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        Rooster RSS Reader
         Your News Herald
           Version: 1.8
           "El Classico"
           Final Release
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Copyright © 2006 by Brana Bujenovic
        All Rights Reserved
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Content
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o Features
o What's New
o What's New/Version History Legend
o Version History
o System Requirements
o Installation
o Enable HTML Help
o Disclaimer of Warranty
o Release Date

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Features
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Rooster is shareware RSS/ATOM feeds manager for Windows.
Some of the key features are:
o Download articles per feed basis.
o Simultaneously download articles for multiple feeds.
o Edit and store download conditionals such as scanning intervals.
o Store articles for off-line reading.
o Manage (display/move/delete/flag) articles off-line.
o Give names/aliases to feeds.
o Address feeds and keep URLs within an editable table for quick updating.
o Manage (name/edit/create/delete/store) newsboxes for feeds.
o Plain-text (UNIX-compatible) newsboxes to store articles.
o Store feeds info in editable (plain text) files.
o Import and export subscriptions.
o Support for RSS and ATOM feeds.
o Article grouping.
o Article tokens.
o Filters.
o News ticker.
o Organize feeds trough feed groups.

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What's New (Major Changes)
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Newsbox
+ New column: Enclosure
$ This column displays enclosed file name.
+++ Article Grouping (Please see Help file for details.)
+ Grouping hot-keys: Ctrl+Shift+[0-8]
+ Expand group key: [+] (or click on the group icon with the plus sign)
+ Collapse group key: [-] (or click on the group icon with the minus sign)
+ Expand all groups (Hot-key: Ctrl+[+])
+ Collapse all groups (Hot-key: Ctrl+[-])
+ Auto expand all groups (View/Groups/Auto Expand).
+ Auto collapse all groups (View/Groups/Auto Collapse).
$ Note. On the first run, after the update, 
Rooster will update all newsbox indexes, so it will take a little longer to start. 
All status/newsbox information will be reset to default values.
# When the articles are sorted, grouped or not, first selected article 
(before the sorting) is ensured visible (after the sorting).
(List is scrolled so that article remains visible.)
# When the articles are deleted (or transferred), next article, after the block, is 
focused, and ensured visible.
# When Preview Pane is turned on, first selected article, if any, is ensured visible.
## Columns are now not drawn when disabled (instead of just resized to zero width).
+ Column Widths: Reset (to Default Values)
$ Default values in pixels: 180, 180, 180, 160, 80, 120, 80, 80.
+ Column Widths: Resize to Fit
+ Priority cells now contain text.
* Fixed a bug where open article is not flagged Read, after being manually 
flagged Unread and then re-opened from the News-ticker.
* Fixed a bug where enclosure would be assigned, when set manually, 
to duplicated article if present.

Newsbox Summary Options (Options/Newsbox Summary)
Articles List
+ When the newsbox is opened, automatically select the first:
Unread article/Article with the highest priority
+ Select newly inserted articles (First in the block)
Preview Pane
+ Mark articles Read after being displayed for _X_ seconds.
+ Display headers summary.

Command Line
+ Feed URLs without arguments are now processed.
$ Firefox, for example, passes the feed/subscription URL without the arguments 
(such as "add", "remove" or "preview").

Token Macros
+ #FEED_CATEGORY# - Feed category (server assigned).
+ #ARTICLE_CATEGORY# - Article category (server assigned).
+ #COMMENTS_URL# - URL with forums/comments on the article.

Feeds
# Faster (and better) feed validation.
# Faster (and better) feed preview.
+ Added support for relevant "Dublin Core Elements".
$ As extension to standard RSS/ATOM elements, 
DCE are used (if present) when main elements are not specified.

Newsboard
+ Character Encoding detection.
+ Enclosure URL is now displayed, if any.
+ Feed description is displayed at the top of the Newsboard (if any).
+ Feed image is displayed at the Newsboard header, if specified.
+ Copyright notice is now displayed at the Newsboard footer, if specified.
+ Preview button added to the Feed Properties dialog.

