Re: [dev] sfeed: RSS/Atom parser and reader

From: Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo_AT_codemadness.org>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 13:14:34 +0100

On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 03:26:12PM +0100, Sebastiano Tronto wrote:
> Hello,
>
> > I would like to share my project I've been using and tweaking over the years:
> >
> > sfeed is a RSS and Atom parser (and it has some format programs).
> > [...]
>
> Thank you Hiltjo for this nice piece of software. I have been using it
> for a while now and I really enjoy its flexibility. As a testament to
> how versatile sfeed is, let me share the little script that I use to
> browse my feeds [1]. It essentially just builds up on your example
>
> > #!/bin/sh
> > url=$(curl -s gopher://codemadness.org/0/atom.xml | \
> > sfeed | sfeed_plain | \
> > dmenu -l 35 -i | \
> > sed -n 's_AT_^.* \([a-zA-Z]*://\)\(.*\)$_AT_\1\2_AT_p')
> > test -n "${url}" && $BROWSER "${url}"
>
> but it allows you to organize your feeds in folders and select the ones
> you want to see with dmenu (to be precise with a dmenu-based filepicker
> [2]). It then dynamically generates a sfeedrc file to show you only
> those feeds.
>
> [1] https://sebastiano.tronto.net/git/scripts/file/sfeed-browser.html
> [2] https://sebastiano.tronto.net/git/scripts/file/dmenu-filepicker.html
>
> Best,
> Sebastiano
>

Hi Sebastiano,

Thanks for sharing the example, I'm glad its useful to others and its flexible
to change to your liking :)

-- 
Kind regards,
Hiltjo
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