lunar (1) tickr.1.gz
NAME
Tickr - GTK-based highly graphically-customizable Feed Ticker.
SYNOPSIS
tickr [-help, -h, -? / -version, -v / -license, -l] [-dumpfontlist / -dumpconfig / -dumperrorcodes] [-instance-id=n / -no-ui] [-connect-timeout=n / -sendrecv-timeout=n] [options (-name[=value])...] [resource (URL or file name)]
DESCRIPTION
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>
REPORTING BUGS
Please, report tickr bugs to either Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin <manutm007@gmail.com> or Debian.
AUTHOR
Tickr was written by Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin <manutm007@gmail.com>. This manual page was written by Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin <manutm007@gmail.com>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). Apr 20, 2021 TICKR(1)