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            1 sfeed 1.9 was released by bob
            2 
            3 sfeed is a tool to convert RSS or Atom feeds from XML to a TAB-separated file.
            4 
            5 It can be found at:
            6 
            7         git://git.codemadness.org/sfeed
            8         gopher://codemadness.org/1/git/sfeed
            9         https://codemadness.org/releases/sfeed/
           10         gopher://codemadness.org/1/releases/sfeed/
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           12 sfeed has the following small changes compared to 1.8:
           13 
           14 ## Features
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           16 sfeed_{curses,frames,gopher,html,plain}: add $SFEED_NEW_MAX_SECS
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           18 By introducing the new environment variable $SFEED_NEW_MAX_SECS in some
           19 sfeed_* utilities marking feeds as new based on comparing their age,
           20 it is now possible to override this age limit. The default limit was
           21 the last day (86400 seconds).
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           23 This allows, for example, to be notified about new feeds within the last
           24 hour with by prefixing new items with " N ":
           25  
           26         SFEED_NEW_MAX_SECS=3600 sfeed_plain ~/.sfeed/feeds/*
           27 
           28 While creating a web report for last week's news by:
           29 
           30         SFEED_NEW_MAX_SECS=604800 sfeed_html ~/.sfeed/feeds/*
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           32 This marks the items of the last week as bold in HTML.
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           34 Based on the initial patch by Alvar Penning, thanks!
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           36 sfeed_update/sfeedrc: add url a as parameter to the filter() and order()
           37 function This makes it easier to set filters or ordering by pattern
           38 matching on a group of feeds by the feed URL. For example for Youtube
           39 or Reddit feeds.
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           41 sfeed_curses: move one line down when marking an item as read or unread.
           42 I don't mind either behaviour, but it has been suggested by a few people.
           43 For example the mutt mail client also has this behaviour.
           44 
           45 ## Fixes
           46 
           47 Improve to use proper includes.
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           49 Reduce using some of the unneeded sys/* headers too. Using the C99
           50 includes.
           51 
           52 sfeed_atom: for gmtime_r() make the error message consistent with
           53 sfeed_mbox.
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           55 Makefile: change Gentoo commented example from -lcurses to -lncurses.
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           57 sfeed_markread: fail early if creating a temporary file failed.
           58 
           59 ## Code-cleaning / pedantic fixes:
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           61 sfeed: datetounix: code-style, change , to separate lines (-Wcomma).
           62 
           63 sfeed_curses: make struct urls static like the other variables.
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           65 sfeed_gopher: reduce scope and shadowing of a variable (no effective
           66 change though).
           67 
           68 xml.h: _XML_H_: macro name with an underscore is a reserved identifier.
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           70 
           71 ## Documentation:
           72 
           73 Improve note about CDNs and HTTP User-Agent blocking and change the
           74 example in sfeedrc.5 by setting a User-Agent.
           75 
           76 sfeedrc.example: add comment to reference to the man pages and README
           77 file.
           78 
           79 README: RSS 0.90+ is supported (not 0.91+).
           80 
           81 Typo fixes, consistency and structure fixes and some rewording.
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           83 
           84 ## Bitreichcon 2023
           85 
           86 Bitreichcon 2023 was cool. It was also fun to hold a RSS/Atom/web
           87 presentation to a club of like-minded peoples.
           88 
           89         gopher://bitreich.org/1/con/2023
           90         gopher://bitreich.org/0/usr/20h/phlog/\
           91                 2023-08-10T17-08-41-168752.md
           92         gopher://bitreich.org/0/usr/20h/phlog/\
           93                 2023-08-10T19-40-04-621487.md
           94 
           95         Slides: gopher://bitreich.org/9/con/2023/rec/\
           96                         state-of-sfeed.zip
           97         Audio: gopher://bitreich.org/9/con/2023/rec/\
           98                         brcon2023-dump-2023-08-10-20-06-35.mp3
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          100 
          101 Thanks for all feedback and patches,
          102 
          103 Donations can be send to:
          104 
          105         https://codemadness.org/donate/
          106 
          107 :)
          108 
          109 Thanks,
          110 Gopherholistic coach,
          111 Hiltjo