NAME

       Tickr - GTK-based highly graphically-customizable Feed Ticker.

SYNOPSIS

       tickr [-help/-version/-license/-instance-id=n/-no-ui/-dumpfontlist]
       [options (-name[=value])...] [resource (file name or URL)]

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

       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

       dumpfontlist
              Send list of available fonts to stdout

       delay=n
              Delay in milliseconds

       shiftsize=n
              Shift size in pixels

       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_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

       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

       cutlinedelimiter='str'
              String to be appended after a cut 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 (if no TTL inside feed / always applies for files)

       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

       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

       clockfontname='fontname'
              Clock font name

       clockfontsize=n
              Clock font size (can't be > ticker 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 ticker on mouseover

       disableleftclick=[y/n]
              Disable left-click

       mousewheelscroll=[s/f/n]
              Mouse wheel scrolling applies to: (ticker-)speed / feed(-in-list) / none
              (if set, Ctrl + mouse wheel scrolling applies to other value)

       sfpickercloseswhenpointerleaves=[y/n]
              Selected feed picker closes when pointer leaves

       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 ticker area.

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

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

       - Use mouse wheel to either adjust ticker scrolling  speed  or  open  the  ´Selected  Feed
       Picker'  window to quickly move between selected feeds (and use Ctrl + mouse wheel for the
       other option.)

       The default browser is Firefox. You may change this setting to your favourite one  in  the
       Preferences window.

       Tickr  parses  command  line  arguments and looks for option(s) then for one resource, the
       rest of the line is ignored. It reads  too  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).

                                           May 23, 2013                                  TICKR(1)