Character Encoding
+ Character encoding is now derived from "xml:encoding" attribute, if present.
$ If there is no "xml:encoding" attribute, CE is derived from the "language" 
(or "dc:language") element, if present.
+ If there is no "encoding" attribute, or language elements, 
newsbox CE is assigned for the article.
$ Newsbox CE defaults to System Default CE, if nothing assigned explicitly.

Find Articles
## Misc GUI improvements.
+ New columns: Tag, Priority & Enclosure.
$ Sort hot-keys: Ctrl+[6-8].
# Faster list population.
# Faster search.
# Search now consumes less working memory.
+ Results pop-up menu
+ Results/Selected/Locate (in Newsbox Summary)
+ Locate result hot-key: Ctrl+O
+ Results/Select All
+ New search criteria: Enclosure Name, Feed Name, Newsbox Name, 
Tag Text & Headers Block.
+ Search results are dynamically updated as the original articles 
are transferred, deleted or shredded.
+ Progress bar.

Article
+ Locate hot-key: Ctrl+O.

Misc
* URL clicks are no longer disabled (Article, Preview Pane or Newsboard window).
+ When opening URLs, via Article, Preview Pane or Newsboard window, 
hold down Shift key to force the default Internet browser.
+ Tip of the Day.
+ Windows Layout: Snap allowance: _X_ pixels.

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What's New/Version History Legend
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+ --> New feature
- --> Removed/obsolete old feature
* --> Bugfix
# --> Improvement
$ --> Hint/Tip/Comment

[Note. Multiple signs indicate significance. 
For example, "#####" indicates "Tons of improvements".]

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Version History
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Version 1.7
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Character Encoding (CE)
+ Now it's possible to assign CE per article basis.
+ Initially, Rooster sets the CE for the article depending on the "language" tag, 
if present. (If the language tag is not present, System Default CE is set.)
+ When the CE is changed/set for the article, it applies not only for the HTML viewer, 
but for the text viewer and text labels as well (Author/Feed/Headline/Date).
+ Now it's possible to assign CE per newsbox basis.
(Initial CE for the newsboxes is System Default.)
* Fixed a bug where System Default CE wouldn't be identified correctly.
+ Added support for Windows code pages.

Newsboard
+ Newsboard/Save As (Ctrl+S)
+ Newsboard/Print (Print+P)
+ View/Source
+ View/Print Preview
+ View/Text Size/Increase (Ctrl+8)
+ View/Text Size/Decrease (Ctrl+2)
+ View/Text Size/Normal (Ctrl+5)
+ View/Find Text (F3)
+ View/Character Encoding
# Updated Newsboard token
* Fixed  a bug that would cause a crash on exit, in some cases, 
if Newsboard(s) is/are left open.
+ Newsboard now operates in two modes: Feed (online) and File mode.
File mode allows us to view rss/atom files.
+ Rooster now opens rss/atom files via command-line.
+ If Rooster is registered as default feeds reader, 
it's registered as default application for "rss" and "atom" file types as well.

E-Mail Forwarding Options
+ Quote only the selected text.
+ Strip HTML tags by default ([+Shift] for original format).
+ Quote sign for plain text forwards.
+ Word wrap at column # (for plain text forwards).
+ Quote sign for HTML forwards: None/Indent/Quote Bar/Small Quote/Cite.
+ Quote lines: Top line.
+ Quote lines: Bottom line.

Tasks
+ Tasks window on new tasks: Show
+ Tasks window on new tasks: Restore
- Tasks window on new tasks: Minimize
+ Tasks window when there are no active tasks: Minimize
* Tasks window is now closed if there are no active tasks and 
"Close" is checked, for no active tasks action.

Find Articles
* Search results can again be opened with a double-click (1.6).

