Setting up newsbeuter

First, install newsbeuter

sudo pacman -S newsbeuter

Create config folder

mkdir ~/.newsbeuter

Create inside the config folder, a urls file to contain your feeds, one per line. Add tags between quotes.

http://dthlabs.com/feed/ "blog"
https://www.archlinux.org/news/ "linux"
http://qrznow.com/feed/ "radio"
http://www.embarcados.com.br/feed/ "programming"


Create config file and add theme (this is the default, modify as you like)

background          white   black
listnormal          white   black
listfocus           yellow  blue   bold
listnormal_unread   magenta black
listfocus_unread    magenta blue   bold
info                yellow  blue   bold
article             white   black

Start newsbeuter

newsbeuter

If get an error message like this:

"setlocale failed: No such file or directory"

Make sure your locale is uncommented in /etc/locale.gen and then

sudo locale.gen

Start newsbeuter and type capital R for a full reload

newsbeuter

My current config file

color listfocus           green  black   bold
color listnormal_unread   green  black
color listfocus_unread    green  black   bold
color info                green  black   bold
color article             white  black

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