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  Feeds are added to Olive via the Add New Feed dialog, which is
  invoked by pressing 'C-a'.
.-[ Add New Feed ]-----------------------------------------. | | | Location: [ ] | | | | Nickname: [ ] | | | | [ ] Flag this feed | | | | [ ] Force-poll this feed | | | | < OK > < Cancel > | | | '----------------------------------------------------------'
  Fill out the form and select OK to attempt to store the
  feed. It will be tested for network availablility, and if Olive can
  fetch the feed, it will be added. If the feed cannot be found or
  fetched, an error will be displayed and it will not be
  added to the feed list.
  The Location field holds the URL of the
  feed.
  Nickname is a short (16-character maximum) display name
  which will be used in the List Pane.
  Toggling "Flag this feed" causes the feed to
  be flagged, as described
  in Section 2.4.
  The "Force-poll this feed" option enables an on-demand
  override of normal feed polling procedure. It
  causes TTL checks to be skipped and treats a 304 Not
  Modified as a 200 OK, causing a fetch of the
  feed regardless of elapsed time or the actual modification status of
  that feed. This should only be used when there is a problem getting
  a feed which you know has changed, but which is not updating for
  whatever reason.
  To change information about a feed, first invoke the Edit Feeds
  dialog by pressing 'C-e'. You will be presented with a
  list of feeds and their current statuses, ordered alphabetically by
  feed nickname.
.-[ Edit Feeds ]-------------. | | | Feed Status | | | | ATC f-- # | | BBC News --- # | | bda f-- # | | code4lib --d # | | Dru f-- # | | Groklaw --- # | | Kate fp- # | | LtU --- | | | OBSD Security --- | | | Olive -p- | | | | | < OK > | | | '----------------------------'
The three statuses are:
f' in the first
    status column.
  p' in the
    second status column.
  d' in the
    third status column.
  It is possible for a single feed to have multiple statuses set. Statuses not set display a hyphen.
  Use the arrow keys to move through the list and select a feed
  with Enter. This will bring up the edit dialog for that
  feed.
.-[ Edit BBC News ]----------------------------------------. | | | Location: [http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_wor$] | | | | Nickname: [BBC News ] | | | | [ ] Flag this feed | | | | [ ] Force-poll this feed | | | | [ ] Feed is dormant | | | | < OK > < Cancel > | | | '----------------------------------------------------------'
Everything here works just as above, except for the addition of the last checkbox. Feeds are tested for network accessibility before changes are applied.
Dormant feeds are never polled, even if they are also marked as being force-polled. If Olive sets a feed dormant due to errors, you can come here to unset that flag. The dormant flag will not be unset if Olive cannot fetch the feed.
  To change information about a feed, first invoke the Remove Feeds
  dialog by pressing 'C-r'. You will be presented with a
  list of feeds and their current statuses, ordered alphabetically by
  feed nickname.
.-[ Remove Feeds ]---------------. | | | Sel Feed Status | | | | [ ] ATC f-- # | | [ ] BBC News --- # | | [ ] bda f-- # | | [ ] code4lib --d # | | [ ] Dru f-- # | | [ ] Groklaw --- # | | [ ] Kate fp- # | | [ ] LtU --- | | | [ ] OBSD Security --- | | | [ ] Olive -p- | | | | | < OK > | | | '--------------------------------'
  Simply go through the list, using Enter to select feeds
  for deletion, then select 'OK' to remove those
  feeds. Their stories will be removed from the story database, their
  feed and cache files will be deleted from disk, and their
  information will be purged from Olive's feed list.
  Feeds are polled (checked for updates) every time the period
  specified in the Poll Wait option
  elapses. You can request an early poll with the 'p'
  key. Feeds which are marked as forced can be
  fetched on demand via the 'P' key.
Here is the proceedure Olive follows for polling non-forced feeds.
304 Not Modified, no further action
    is taken for that feed.
  403 Forbidden or 410
    Gone, the feed will be marked dormant
    and you will be notified of this via a dialog box.
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