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TICKR(1) General Commands Manual TICKR(1)

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

Get help page
Print out version number
Print out license
Send list of available fonts to stdout
Send content of config file to stdout
Send error codes and strings to stdout
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)
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)
n = 1 to 60 (seconds) - Override default connect timeout value (= 5 seconds), useful if proxy or slow internet link
Same as above for send/recv timeout (default value = 1 second)
Delay in milliseconds (-> speed = K / delay)
Shift size in pixels (-> speed = K x shift size)
Foreground 32-bit hexa color
Background 32-bit hexa color
Set gradient background
Background 32-bit hexa color2
Font name
Font size (can't be > 200)
Allow win_x, win_y and win_w to be greater than screen dimensions
Window position - x
Window position - y
Window width
Window height (compute font size if > 0)
Window decoration
Window always-on-top
Fullscreen mode (experimental)
Actually window opacity from 1 to 10 (0 = none -> 10 = full)
Icon in taskbar
Visible on all user desktops
Apply shadow to text
Shadow x offset in pixels
Shadow y offset in pixels
Shadow effect (0 = none -> 10 = full)
String to be appended at end of line
Enable or disable special characters. This is only useful when resource is a file, not an URL
´New page' special character
´Tab' (8 spaces) special character
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)
Reverse scrolling (= L to R)
Show or hide feed title
String to be appended after feed title
Show or hide item title
String to be appended after item title
Show or hide item description
String to be appended after item description
Read N items max per feed (0 = no limit)
Strip html tags
Set all text to upper case
Set URL as 'homefeed' = homepage (from command line, not automatically saved, so a little bit useless...)
´Open in Browser' command line: Application that will open active link (may require path.) Most likely will invoke your favourite browser
´Open in Browser' optional arguments
Clock location: left / right / none
Show seconds
12h time format
Show date
Use alternative date format, ie 'Mon 01 Jan' instead of 'Mon Jan 01'
Clock font name
Clock font size (can't be > Tickr height)
Clock foreground 32-bit hexa color
Clock background 32-bit hexa color
Set clock gradient background
Clock background 32-bit hexa color2
Disable error/warning popup windows
Pause Tickr on mouseover
Disable left-click
Mouse wheel acts on: (Tickr-)speed / feed(-in-list) / none
(use <ctrl> + mouse wheel for alternative action)
Selected feed picker window closes when pointer leaves area
Enable feed re-ordering (by user)
Use HTTP basic authentication
User
Password (never saved)
Connect through proxy
Proxy host
Proxy port
Use proxy authentication
Proxy user
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).

April 20, 2021