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authorVanilla I. Shu <vanilla@FreeBSD.org>2003-11-03 16:19:16 +0000
committerVanilla I. Shu <vanilla@FreeBSD.org>2003-11-03 16:19:16 +0000
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parentadd mod_musicindex 0.8.9 (diff)
Add snownews 1.3.3, a text mode RSS newsreader.
PR: 58854 Submitted by: Cheng-Lung Sung <clsung@dragon2.net>
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+Snownews is a text mode RSS/RDF newsreader. It supports RSS 1.0 feeds that
+comply with the W3C RDF specification and also supports Radio Userland's
+RSS 0.91 and 2.0 versions.
+
+Features:
+
+ * Runs on Linux, *BSD, OS X (Darwin), Solaris and probably
+ many more Unices. Yes, even works under Cygwin.
+ * Fast and very resource friendly.
+ * Bultin HTTP client will follow server redirects and update feed
+ URLs that point to permanent redirects (301) automatically.
+ * Snownews understands "Not-Modified" (304) server replies and handles
+ gzip/deflate Content-Encoding.
+ * Local cache for minimal network traffic.
+ * HTTP proxy support.
+ * A help menu available throughout the program.
+ * Automatic update checking (can be deactivated).
+ * Few dependencies on external libraries; ncurses and libxml2.
+ * Import feature for OPML subscription lists.
+ * Fully customizable key bindings of all program functions.
+ * Type Ahead Find for quick and easy navigation.
+
+WWW: http://home.kcore.de/~kiza/software/snownews/