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Snownews is a text mode RSS/RDF newsreader. It supports RSS 1.0 feeds that
comply with the W3C RDF specification and also supports Radio Userland's
RSS 0.91 and 2.0 versions.
Features:
* Runs on Linux, *BSD, OS X (Darwin), Solaris and probably
many more Unices. Yes, even works under Cygwin.
* Fast and very resource friendly.
* Bultin HTTP client will follow server redirects and update feed
URLs that point to permanent redirects (301) automatically.
* Snownews understands "Not-Modified" (304) server replies and handles
gzip/deflate Content-Encoding.
* Local cache for minimal network traffic.
* HTTP proxy support.
* A help menu available throughout the program.
* Automatic update checking (can be deactivated).
* Few dependencies on external libraries; ncurses and libxml2.
* Import feature for OPML subscription lists.
* Fully customizable key bindings of all program functions.
* Type Ahead Find for quick and easy navigation.
WWW: http://kiza.kcore.de/software/snownews/