= Newsboat FAQ
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== I get errors like "`color01' is not a valid color"

Numbers that start with zero are treated as octal; starting with Newsboat
2.10, these are not allowed since
https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/186[they only add confusion].

Convert octal numbers to decimal, and drop the leading zero. For example,
`color01` should be replaced with `color1`, `color016` with `color14` etc.

== I want to have a feed that contains all unread articles of all feeds

This is supported since Newsbeuter 0.7. All you need to do is add the following
line to your _urls_ file:

	"query:Unread Articles:unread = \"yes\""

For details, refer to the link:newsboat.html#_query_feeds[documentation on
query feeds].

== After I open a link in the browser, Newsboat stays unresponsive until the browser is closed

Newsboat has to behave like that in order to accomodate users of text-based
browsers like lynx and w3m. It has to relinquish the terminal and stay out of
the way, otherwise people won't be able to see their browsers.

If you're using a GUI browser like Firefox, you can do one of two things:

1. Start your browser beforehand. This way, Newsboat will only wait a fraction
   of a second (while a new tab is being opened).

2. Wrap your browser in a script and use the script as Newsboat's browser.
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Put this in `~/bin/newsboat-browser.sh`:
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    #/bin/sh
    /usr/bin/firefox "$@" &
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Make it executable:
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    $ chmod +x ~/bin/newsboat-browser.sh
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Then add the following line to your Newsboat's config:
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    browser "~/bin/newsboat-browser.sh"

== I can't connect to TT-RSS, Newsboat says: "Loading URLs from Tiny Tiny RSS...Authentication failed."

There are multiple reasons for this:

1. **wrong URL in `ttrss-url` setting, or wrong credentials**. Typos happen.
   Copy-and-paste the URL into the browser, then copy-and-paste the login and
   the password, and verify that they work;

2. **`ttrss-url` redirects somewhere**. Please use a URL that points directly
   at your TT-RSS instance, without any kind of HTTP redirects;

3. **double quotes not escaped in login and/or password**. Use `\"` instead of `"`;

4. **external API is disabled in TT-RSS**. You can enable it in user preferences;

5. **self-signed (or otherwise un-verifiable) SSL certificate**. If your TT-RSS
   instance is accessible from the Internet, consider
   https://letsencrypt.org/[Let's Encrypt]. It's a free and completely
   automated way to get a valid SSL certificate.
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If you want to be your own CA, put your root certificate into a bundle
understood by cURL, save it somewhere, and set the `CURL_CA_BUNDLE` environment
variable with the path to the bundle.
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Finally, if you understand what a "MITM attack" is, and are certain that it
can't happen in your setup, check out <<newsboat#_first_steps,a list of
Newsboat's configuration options>> for ways to entirely disable SSL
verification.

== Newsboat 2.18 complains that "Browser returned error code <some number>"

That Newsboat version misinterprets the browser's exit code. Please upgrade to
Newsboat 2.19 or newer.

If upgrading is not an option, wrap the browser in a script to hide its exit
code from Newsboat:

1. Put this in `~/bin/newsboat-browser.sh`:
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    #/bin/sh
    /usr/bin/firefox "$@"
    exit 0
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Replace `/usr/bin/firefox` with the path to your browser. The last line is the
important bit.

2. Make it executable:
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    $ chmod +x ~/bin/newsboat-browser.sh

3. Add the following to your Newsboat's config:
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    browser "~/bin/newsboat-browser.sh"