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project? (E.g. for using FreeGuide in Australia.)</a></dt><dt>1.17. <a href="help.html#help.faq.skins_not_recognised">FreeGuide doesn't list the look-and-feel I installed - how
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do I use it?</a></dt><dt>1.18. <a href="help.html#help.faq.skins_gtk_change">How do I change my GTK theme?</a></dt><dt>1.19. <a href="help.html#help.faq.othersites">Are there any other web sites about FreeGuide?</a></dt><dt>1.20. <a href="help.html#help.faq.plannedfeatures">How do I find out what's being planned for future
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versions?</a></dt><dt>1.21. <a href="help.html#help.faq.morequestions">How do I ask more questions?</a></dt></dl></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.whatis"></a><a id="id2532069"></a><b>1.1.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>What is FreeGuide?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p><span class="productname">FreeGuide</span>™ is a TV listings
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versions?</a></dt><dt>1.21. <a href="help.html#help.faq.morequestions">How do I ask more questions?</a></dt></dl></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.whatis"></a><a id="id2536819"></a><b>1.1.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>What is FreeGuide?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p><span class="productname">FreeGuide</span>™ is a TV listings
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viewer that works offline.</p><p>See "<a href="index.html" title="FreeGuide - your TV Guide">What is
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FreeGuide</a>".</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.howinstall"></a><a id="id2533355"></a><b>1.2.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I install FreeGuide?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>See the <a href="downinst.html" title="Chapter 1. Download and Install">installation
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instructions</a>.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.howuse"></a><a id="id2533383"></a><b>1.3.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I use FreeGuide?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Look at "<a href="userguide.html" title="Chapter 2. User Guide">Using
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FreeGuide</a>".</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.howinstall"></a><a id="id2538106"></a><b>1.2.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I install FreeGuide?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>See the <a href="downinst.html" title="Chapter 1. Download and Install">installation
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instructions</a>.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.howuse"></a><a id="id2538134"></a><b>1.3.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I use FreeGuide?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Look at "<a href="userguide.html" title="Chapter 2. User Guide">Using
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What is wrong?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Note: if you very quickly get an "<span class="guilabel">Execution
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messages shown into an email and send it to <a href="mailto:freeguide-tv-users@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_top">freeguide-tv-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a>
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with an explanation of what you were doing, what operating
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are using.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.stoppedworking"></a><a id="id2538268"></a><b>1.5.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>FreeGuide used to work for me but now it's stopped. What
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is wrong?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>If FreeGuide used to work for you and has now stopped, it
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changed its format. Check the whether there is a <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=35309&package_id=27789" target="_top">new
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file <code class="filename">xmltv.exe</code> over your file
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"<code class="filename">C:\Program
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<code class="filename">xmltv-x.x.x-tkgui.tar.bz2</code> and <a href="downinst.linux.html" title="Linux">install it as usual</a>.</p></li></ul></div><p>Now try downloading and see whether it works.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.uninstall-windows"></a><a id="id2533621"></a><b>1.6.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I completely uninstall FreeGuide on Windows?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>You can uninstall FreeGuide on Windows by going to the
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<code class="filename">xmltv-x.x.x-tkgui.tar.bz2</code> and <a href="downinst.linux.html" title="Linux">install it as usual</a>.</p></li></ul></div><p>Now try downloading and see whether it works.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.uninstall-windows"></a><a id="id2538372"></a><b>1.6.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I completely uninstall FreeGuide on Windows?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>You can uninstall FreeGuide on Windows by going to the
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"Add/Remove Programs" screen in the Control Panel. That should
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be all you need to do.</p><p>However, uninstalling FreeGuide leaves your settings
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(such as favourites, colours etc.) on your computer. Often,
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Programs screen. (Under Control Panel).</p></li><li><p>Click the Start button then "Run".</p></li><li><p>Type "regedit" and press Return.</p></li><li><p>In the menu at the top chose "Edit" and click "Find"</p></li><li><p>Make sure all three "look at" boxes are checked.</p></li><li><p>Type "freeguide-tv" in the search box.</p></li><li><p>Click "Find Next".</p></li><li><p>Regedit should find a node called freeguide-tv.
