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## 7 Configuration

All Newsticker options are customizable, i.e., they can be changed with Emacs customization methods. Call the command `customize-group` and enter ‘`newsticker`’ for the customization group.

The following list shows the available groups of Newsticker options and some of the most important options.

- `newsticker-retrieval` contains options that define which news feeds are retrieved and how this is done.
  - `newsticker-url-list` defines the list of headlines that are retrieved.
  - `newsticker-retrieval-method` defines how headlines are retrieved. This is either done using Emacs’s built-in download capabilities or using an external tool.
  - `newsticker-retrieval-interval` defines how often headlines are retrieved.
- `newsticker-headline-processing` contains options that define how the retrieved headlines are processed.
  - `newsticker-keep-obsolete-items` decides whether unread headlines that have been removed from the feed are kept in the Newsticker cache.
  - `newsticker-auto-mark-filter-list` provides the possibility to automatically mark headlines as immortal or old.
- `newsticker-hooks` contains options for hooking other Emacs commands to newsticker functions.
  - `newsticker-new-item-functions` allows for automatic processing of headlines. See `newsticker-download-images`, and `newsticker-download-enclosures` for sample functions.
  - The subgroup `newsticker-plainview-hooks` contains hooks that apply to the plainview reader only.
- `newsticker-miscellaneous` contains other Newsticker options.
- `newsticker-ticker` contains options that define how headlines are shown in the echo area, i.e., the “ticker”.
  - `newsticker-ticker-interval` and `newsticker-scroll-smoothly` define how headlines are shown in the echo area.
- `newsticker-reader` contains options for adjusting the headline reader.
  - `newsticker-frontend` determines the actual headline reader. The “plainview” reader uses a single buffer, the “treeview” uses separate buffers and windows.
  - The subgroup `newsticker-plainview` contains options for the plainview reader.
  - The subgroup `newsticker-treeview` contains options for the treeview reader.

For the complete list of options please have a look at the customization buffers.

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