading the NewbieDOC feed
In the left-hand pane, click on the feed to read.
NewbieDOC - Recent changes [en]
The right-hand pane shows a list of NewbieDOC wiki pages. The first occurance of a new page shows the text of the edit page. Subsequent occurances should show diffs; a minus sign (-) indicates lines removed, a plus sign (+) indicates lines added. Bold indicates unread, normal font indicates read.
2.4 Getting the latest changes
Highlight the NewbieDOC feed. Update it using the menu
Feeds -> Update Selected
or right-click on NewbieDOC and click on
Update
You get a new unread feed. The older (read) versions also remain until you delete them.