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Licence:       GPL v.3
Version:       Beta 2
Created for:   Uplos Linux
Uplos Website: http://www.liberainformatica.it/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=25
Destiny:       for Desktop, for advanced users


What is this ?
	An advanced tool with GUI for automatic opening of webpages
	on which changes have occurred since the last visit.
	Do you know how much per year you're wasting time checking websites ?
	Do not waste your life on manually checking the news. You can use it :)

How it use ?
	Download, unpack, install dependencies, and use.
Dependencies:
	For Uplos Linux:
		bash-4.3
		coreutils-8.24
		cronie-1.5.0
		curl-7.49.1
		diffutils-3.3
		gawk-4.1.2
		grep-2.26
		gtkdialog-0.8.3
		ncurses-5.9
		procps-3.2.8
		util-linux-ng-2.27.1
		yad-0.36.2
	List of dependencies generated from fin.dep.sh
How use Manager ?
	Inside "Manager" you can "Add Link",
	and for it you can "Edit Filter" of link,
	to track part, specific changes of the data on the website.
	If you want, set time how often do you want check websites.
	If the website changes, the website will open automatically in the web browser.
	If you read website, click "Refresh Markers" to save current webpages for later comparison.
How create own "Filter" ?
	Open website in terminal
	" curl -s website "
	and use system commands to extract text which you want track.
	Then copy and paste it to "Filter", for example
	" curl -s "$1" | grep -m1 3.16 "
	and change website to "$1".



Used Tools:
About Bash: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#What-is-Bash_003f
About GtkDialog:  http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=274035#274035
User Manual: http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/language/gtkdialog/gtkde03-GtkdialogUserManual/
Wiki: http://01micko.com/reference/
Examples: http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/language/gtkdialog/gtkde02-GtkdialogExamples/single/
Other Examples: 
1. inside gtkdialog source code: https://github.com/oshazard/gtkdialog/tree/master/examples
2. more inside magazines: http://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/200910/page21.html
3. other sources: https://code.google.com/archive/p/gtkdialog/downloads