gnews_applet(1)

Layout

Applet width

Sets the desired width of the applet.

Scroll timeout

Sets the speed of scrolling in millisecundums. The bigger is slower.

Scroll timeout

Sets the interval of refreshing the headlines in minutes. The bigger is slower.

Border

Sets the border type around the applet. Available options are: none, in, out, etched in, etched out.

Behaviour

Scrolling

Sets the style of scrolling. It should be Continous when the applet scrolls continously into one direction or it should be Pong when it scrolls until it reaches the last headline then begins to scroll into the other direction.

Delay [x] time units at he edges

When using Pong scrolling the applet will wait for scrolltimeout*[x] millisecundums before switching direction. Only active when using Pong.

Always show titles

Forces the applet to show the title of the headlines even when the headline has no unique title.

Always show hints

Forces the applet to always show the tooltips of the headlines.

Warn on new headlines

If selected then the applet emits sound if a new headline is fetched since the previous update.

Use site separators

If selected then the applet displays a rounded pixmap edge around the site blocks.

Unique separators

Will be used later.

Use site colors

Displays the headlines in the specific colors of the sites.

HTTP

Use proxy

It tells the applet that it should use a proxy during the http transfers.

Proxy url

The url of your proxy. Uses http://host.domain:port/ form.

Proxy user

The username for the proxy if it is using authentication.

Proxy password

The password for the proxy if it is using authentication.

News

Available

Here you can choose which sites you want to display in the applet. The sites are divided into categories. To add a site to your list select the site in the list and press Add. Properties will be used later.

Selected

Here are the sites you selected. To reorder them select a site you want to move and press Up or Down. If you want to delete a site from the list then select the desired site and press the Delete button.