Filters
* Conjunction option "Does not contain" was missing.
+ Help button.
+ Action: Play the Sound
+ Action: Display at Newsticker
+ Action: Print
+ Action: Open the Article
+ Action: Open the Newsbox
+ Action: Display Information-Dialog
+ Action: Copy to Newsbox
+ Action: Delete
+ Demo-Mode is restricted to 5 filters.
# Misc improvements.

Article
+ Priority statusbar pane now displays images.
+ Tag statusbar pane now displays image.
+ Enclosure statusbar pane now displays enclosed file name, if any.
+ View/Text Size/Increase (Ctrl+8)
+ View/Text Size/Decrease (Ctrl+2)
+ View/Text Size/Normal (Ctrl+5)
+ View/Select/All (Ctrl+A)
+ View/Select/None (Ctrl+N)
+ View/Find Text (F3)
+ View/Character Encoding

Importer
* OPML: Outline sub elements (tags) were not scanned.
+ Groups, for imported feeds are automatically created, if present.
+ OPML: For convenience sake, groups are automatically derived from parent's outline tag, 
if parent outline tag indicates "a group of feeds". Those new groups are assigned to Feeds 
imported from "child" outline elements.
+ Select all items hot-key: Ctrl+A
+ Deselect all items hot-key: Ctrl+N

Desktop Toolbar
+ Button: Display News Ticker
+ Button: Filters

Newsbox
+ Preview Pane toolbar button.
* Preview Pane is no longer excluded from the off-line mode.
+ Box/Create Desktop Shortcut
+ View/Set Focus/Preview Pane
+ Articles/Select None (Ctrl+N)
# Updated Preview Pane token.
* Fixed a bug where Preview Pane would remain in online mode, 
when switched to offline.
+ Toolbar buttons: Previous/Next
# View/Encoding menu renamed to View/Character Encoding.

Miscellaneous
* Feeds/Preview Feed is no longer excluded from the off-line mode.
* Fixed a bug that would cause a crash if some of the configuration 
files are deleted during the session.
* Fixed a bug where exit would be disabled for no reason whatsoever.
+ Demo-Mode: Help/Buy Now!.
+ Demo-Mode: Help/Register.
+ Demo-Mode is now restricted to 25 subscriptions.

Version 1.6
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+ News Watch (Please see help for details)

+ Newsboard (Please see help for details)

+ Filters (Please see help for details)

Feeds
+ Last Article Information Panel.
* Fixed broken periodic checks (1.5.0.1).
+ Feed Preview toolbar button.

Enclosures
+ Auto-delete enclosures:
Never/When the article is deleted/When the Trash is emptied.

Notifications - Global
+ Add new articles to the News Ticker.
+ Change mouse cursor for X seconds.

Notifications - Feed specific
+ Play the sound.
+ Open the newsbox.
+ Display Information-Dialog.

Startup
+ Check for updates option.

Tasks
+ Active Tasks status bar panel.

Find Articles
+ Check All newsboxes hot-key: Ctrl+'+'.
+ Clear All newsboxes hot-key: Ctrl+'-'.
# Progress percentage is now unified for the entire scan.
* Current task status is now displayed at the Tasks window correctly.
# Misc improvements.

Misc
+ Browse menu.
$ This menu is located inside the Tray-menu, and it contains to main sub menus: 
[Browse] Newsboxes & [Browse] Enclosures.
* Fixed a bug that would cause a crash on exit in some cases.
+ Boxes window: Find Articles toolbar button.
* Fixed a bug where News Ticker is displayed when there are no new articles.
* Cabinets can be moved again.

Version 1.5
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***### Maintenance release.

Version 1.4
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Options
+ Extra Warnings (See Options/Extra Warnings).
+ Network options are available in Demo-Mode now.

Tasks
+### Brand new tasks management!
# Tasks lists now populates >100x faster.
* Stop-task from outside the thread.
* Stop-task hot-key: Esc.
+ Maximum number of concurrent tasks.

