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| Snownews is a text mode RSS/RDF newsreader. It supports all versions of RSS natively and supports other formats via plugins. The program depends on ncurses for the user interface and uses libxml2 for XML parsing. ncurses must be at least version 5.0. It should work with any version of libxml2. |
| 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 compression. - Local cache for minimal network traffic. - HTTP proxy support. - HTTP authentication support (basic and digest methods). - Optional, basic cookie 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. - Color support. - Extensible via plugins. - Feed categories and many other useful features! |
| Snownews 1.4.4 |
| This version is more stable. The Solaris Companion CD should be installed, otherwise you need the ncurses and libxml packages installed on your system. |
| Snownews 1.5.3 |
| The version 1.5.3 does not support the italian and french locales (sorry), if you get errors running other locales, please report it. This version should be color enabled as you can read on the original page. |
| Snownews 1.5.6.1 |
| This version was compiled with Solaris 10, to run this application install these packages first: SFWncur, SUNWlibms, SUNWlxml, SUNWzlib. Most of these packages are available with the Solaris Companion CD. The problems reported above are solved with this version. |
| Please click here to visit the official webpage of snownews for more information |
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