5 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.

All Newsticker options have reasonable default values, so that in most cases it is not necessary to customize settings before starting Newsticker for the first time.

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 which are retrieved.
  • newsticker-retrieval-method defines how headlines are retrieved. This is either done using Emacs' 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 hook which 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.