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in the same way.</p></li></ul></div><p>This should remove all trace of FreeGuide from your computer.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.uninstall-linux"></a><a id="id2533743"></a><b>1.7.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I completely uninstall FreeGuide on Linux?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>First, uninstall FreeGuide using your normal package management tool.</p><p>Now, for each user that used FreeGuide, delete the ~/.freeguide and ~/.java/.userPrefs/org/freeguide-tv directories.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.choosechannelerror"></a><a id="id2533771"></a><b>1.8.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>The "Choose Channels" grabber
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in the same way.</p></li></ul></div><p>This should remove all trace of FreeGuide from your computer.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.uninstall-linux"></a><a id="id2538494"></a><b>1.7.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I completely uninstall FreeGuide on Linux?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>First, uninstall FreeGuide using your normal package management tool.</p><p>Now, for each user that used FreeGuide, delete the ~/.freeguide and ~/.java/.userPrefs/org/freeguide-tv directories.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.choosechannelerror"></a><a id="id2538521"></a><b>1.8.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>The "Choose Channels" grabber
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configuration step gives me an error. What is wrong?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>If your grabber fails to configure or run because it can't
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need to use a proxy server. Read the <a href="downinst.html#downinst.windows.proxy" title="Proxy">proxy section</a> for
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information on how to set one up.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.javaversion"></a><a id="id2533810"></a><b>1.9.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>What version of Java does FreeGuide need?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>FreeGuide needs Java version
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information on how to set one up.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.javaversion"></a><a id="id2538561"></a><b>1.9.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>What version of Java does FreeGuide need?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>FreeGuide needs Java version
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<span class="productnumber">1.4.0</span> or above. You can find out
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what version you are using by opening a DOS window or Cmd prompt
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got an earlier version, or if you get an error, you need to get
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an upgrade from <a href="http://java.sun.com/getjava/" target="_top">http://java.sun.com/getjava/</a>.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.proxy"></a><a id="id2533852"></a><b>1.10.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>Can I use FreeGuide from behind a proxy server?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Yes. Have a look at "<a href="downinst.html#downinst.windows.proxy" title="Proxy">Configure proxy
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server</a>"</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.channelorder"></a><a id="id2533883"></a><b>1.11.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I change the order in which channels are
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an upgrade from <a href="http://java.sun.com/getjava/" target="_top">http://java.sun.com/getjava/</a>.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.proxy"></a><a id="id2538603"></a><b>1.10.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>Can I use FreeGuide from behind a proxy server?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Yes. Have a look at "<a href="downinst.html#downinst.windows.proxy" title="Proxy">Configure proxy
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server</a>"</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.channelorder"></a><a id="id2538634"></a><b>1.11.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I change the order in which channels are
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listed?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>To change the order of channels, you need to make a
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of the screen.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.stillmissing"></a><a id="id2538679"></a><b>1.12.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>I've downloaded the listings but FreeGuide says some are
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still missing! What's happening?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>If you grab some listings late in a day, nearing the
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grabber) then you may be told that there are missing listings
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left of today doesn't have a full set of listings. Don't worry
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about this - just say "<span class="guibutton">No</span>" and you should
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be able to see what you need.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.somethingwrong"></a><a id="id2533965"></a><b>1.13.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>Something is going wrong - how can I help to diagnose the
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be able to see what you need.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.somethingwrong"></a><a id="id2538716"></a><b>1.13.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>Something is going wrong - how can I help to diagnose the
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problem?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>If FreeGuide is not working or acting strangely, you
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should contact the developers - see How do I ask more
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questions?. When you do contact the mailing lists, it would be
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"<span class="guimenuitem">DOS Window</span>".</p><p>Now type the following 2 lines:</p><pre class="programlisting">cd "C:\Program Files\FreeGuide" <PRESS RETURN>
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CC the mailing list you first sent your message to.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.downloadmore"></a><a id="id2538834"></a><b>1.14.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How can I make FreeGuide download more than 1 weeks' XMLTV
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listings at a time?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Go to the "Tools" menu and choose "Options". Open the "Advanced"
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node and open the "Grabbers" node, and choose "XMLTV". In the lower
