NetNewsWire is scriptable with AppleScript, and you can run your own scripts from the Scripts menu.
In your script editor, open NetNewsWireÕs scripting dictionary to see what commands and classes it supports.
In NetNewsWire 2.0 some new commands were added. You can script refreshes, export subscriptions via OPML, and script the tabbed browser.
Some bugs were fixed in 2.0Ñmost importantly, you can now assign a NetNewsWire object to an AppleScript variable.
To include your own AppleScripts scripts in the Scripts menu, choose Open Scripts Folder and put your scripts in the folder that opens. NetNewsWire will notice your scripts and add them to the menu.
Some sample scripts are included in the Scripts menu to help you get started learning to script NetNewsWire.
For more examples of NetNewsWire scripting, see Read it to Me (online), an open source AppleScript Studio application that converts news from NetNewsWire into audio files you can listen to on your iPod.
See NetNewsWire Scripts on our website for an updated list of scripts you can download.
If you post a NetNewsWire-related script on your website that other people can download, please send email to info@ranchero.com and let us know. Thanks!
If you’re using Mac OS X 10.4 or greater, you can automate NetNewsWire using Automator. Several actions are provided: you can subscribe to feeds, get the frontmost URL from NetNewsWire, opens pages in the browser, and more.
You can also create feeds using AppleScriptÑsee Script Subscriptions for more information.