Misc
+ Welcome dialog with start-up options.

Version 1.3
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Windows Layout
+ Move windows together
+ 'Snap' windows

Newsbox
+ Retention Policy
+ Tools: Rebuild Index
+ Box/Properties Menu

+ Import/Export feeds list is now sorted by feed alias.

Version 1.2
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+ Security Options

*** Fixed a bug that would cause "spinning" when large number of articles is 
transferred from one newsbox to another. / Faster articles transfer.

+++ Rooster now stores subscription information inside the OPML-files.
$ To import subscriptions from old Feeds.ini, click Tools/Import Subscriptions..., 
and then click "Feeds.ini" file from the combo box (bottom).

+ General Tools: Import Subscribed Feeds
+ General Tools: Export Subscribed Feeds

+ Command-line support for OPML-files.
$ Rooster will open OPML-files, when started from the command-prompt, but 
does not create file-association with OPML-file types, as those files may be 
used for other, not feed-related, information (such as playlists etc.).

Version 1.1
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###### Tons of graphical enhancements.

+ Options: Browsing Articles
	a) Automatically open next article when: Transferring/Deleting/Closing.
	b) Automatically close current article when: Browsing Previous/Browsing 
Next/E-Mail Forwarding.
	c) Close articles with newsbox.

+++ Enclosure download moved to a separate thread.
+ Enclosures Sub-Folder options:
	a) None / Use Enclosures Root Folder
	b) Derive from Feed Name
	c) Derive from Feed Alias
	d) Derive from Author Name
	e) Derive from Headline
	f) Derive from Newsbox Name
+ Enclosure download is now shown on a Tasks-list as a separate task.
+ Enclosures Options: Download enclosures externally.
+ Article enclosure status-bar indicator.
+ Article/Enclosure:
	a) Open
	b) Remove
	c) Delete
	d) Properties / Set
+ New article header X-Enclosure-URL indicates full Internet address of enclosed 
file, if any.
- Removed obsolete Enclosed-File header.
+ Newsbox summary indicator: Enclosure.
+ Confirmation dialog is shown when opening/deleting enclosures.

+ Newsbox column: Priority

* Fixed a bug where newsbox summary charset would be reset to System Default 
after new articles are downloaded.

Version 1.0.9
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# Rooster is now more tolerant towards incorrectly formatted RFC dates.
* Fixed a bug that would cause valid published-dates to be replaced with
download-dates.
# Faster date-sorting.

+ Star Indicator
Articles that are opened 10 times or more are flagged with the Star (next to
the Headline).

+ Date Indicators
	a) Chili: Articles that are published within the last hour are flagged
with Chili Paper (next to the Date).
	b) Ice Cube: Articles that are published more then 7 days ago are flagged
with the Ice Cube (next to the Date).

+ Articles List/Preview Pane Encoding
Now it's possible to speciffy ISO character sets for box list items and the
preview pane.
$ Supported character sets are:
	Western European (iso-8859-1, us-ascii)
	Japanese (x-sjis)
	Korean (johab)
	Chinese Simplified (gb2312)
	Chinese Traditional (big5)
	Central European (iso-8859-2)
	Cyrillic (iso-8859-5)
	Arabic (iso-8859-6)
	Greek (iso-8859-7)
	Hebrew (iso-8859-8)
	Turkish (iso-8859-9)
	Thai (iso-8859-11)
	Baltic (iso-8859-13)
$ To specify default character set for particular newsbox click:
View/Encoding.
$ If System Default menu item is checked, default character set for particluar
newsbox will
be Windows default character set.

+ News Ticker
$ News ticker displays headlines for downloaded articles.
$ To open the particular article, click on the underlined headline.
$ To have News Ticker notify you about the articles from particular feed,
check
"Add to News Ticker" at the Feed Properties dialog.
$ To open the News Ticker manually, click Tools/News Ticker.

