Straw is a desktop news aggregator for the GNOME environment. Its aim is to
be a faster, easier and more accessible way to read news and blogs than the
traditional browser.


* Minimum Requirements *

1. Python 2.2
2. Python ADNS - This is optional, but you get better results if you have it installed.
3. Python egenix mxDateTime extension module
4. Berkeley DB3 and pybsddb. (pybsddb ships with python 2.3)
5. PyGTK, PyGNOME, and PyOrbit.
6. libglade
7. GConf


* Installation *

[foo@test.com]$ cd /path/to/straw
[foo@test.com]$ make install


* Notes on Installation *

The Makefile installs files into three locations: the straw executable
into a directory that should be in your $PATH, a library directory to
a location that should be in python's search path, and a data
directory into a location that should be an architecture-neutral
directory.

In practice, this means, at least by default, /usr/local/bin,
/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages and /usr/local/share.

If the library directory isn't in your search path, or if you for some
reason installed it elsewhere, you should point the STRAW_LIB
environment variable at the directory under which the straw library
directory was created. That is, in the default installation,
/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages.


* Notes on Configuring your Web Browser *

If you click a URL, straw loads the URL in whatever browser is set in your
environment. This is set through the following easy steps:

 1. Applications -> Desktop Preferences -> Advanced -> File Types & Programs
 2. Click on Documents -> World Wide Web -> HTML page
 3. On the left hand side, choose Edit.
 4. Choose your browser in the "Default Action" box inside the Actions Frame.


Visit http://www.nongnu.org/straw for more info.

$Id: README,v 1.6 2003/11/05 12:29:14 jmalonzo Exp $
