Readme for AmphetaDesk "FTPstore" Modification
2002-11-27

FTPstore is a slight addition to the AmphetaDesk news aggregator. 
The modified code will retrieve the personal channel list from an 
FTP location during startup and store it back to the same 
location during shutdown.

This provides a simple method to keep your saved channels in a 
network location. If you use AmphetaDesk at home and at work, for 
example, this feature will let you keep your list of channels in 
sync.

Changes were made from AmphetaDesk v0.93.1 Windows distribution. 
Hopefully the changes are platform-independent, but I've only 
been able to test this code under Windows.

Instructions:

1. Download AmphetaDesk v0.93.1 (http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/)
2. Expand AmphetaDesk into desired location
3. Replace AmphetaDesk.pm with the one provided here
4. Edit mySettings.xml and enter the appropriate FTP parameters 
   (see mySettings-FTP.xml for an example)
5. Run AmphetaDesk normally

Search for 'FTPstore' comment marking each change in the source 
code or the log file.

If anyone else finds this useful, please let me know. It's not 
elegant, but I find it quite useful.

Brian Cantoni <brian at cantoni.org>
www.cantoni.org/projects/AmphetaDesk.html