+ News Ticker Options:
	a) Resume (Hot-key: R)
	b) Stop (Hot-key: S)
	c) Speed: Very Fast, Fast, Normal, Slow, Very Slow
	d) Increase Speed (Hot-key: [+])
	e) Decrease Speed (Hot-key: [-])
	f) Display on Taskbar
	g) Always on Top
	h) Close (Hotkey: Ctrl+W)
$ To open News Ticker pop-up menu: At the top right corner, you will see itsy
bitsy teeny weeny
dot. Click on it!

+ Flagged articles can not be deleted.
+ New hotkey for Box/Article/Delete: [Delete] button.

+ New token macros
	a) #ARTICLE_PLAIN# - Plain text version of the article
	b) #ARTICLE_HTML# - Basic HTML tags wraped around the article text
	$ Remember, #ARTICLE# is macro for the article in the format it is
originally published.
- Removed obsolete "Preserve HTML formatting" option from the Feed Properties.

+ Locate the Article
$ To locate particular article in the newsbox summary, click Locate from the
Article menu.

+ Main article headers are displayed at the article window.

* Fixed a bug that would cause Box/Article/Selection menu grayed out if there
are selected articles,
after articles downloaded to an empty newsbox.
* Fixed a bug where Delete Article menu item/toolbar is grayed out if article
transferred from trash.
* Fixed a bug where new settings are reset when the second program instance is
started.

# Rooster is now more tolerant towards not standardized feeds.

+ Network Options

+ Newsbox/Cabinet/Box Set Menu: Find Articles menu item (Hot-key:
Ctrl+Shift+F)
$ Open Find Articles window with selected item checked (If Cabinet/Box Set,
all child-items are checked).

# Help updated (a little bit).

Version 1.0.8
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+ Article Tags
$ To set up the tags click Options/Tags.
$ Single tag consist of the color label and the text line.

+ Article Flag
+ Article Priority

$ Use tags, flags and article-priority to categorize and prioritize
articles.

+ Print Article
+ Print Preview

+ Tasks-active: Stop the task. (Hot-key: Esc)
+ Tasks-inactive: Clear the task item from the list. (Hot-key: Delete)
+ Tasks-all: Log selected task description. (Hot-key: Ctrl+L)
+ Tasks-all: Copy selected task description. (Hot-key: Ctrl+C)

# Bow window: Articles list rows are higher for 2 pixels.
# Bow window: Articles list row focus rectangle is now drawn around the
entire row.
# Box window: Articles list is now populated/cleared much faster.
+ Tasks window now contains the toolbar.
+ Article window: Print, Tag, Priority, Browse Previous/Next toolbar
buttons.
# Box window: Select Article(s) toolbar button.

#### Number of GI improvements.

Version 1.0.7
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+++ Global Hot-Keys
$ To set up global (system-wide) hot-keys, click: Options/Global Hot-Keys.
$ Some of the actions are: Check All Feeds, Pop-up Feeds Menu, Pop-up
Rooster Tray Menu, Find Articles, Open Boxes/Feeds/Tasks Window etc.

Options: Storage Space/Maintenance
+ Empty Trash: On Startup/On Exit
+ Clear Cache: On Startup/On Exit

Options: Startup/Always Open
+ Boxes/Feeds/Tasks
+ Newsboxes/Articles
+ Desktop Toolbar

+ Auto-Clear Tasks
$ Specify which tasks: Completed/Not completed/All
$ Specify when: Every x minutes/When the task is finished/Never (Off)

+ Logging: Maximum log-file size.
$ Set to zero for no limit.

+ System Tray: Display icon in System-Tray area
+ Additional tray-icon actions:
	a) Pop-up Feeds Menu
	b) Find Articles
	c) Display Desktop Toolbar

+ Notifications: On New Articles/Notify Application

+ New windows layout: Outlook

+ Default Windows Layout
$ To set up default windows layout, click: Options/Windows Layout

+ Boxes window status-bar now contains tool-tips for every panel.
+ Status-bar for Tasks window.

