Short:        RSS NewsScroller for the workbench
Author:       aminet@jaehne.tk (Marcel Jähne)
Uploader:     aminet jaehne tk (Marcel Jähne)
Type:         comm/www
Version:      1.0
Architecture: m68k-amigaos
Distribution: Aminet

  RSSTicker brings live news headlines to the Amiga Workbench. 
  It reads multiple RSS feeds from a simple configuration file, fetches 
  them through bsdsocket.library, and displays each feed as its own smooth 
  scrolling ticker line. It is designed for classic AmigaOS 1.3 systems 
  that should keep current headlines visible without taking over the desktop.
  With HTTP support, optional HTTPS through amitls13.library, configurable 
  feed colors, individual scroll speeds, font selection, and a multilingual
  interface, RSSTicker is a compact and practical news ticker for classic 
  Workbench environments.

  Feature List
v1.0
  - AmigaOS 1.3 Workbench application
  - Multiple RSS feeds at once
  - One ticker line per feed
  - Smooth right-to-left scrolling
  - Scroll area driven by ScrollRaster() and WaitTOF()
  - RSS 1.0/RDF and RSS 2.0 support
  - Fixed feed title prefix before each ticker line
  - Feed titles are cleanly shortened to 20 characters
  - News items separated by +++
  - Ticker lines also end with +++ for clean looping
  - HTTP fetching through bsdsocket.library
  - Optional HTTPS support through amitls13.library
  - Clear error text when HTTPS is used without SSL support
  - UTF-8 and XML entity decoding for umlauts and special characters
  - Separate feeds.conf for feed URLs, colors, and speeds
  - Separate rssticker.conf for application settings and window positions
  - Per-feed color configuration
  - Per-feed scroll speed configuration
  - Three speed levels: fast, medium, slow
  - Font selection from FONTS:
  - Main window and settings windows are draggable and resizeable
  - Window positions and sizes are saved
  - Startup message while feeds are loading
  - Periodic feed refresh with a minimum interval of 10 minutes
  - Feed updates are integrated without hard-resetting the running ticker
  - Menu bar with Settings and Info
  - Multilingual UI: English, German, Polish, Greek
  - English as default language
  - Selected language is saved
  - Designed for classic Amiga systems with Kickstart/Workbench 1.3


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