scripts

scripts that I use often, programs big or useful enough to warrant sharing but not big enough to need a repository.

OldNotifier

OldNotifier is a shell script (requires bash) that uses The Old Reader's API to show notifications every so often about how many unread articles you have, and how many articles in a label/folder you have unread.

I don't really maintain it anymore but you're welcome to use it.

Prerequisites

• The Old Reader account
• notify-send (from libnotify)
• curl or wget

Configuration

Configuration can be set in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/oldnotifier.conf.

Configuration variables

• email - The email you used to register with The Old Reader; ex. [email protected]
• password - Password used to login to The Old Reader; ex. hunter2
• notify_every - How often to notify you; ex. 30m, which would notify you of unread articles every thirty minutes.
• wait_until_top_of_hour - If you want to wait until the top of the hour to start notifying; ex. false
• retrieve_preference - What program you'd like to use for retrieving the data; ex. wget (curl and wget are the only valid options)
• protocol - What protocol to use for getting it; ex. https (http and https are the only valid options. Please use https.)
• icon - What icon to use for the notifications. You can use a file location or a system icon name here; ex. internet-feed-reader

License

These scripts are all licensed under the 0BSD License.