$ Storage Space and Startup options are not available in Demo-Mode anymore.
$ Use of tokens per feed basis is now available in Demo-Mode./Demo-Mode
token not in use.

+ About box now displays Beta/Final Release line.

+ Box window: Read articles text color matches read articles icon color now.
+ Box window: Sorted columns are displayed in different color now.

+ Article window: Browse Previous/Next Article - Opened
$ Hotkeys:
	a) Ctrl+[-] -- Browse Previous
	b) Ctrl+[+] -- Browse Next

+ Article window: Browse Previous/Next Article - From the Same Newsbox
$ Hotkeys:
	a) [-] -- Browse Previous
	b) [+] -- Browse Next

Version 1.0.6.4
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+ Desktop Toolbar
$ ...for starters

+ Unread articles count is now displayed next to the newsbox image, on the
Boxes window.

+ Windows menu.
$ Menu items are similar as on the Window-menu. Actions are relevant to all
open windows.
# Windows Layout moved to the Windows menu.
### Number of GUI improvements.

+ Offline mode/Suspend online tasks
$ If program is in offline mode:
	All startup checks - suspended
	Auto-checks (per feed basis) - suspended
	Online content won't be loaded/displayed at the article-window.
	Online content won't be loaded/displayed at the newsbox preview pane (if
turned on).

+ Article window: View Offline (Check/Uncheck)
$ If Rooster's off-line mode is turned on, you can view articles online, by
unchecking View Offline per individual articles.
$ If Rooster's off-line mode is turned off, you can display individual
articles offline by checking View Offline.
$ Article/View Offline default value is determined by main program online
mode.

+ Rooster is now aware of Windows global on/off line mode.
$ That's the one that you can change from Internet Explorer (File/Work
Offline).

+ Options/Mode: Process priority class -- Normal/High/Realtime.
$ Normal is highly recommended.

+ Mail the article option.
$ Few annotations:
Rooster uses Simple MAPI to pass the information to default e-mail client.
As MAPI is a 3rd party utility, Rooster is not controlling it, and therefore
some outcomes are out of the reach.
Here are some results:
If Eudora is default mail client: OK.
Outlook 2003: All OK, HTML text is displayed with all the tags.
Outlook Express 6: The same as Outlook 2003.
Mozilla Thunderbird 3 alpha crashes. (Perhaps stabile/regular release works
OK)
$ To mail article plain-text version, hold down Shift key (on
Article/E-Mail).

+ SampleFeeds.ini contains several sample news feeds. SampleFeeds.ini is
renamed to Feeds.ini on the first run.

+ Rooster now supports wide variety of "exotic" (publishing) date and time
formats.
# Ultra-fast date rendering.

+ Tools: Download articles per feed basis menus.
$ This menu contains one item for every subscribed feed. Feeds are sorted in
alphabetical order for faster access (no groups).

+ Box Tools: Download articles for linked feeds.
$ To download all articles for feeds linked with particular newsbox.

+ Command-line switches:
rebuild:nbi:all - Rebuild newsbox-index files.
rebuild:nbi:old - Rebuild old newsbox-index files.

+ New default file type for articles: Rooster News Feeds Article
$ File extension for this new file type is 'nfa'.

+# Some of the resources moved to Chest.dll.

* Fixed a date-sorting bug for newsboxes and search results.
* Fixed a bug where deleted opened articles are not transferred to Trash.
* Fixed a bug where box-list pop-up menu wouldn't be aligned with selected
article.
* Fixed a bug where deleted/transferred articles would remain on the Find
Articles-results list, after being deleted/transferred.

