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diff --git a/man/gnus.texi b/man/gnus.texi index c670da11b22..6345cc2a18b 100644 --- a/man/gnus.texi +++ b/man/gnus.texi @@ -15873,14 +15873,45 @@ changes to a wiki (e.g. @url{http://cliki.net/recent-changes.rdf}). @acronym{RSS} has a quite regular and nice interface, and it's possible to get the information Gnus needs to keep groups updated. +Note: you had better use Emacs which supports the @code{utf-8} coding +system because @acronym{RSS} uses UTF-8 for encoding non-@acronym{ASCII} +text by default. It is also used by default for non-@acronym{ASCII} +group names. + @kindex G R (Summary) -Use @kbd{G R} from the summary buffer to subscribe to a feed---you -will be prompted for the location of the feed. +Use @kbd{G R} from the summary buffer to subscribe to a feed---you will +be prompted for the location, the title and the description of the feed. +The title, which allows any characters, will be used for the group name +and the name of the group data file. The description can be omitted. An easy way to get started with @code{nnrss} is to say something like the following in the group buffer: @kbd{B nnrss RET RET y}, then subscribe to groups. +The @code{nnrss} back end saves the group data file in +@code{nnrss-directory} (see below) for each @code{nnrss} group. File +names containing non-@acronym{ASCII} characters will be encoded by the +coding system specified with the @code{nnmail-pathname-coding-system} +variable. If it is @code{nil}, in Emacs the coding system defaults to +the value of @code{default-file-name-coding-system}. If you are using +XEmacs and want to use non-@acronym{ASCII} group names, you should set +the value for the @code{nnmail-pathname-coding-system} variable properly. + +@cindex OPML +You can also use the following commands to import and export your +subscriptions from a file in @acronym{OPML} format (Outline Processor +Markup Language). + +@defun nnrss-opml-import file +Prompt for an @acronym{OPML} file, and subscribe to each feed in the +file. +@end defun + +@defun nnrss-opml-export +Write your current @acronym{RSS} subscriptions to a buffer in +@acronym{OPML} format. +@end defun + The following @code{nnrss} variables can be altered: @table @code @@ -15889,6 +15920,13 @@ The following @code{nnrss} variables can be altered: The directory where @code{nnrss} stores its files. The default is @file{~/News/rss/}. +@item nnrss-file-coding-system +@vindex nnrss-file-coding-system +The coding system used when reading and writing the @code{nnrss} groups +data files. The default is the value of +@code{mm-universal-coding-system} (which defaults to @code{emacs-mule} +in Emacs or @code{escape-quoted} in XEmacs). + @item nnrss-use-local @vindex nnrss-use-local @findex nnrss-generate-download-script |