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button labelled "Default" to get the old command back.</p><p>Note that some of the listings sources do not provide listings for
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such a long time into the future, and some of the XMLTV grabbers for
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some countries do not listen to the --days option, so this change may
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not make any difference for some people.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.cronjob"></a><a id="id2537952"></a><b>1.15.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>I run linux, how can I setup a cronjob to have freeguide
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retrieve listings?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>You can't, at least not with freeguide. You can use
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the listings and redirect to an .xmltv file in the freeguide
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of SHELLSCRIPT.</p><p>If your cronjob is run as the user, it should work
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specify the exact path to the shell script like this:</p><pre class="programlisting">30 5 * * 0 /home/YOUR_USERNAME/bin/SHELLSCRIPT</pre></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.othergrabbers"></a><a id="id2534414"></a><b>1.16.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I use a listings grabber that is not part of the XMLTV
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specify the exact path to the shell script like this:</p><pre class="programlisting">30 5 * * 0 /home/YOUR_USERNAME/bin/SHELLSCRIPT</pre></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.othergrabbers"></a><a id="id2539165"></a><b>1.16.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I use a listings grabber that is not part of the XMLTV
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project? (E.g. for using FreeGuide in Australia.)</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Here is some advice from one of our users on how he got Australian
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If any third-party grabber works well, and is not going to go into
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XMLTV for some reason (e.g. it's not written in Perl),and it's GPL
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to make it easier for others to use.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.skins_not_recognised"></a><a id="id2539212"></a><b>1.17.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>FreeGuide doesn't list the look-and-feel I installed - how
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do I use it?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>If you have installed a look-and-feel that FreeGuide was
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FreeGuide is unable to find the specified class. Make sure you
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correctly.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.skins_gtk_change"></a><a id="id2534506"></a><b>1.18.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I change my GTK theme?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>If you're using a Unix-like operating system, use the tool
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correctly.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.skins_gtk_change"></a><a id="id2539257"></a><b>1.18.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I change my GTK theme?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>If you're using a Unix-like operating system, use the tool
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provided by your distribution vendor to install and select the
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theme. Now, simply start FreeGuide and, if you haven't already
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done so, select the GTK+ look-and-feel and enjoy the new look. In
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<code class="filename">gtkrc</code> file in the
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<code class="filename">swing.gtkthemefile</code> system property on the
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command line, as shown below:</p><pre class="programlisting">java -Dswing.gtkthemefile="C:\gtk\Theme Name\gtk-2.0\gtkrc" ...</pre><p>Where "..." means fill in the rest of the shortcut command
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that was already present.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.othersites"></a><a id="id2534612"></a><b>1.19.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>Are there any other web sites about FreeGuide?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Richard Turnbull has assembled lots of useful information
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that was already present.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.othersites"></a><a id="id2539363"></a><b>1.19.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>Are there any other web sites about FreeGuide?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Richard Turnbull has assembled lots of useful information
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you up-to-date with the very latest versions of XMLTV and
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FreeGuide. You can find all this at
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<a href="http://www.kudos.byethost15.com/freeguide/" target="_top">www.kudos.byethost15.com/freeguide/</a>.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.plannedfeatures"></a><a id="id2534645"></a><b>1.20.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I find out what's being planned for future
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versions?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Check out the <a href="dev/index.php/TODO_list" target="_top">TODO</a> list on the developers' wiki.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.morequestions"></a><a id="id2534673"></a><b>1.21.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I ask more questions?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>See "<a href="contact.html" title="Chapter 4. Contact Us">Getting in
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<a href="http://www.kudos.byethost15.com/freeguide/" target="_top">www.kudos.byethost15.com/freeguide/</a>.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.plannedfeatures"></a><a id="id2539395"></a><b>1.20.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I find out what's being planned for future
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versions?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Check out the <a href="dev/index.php/TODO_list" target="_top">TODO</a> list on the developers' wiki.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="help.faq.morequestions"></a><a id="id2539424"></a><b>1.21.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><b>How do I ask more questions?</b></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>See "<a href="contact.html" title="Chapter 4. Contact Us">Getting in
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