From 3e2254d676193ef6c628250617c675b9ff724b4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laria Carolin Chabowski Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 22:35:27 +0100 Subject: Initial commit falseknees-atom.lua is a simple scraper of falseknees.com/archive that outputs an atom feed for consumption by newsboat or similar newsreaders that can get a feed from some external command. --- README.md | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f42bc6e --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +falseknees-atom +=============== + +A simple Lua script that generates an Atom Feed of the fantastic +[False Knees][falseknees] webcomic. + +Requirements +------------ + +You need to have [Lua][lua] (5.3 or later) and [LuaSocket][luasocket] installed. + +Usage +----- + +Executing `falseknees-atom.lua` will write an Atom Feed with all the comic +strips to stdout. When you are using a feed reader that can take it's input from +an external binary, you can just point it to the script. E.g. here is an entry +for [Newsboat][newsboat]'s `~/.newsboat/urls` that I use: + + exec:~/src/falseknees-atom/falseknees-atom.lua + +`~/src/falseknees-atom/` is where this repo lives on my machine. Adapt the path +to fit wherever you put it. + +Why? +---- + +I want to know when the latest comic arrives, but + does not seem to get updated any more :(. + + +[falseknees]: https://falseknees.com +[lua]: https://lua.org +[luasocket]: http://w3.impa.br/~diego/software/luasocket/home.html +[newsboat]: https://newsboat.org/ -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf