= 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 +~/.newsboat/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"
