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fbnews is a RSS/RDF news fetcher for fluxbox

License: GPL (GNU General Public License)
File size: 16K
Developer: Frithjof Engel
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fbnews is a RSS/RDF news fetcher for fluxbox. The content of RSS is filled in a submenu of fluxbox. You can then read the news items with your favorite browser.

Here are some key features of "fbnews":
produces fluxbox menu code -> integrates into fluxbox menu
a click on a news item invokes your favourite browser
ability to run as a deamon and refetch rss data after a specified time interval
supports categories for rss files
support for seperators between rss files
ability to use scripts instead of rss files (see r3s)

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