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Hi Ben. I used to be able to launch launch rssowl with the command line to get what I want, viz ,/usr/bin/rssowl' -vmargs -DshortDateFormat="yy-MM-dd" -DlongDateFormat="yyyy-MM-dd" -DshortTimeFormat="HH:mm" That hasn't worked for a long time. How can I get YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm without have to mess with my locale or language settings? I think I asked a similar question a few years back. So, I suppose the -vmargs line is something you suggested at that time.

Yes, see http://www.rssowl.org/help#item_9

Hi. I'm very enthousiastic about RSSOwl, so I would very much like this to work, but unfortunately it doesn't, on my MacOSX 10.5.8. Running the "open" command as indicated in the help#item_9 returns an error: open: unrecognized option `--args' Usage: open [-e] [-t] [-f] [-W] [-n] [-g] [-h] [-b <bundle identifier>] [-a <application>] [filenames] It then continues to show usage information about "open". I tried running it from a shell script, I tried many quoting variations, nothing gets rid of the usage error. Is there a possibility to add this as an option in the application preferences? Is there maybe another way, e.g. to let RSSOwl read from a configuration file? Kind regards, basa.

You can also add these parameters if you edit the info.plist file inside the application bundle!

Hi. That's great. I think... I have no idea what key to add to the info.plist file, and where to add it. I'm also concerned about what will happen with a software update. Will the changes be lost? Will the changes hinder the update? Below is what the info.plist file contains. Could you provide the code that should be added to supply the "-DshortDateFormat" parameter with some meaningful value? The rest should be merely repetition, I guess. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">; <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>CFBundleExecutable</key> <string>RSSOwl</string> <key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key> <string>Eclipse 3.7 for Mac OS X, Copyright IBM Corp. and others 2002, 2011. All rights reserved.</string> <key>CFBundleIconFile</key> <string>rssowl.icns</string> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>org.eclipse.eclipse</string> <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key> <string>6.0</string> <key>CFBundleName</key> <string>RSSOwl</string> <key>CFBundlePackageType</key> <string>APPL</string> <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key> <string>3.7</string> <key>CFBundleSignature</key> <string>????</string> <key>CFBundleVersion</key> <string>3.7</string> <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key> <string>English</string> <key>CFBundleLocalizations</key> <array> <string>ar</string> <string>cs</string> <string>da</string> <string>el</string> <string>en</string> <string>es</string> <string>de</string> <string>fi</string> <string>fr</string> <string>hu</string> <string>it</string> <string>iw</string> <string>ja</string> <string>ko</string> <string>nl</string> <string>no</string> <string>pl</string> <string>pt_BR</string> <string>pt</string> <string>ru</string> <string>sv</string> <string>tr</string> <string>zh_HK</string> <string>zh_TW</string> <string>zh</string> <key>WorkingDirectory</key> <string>$APP_PACKAGE/Contents/Resources/Java</string> </array> <key>Eclipse</key> <array> <!-- to use a specific Java version (instead of the platform's default) uncomment one of the following options: <string>-vm</string><string>/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Commands/java</string> <string>-vm</string><string>/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5.0/Commands/java</string> --> <string>-startup</string> <string>$APP_PACKAGE/Contents/Resources/Java/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar</string> <string>--launcher.library</string> <string>$APP_PACKAGE/Contents/Resources/Java/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.carbon.macosx_1.1.100.v20110502/eclipse_1406.so</string> <string>-keyring</string><string>~/.eclipse_keyring</string> <string>-showlocation</string> <!-- WARNING: If you try to add a single VM argument (-vmargs) here, *all* vmargs specified in eclipse.ini will be ignored. We recommend to add all arguments in eclipse.ini --> <key>WorkingDirectory</key> <string>$APP_PACKAGE/Contents/Resources/Java</string> </array> </dict> </plist> Kind regards, basa.

Help is greatly appreciated. Anybody?

Ah you can also add that to RSSOwl.ini

Hi. Yes that works great! I'm very happy with he solution. For the record: On MacOSX 10.5.8, the file "...../RSSOwl.app/Contents/MacOS/RSSOwl.ini" on my system now contains the following: -vmargs -Xms15m -Xmx192m -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -Djava.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort=true -Duser.timzone=Europe/Amsterdam -DshortDateFormat=yyyy-MM-dd -DlongDateFormat=yyyy-MM-dd -DshortTimeFormat=HH:mm Thanks a lot for the support! Kind regards, basa.

Or, to display all date values as ISO 8601 date/time notations, the last three lines should read: -DshortDateFormat=yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm -DlongDateFormat=yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm -DshortTimeFormat=yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm ; )

Ok good!