Config File Not Working

[pjbrow]

Hi Guys

I can't get newsbeuter to use my config file. I've installed newsbeuter 2.8 with brew on a mac running Mavericks.

I've encountered this while trying to configure to open links in a specific browser.

My config file called "config" is located in dir /Users/Pat/.newsbeuter.

The config command I've got in it is:

browser w3m

I've also tried a few other browsers, all with no joy.

The logs I get when I try and open with w3m are:

XDG: data directory '/Users/Pat/.local/share/newsbeuter' not accessible, using '/Users/Pat/.newsbeuter' instead.
Starting newsbeuter 2.8...
Loading configuration...done.
Opening cache...done.
Loading URLs from /Users/Pat/.dots/.newsbeuter/urls...done.
Loading articles from cache...done.
sh: lynx: command not found
sh: lynx: command not found
sh: lynx: command not found
sh: lynx: command not found
sh: lynx: command not found
Cleaning up cache...done.

So basically, it says that it has read the config file but it's not using it because it's still trying to use lynx as default browser. I'm added auto-reload yes to config and that option doesn't seem to take either.

Anyone having a similar issue?

[yang-ling]

Try to use full path. e.g. browser /usr/bin/w3m

I am on ArchLinux and this config works fine.

[h3xx]

If I gather you correctly, you have a "real" directory (not a symlink) called .newsbeuter in your home directory.

In it you have:

• a "real" file (not a symlink) called config with "browser w3m" in it
• a symbolic link urls pointing to ../.dots/.newsbeuter/urls

You said you used newsbeuter-2.8. Can you reproduce this in newsbeuter-2.9?

[annndrey]

Try to set BROWSER variable in bash to w3m, it worked for me export BROWSER=w3m

[Minoru]

@pjbrow, did any of the above suggestions help?

[jfm]

I know this is old, but I just ran into the same problem... The solution was, for me, to make sure that the last line ends with a newline.