tickr1

Usage

Overview

Tickr is a GTK-based RSS/Atom Reader that displays feeds as a smooth scrolling line on your Desktop, as known from TV stations. Open feed links in your favourite Browser. Graphics are highly customizable.

Options

help

Get help page

version

Print out version number

license

Print out license

dumpfontlist

Send list of available fonts to stdout

dumpconfig

Send content of config file to stdout

dumperrorcodes

Send error codes and strings to stdout

instance-id=n

n = 1 to 99 - Use this when launching several instances simultaneously, each instance using its own config and dump files (to be effective, instance-id must be the 1st argument)

no-ui

Disable opening of UI elements which can modify settings and/or URL list/selection (to be effective, no-ui must be the 1st or 2nd argument)

-connect-timeout=n

n = 1 to 60 (seconds) - Override default connect timeout value (= 5 seconds), useful if proxy or slow internet link

-sendrecv-timeout=n

Same as above for send/recv timeout (default value = 1 second)

delay=n

Delay in milliseconds (-> speed = K / delay)

shiftsize=n

Shift size in pixels (-> speed = K x shift size)

fgcolor=#rrggbbaa

Foreground 32-bit hexa color

bgcolor=#rrggbbaa

Background 32-bit hexa color

setgradientbg=[y/n]

Set gradient background

bgcolor2=#rrggbbaa

Background 32-bit hexa color2

fontname='fontname'

Font name

fontsize=n

Font size (can't be > 200)

disablescreenlimits=[y/n]

Allow win_x, win_y and win_w to be greater than screen dimensions

win_x=n

Window position - x

win_y=n

Window position - y

win_w=n

Window width

win_h=n

Window height (compute font size if > 0)

windec=[y/n]

Window decoration

alwaysontop=[y/n]

Window always-on-top

fullscreen=[y/n]

Fullscreen mode (experimental)

wintransparency=n

Actually window opacity from 1 to 10 (0 = none -> 10 = full)

iconintaskbar=[y/n]

Icon in taskbar

winsticky=[y/n]

Visible on all user desktops

shadow=[y/n]

Apply shadow to text

shadowoffset_x=n

Shadow x offset in pixels

shadowoffset_y=n

Shadow y offset in pixels

shadowfx=n

Shadow effect (0 = none -> 10 = full)

linedelimiter='str'

String to be appended at end of line

specialchars=[y/n]

Enable or disable special characters. This is only useful when resource is a file, not an URL

newpgchar=c

´New page' special character

tabchar=c

´Tab' (8 spaces) special character

rssrefresh=n

Refresh rate in minutes = delay before reloading resource (URL or text file.) 0 = never force reload. Otherwise, apply only if no TTL inside feed or if resource is text file. (Actually, in multiple selections mode, all feeds are always reloaded sequentially, because there is no caching involved)

revsc=[y/n]

Reverse scrolling (= L to R)

feedtitle=[y/n]

Show or hide feed title

feedtitledelimiter='str'

String to be appended after feed title

itemtitle=[y/n]

Show or hide item title

itemtitledelimiter='str'

String to be appended after item title

itemdescription=[y/n]

Show or hide item description

itemdescriptiondelimiter='str'

String to be appended after item description

nitemsperfeed=n

Read N items max per feed (0 = no limit)

rmtags=[y/n]

Strip html tags

uppercasetext=[y/n]

Set all text to upper case

homefeed='str'

Set URL as 'homefeed' = homepage (from command line, not automatically saved, so a little bit useless...)

openlinkcmd='str'

´Open in Browser' command line: Application that will open active link (may require path.) Most likely will invoke your favourite browser

openlinkargs='str'

´Open in Browser' optional arguments

clock=[l/r/n]

Clock location: left / right / none

clocksec=[y/n]

Show seconds

clock12h=[y/n]

12h time format

clockdate=[y/n]

Show date

clockaltdateform=[y/n]

Use alternative date format, ie 'Mon 01 Jan' instead of 'Mon Jan 01'

clockfontname='fontname'

Clock font name

clockfontsize=n

Clock font size (can't be > Tickr height)

clockfgcolor=#rrggbbaa

Clock foreground 32-bit hexa color

clockbgcolor=#rrggbbaa

Clock background 32-bit hexa color

setclockgradientbg=[y/n]

Set clock gradient background

clockbgcolor2=#rrggbbaa

Clock background 32-bit hexa color2

disablepopups=[y/n]

Disable error/warning popup windows

pauseonmouseover=[y/n]

Pause Tickr on mouseover

disableleftclick=[y/n]

Disable left-click

mousewheelaction=[s/f/n]

Mouse wheel acts on: (Tickr-)speed / feed(-in-list) / none
(use <ctrl> + mouse wheel for alternative action)

sfeedpickerautoclose=[y/n]

Selected feed picker window closes when pointer leaves area

enablefeedordering=[y/n]

Enable feed re-ordering (by user)

useauth=[y/n]

Use HTTP basic authentication

user='str'

User

psw='str'

Password (never saved)

useproxy=[y/n]

Connect through proxy

proxyhost='str'

Proxy host

proxyport='str'

Proxy port

useproxyauth=[y/n]

Use proxy authentication

proxyuser='str'

Proxy user

proxypsw='str'

Proxy password (never saved)

Notes

Mouse usage:

- To open the main menu, right-click inside Tickr area.

- You can import feed subscriptions from another feed reader with ´File > Import Feed List (OPML)'.

- To add a new feed, open 'File > Feed Organizer (RSS/Atom)', then look for 'New Feed -> Enter URL' at the bottom of the window, click 'Clear' and type or paste the feed URL.

- To open a link in your browser, left-click on text.

- Use mouse wheel to either adjust Tickr scrolling speed or open the ´Selected Feed Picker' window to quickly move between selected feeds (use <ctrl> + mouse wheel for alternative action.)

- Basically, use 'File > Feed Organizer (RSS|Atom)' to manage your feed list, select feeds, subscribe to new ones, and 'Edit > Preferences' to tweak Tickr appearance and behaviour.

Local resources:

- file:///path/file_name is considered an URL and will be XML-parsed, ie a RSS or Atom format is expected.

- /path/file_name will be processed as a non-XML text file, ie the file will be read 'as is'.

You can set your favourite browser in the Full Settings window. Otherwise, the system default one will be looked for.

Tickr parses command line arguments and looks for option(s) then for one resource, the rest of the line is ignored. It also reads configuration file 'tickr-conf' located in /home/<user_name>/.tickr/ if it exists (or ´tickr-conf<n>' if an instance id has been set to n.) See FILES.

Command line options override configuration file ones which override default ones.

Files

~/.tickr/tickr-conf
~/.tickr/tickr-conf<n>
~/.tickr/tickr-url-list
~/.tickr/tickr-url-list<n>