# Updated toolbar images.
# Demo-Mode token now contains referring article URL.

### Countless program tweaks and improvements.

Version 1.0.5.7
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+++++ Find Articles Tool

++ Newsbox Preview Pane
+ Newsbox Toolbar
+ Newsbox articles-selection keys:
	8 - Select previous
	2 - Select next
$ Those hot-keys allow us to quickly move to the next article, while the
Preview Pane has the focus.
$ Also, both actions respect the sorting order. (So if sorting order is
Ascending the next is below the current article/previous is above, if
Descending -- vice versa.)
+ Newsbox View/Set Focus: Main Menu/Toolbar/Articles
$ To set the focus on the Toolbar with the use of keyboard, press F2.
* Fixed a bug that would cause spinning when the opened newsbox is deleted.

+ Added Tools menu to the Rooster main menus.
+ Tools: Empty Trash.
+ Tools: Clean Cache.

+++ Additional hot-keys, status-bar tips & toolbar buttons.

Version 1.0.4.1
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* Fixed a bug where some feed groups are not displayed on the Feeds window
when feeds.ini imported from Feeds Eudora plugin.
$ In case not all the groups are displayed just edit feeds.ini and delete
the entire [Groups] section. This needs to be done only once.

+ Added status bar for the Article window.
$ Beside standard status bar tips, this status bar also displays underlined
URL sources.

+ Toolbar for the article window.
$ Comment regarding unusual toolbar buttons:
I wanted to add text for some buttons, and at the same time to keep 24x24
pixels button ratio.
Some standard solutions suggest adding the text bellow or to the right from
the button, but when I tried that I realized it looks horrible and takes too
much space. So I found the solution in actually drawing words on the image,
and keep both the ratio and the text. Hence unusual buttons. Hope you like
it.

+ General-Options toolbar-button for the Feeds and Boxes windows.

Version 1.0.3.1
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+ Added drag & drop support for the Feeds window.

# Articles from deleted newsboxes are now sent to Trash, by default.
$ To wipe articles from deleted newsboxes hold down Shift key on delete
action.

* Fixed a bug where 2 main Trash boxes would appear when the main box-set is
changed.
* Fixed a bug where old Trash newsbox remains the main Trash newsbox when
the main box-set is changed.

+ Added status-bar for the Boxes window.
+ Added status-bar for the Feeds window.
+ Added more status-bar tips.

# Updated sample tokens.

Version 1.0.2.3
---------------
## Maintenance release.

Version 1.0.2.2
---------------
Initial public release.

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System Requirements
===================

To use Rooster you must have the following:
o IBM PC or compatible.
o Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista.
o Internet network connection.

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Installation
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To install Rooster:
1. Download the installation program.
2. Exit running applications.
3. Click Windows Start button, select Run..., then click the "Browse"
button.
4. Browse to the folder where you saved the installation program.
5. Choose installation program file and click "OK".
6. Follow installation wizard steps, and read the description for every
step.
   (Click the Next button to go on to the next step, or click the Back
button to return to the previous step.)
8. Specify a folder in which to install Rooster, then click Next.
9. Rooster is installed in the destination directory.
10.The installer will offer to place a shortcut to Rooster on your desktop
and Quick Launch bar.
11.The installer will offer to start Rooster.

To uninstall Rooster:
1. Close Rooster and other running applications.
2. Click Windows start button, select Control Panel, then click "Add or
Remove Programs".
3. Find and Select Rooster from the list, and click "Remove".

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Enable HTML Help
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To open the Help file, start Rooster, and press F1. If Help displays "This
page cannot be displayed", do the following:
1. Close Help.
2. Locate Rooster.chm file, inside the folder where Rooster is installed.
3. Select and right-click the chm-file.
4. Select "Unblock" from the pop-up menu.
5. Return to Rooster, and press F1 again.

======================
Disclaimer of Warranty
======================

This software is provided on an "As Is" and "As Available" basis without
warranties of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including but not
limited to, the implied warranties of title, noninfringement merchantability
and fitness for a particular purpose. I do not warrant that the software
will be - uninterrupted, timely, reliable, secure or error-free and
expressly disclaim any warranties as to the program contained herewith.

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Release Date
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September 14th 2007
