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authormarty hiatt <martianhiatus [a t] riseup [d o t] net>2022-11-26 10:49:03 +0100
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* README
-=mastodon.el= is an Emacs client for the Mastodon and Pleroma social networks. For info see https://joinmastodon.org/.
+=mastodon.el= is an Emacs client for the AcitivityPub social networks that
+implement the Mastodon API. For info see https://joinmastodon.org/.
** Installation
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ Or, with =use-package=:
:ensure t)
#+END_SRC
-The minimum Emacs version is now 27.1. But if you are running an older version it shouldn't be very hard to get it working.
+The minimum Emacs version is now 27.1. But if you are running an older version
+it shouldn't be very hard to get it working.
*** MELPA
@@ -100,76 +102,86 @@ restart Emacs and follow the steps again.
=M-x mastodon=
-Opens a =*mastodon-home*= buffer in the major mode and displays toots. If your credentials are not yet saved, you
-will be prompted for email and password. The app registration process will
-take place if your =mastodon-token-file= does not contain =:client_id= and
-=:client_secret=.
+Opens a =*mastodon-home*= buffer in the major mode and displays toots. If your
+credentials are not yet saved, you will be prompted for email and password.
+The app registration process will take place if your =mastodon-token-file= does
+not contain =:client_id= and =:client_secret=.
**** Keybindings
-|---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| Key | Action |
-|---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| | *Help* |
-| =?= | Open context menu if =discover= is available |
-|---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| | *Timeline actions* |
-| =n= | Go to next item (toot, notification) |
-| =p= | Go to previous item (toot, notification) |
-| =M-n=/=<tab>= | Go to the next interesting thing that has an action |
-| =M-p=/=<S-tab>= | Go to the previous interesting thing that has an action |
-| =F= | Open federated timeline |
-| =H= | Open home timeline |
-| =L= | Open local timeline |
-| =N= | Open notifications timeline |
-| =u= | Update current timeline |
-| =T= | Open thread for toot under =point= |
-| =#= | Prompt for tag and open its timeline |
-| =A= | Open author profile of toot under =point= |
-| =P= | Open profile of user attached to toot under =point= |
-| =O= | View own profile |
-| =U= | update your profile bio note |
-|---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| | *Other views* |
-| =S= | search (posts, users, tags) (NB: only posts you have interacted with) |
-| =I=, =c=, =d= | view, create, and delete filters |
-| =R=, =a=, =j= | view/accept/reject follow requests |
-| =G= | view follow suggestions |
-| =V= | view your favourited toots |
-| =K= | view bookmarked toots |
-|---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| | *Toot actions* |
-| =t= | Compose a new toot |
-| =c= | Toggle content warning content |
-| =b= | Boost toot under =point= |
-| =f= | Favourite toot under =point= |
-| =k= | toggle bookmark of toot at point |
-| =r= | Reply to toot under =point= |
-| =v= | Vote on poll at point |
-| =C= | copy url of toot at point |
-| =C-RET= | play video/gif at point (requires =mpv=) |
-| =i= | (un)pin your toot at point |
-| =d= | delete your toot at point, and reload current timeline |
-| =D= | delete and redraft toot at point, preserving reply/CW/visibility |
-| (=S-C=) =W=, =M=, =B= | (un)follow, (un)mute, (un)block author of toot at point |
-|---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| | Notifications view |
-| =a=, =j= | accept/reject follow request |
-|---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| | *Quitting* |
-| =q= | Quit mastodon buffer, leave window open |
-| =Q= | Quit mastodon buffer and kill window |
-|---------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+|----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| Key | Action |
+|----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | *Help* |
+| =?= | Open context menu if =discover= is available |
+|----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | *Timeline actions* |
+| =n= | Go to next item (toot, notification) |
+| =p= | Go to previous item (toot, notification) |
+| =M-n=/=<tab>= | Go to the next interesting thing that has an action |
+| =M-p=/=<S-tab>= | Go to the previous interesting thing that has an action |
+| =F= | Open federated timeline |
+| =H= | Open home timeline |
+| =L= | Open local timeline |
+| =N= | Open notifications timeline |
+| =@= | Open mentions-only notifications timeline |
+| =u= | Update current timeline |
+| =T= | Open thread for toot under =point= |
+| =#= | Prompt for tag and open its timeline |
+| =A= | Open author profile of toot under =point= |
+| =P= | Open profile of user attached to toot under =point= |
+| =O= | View own profile |
+| =U= | update your profile bio note |
+|----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | *Other views* |
+| =S= | search (posts, users, tags) (NB: only posts you have interacted with) |
+| =I=, =c=, =d= | view, create, and delete filters |
+| =R=, =a=, =j= | view/accept/reject follow requests |
+| =G= | view follow suggestions |
+| =V= | view your favourited toots |
+| =K= | view bookmarked toots |
+| =X= | view/edit/create/delete lists |
+|----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | *Toot actions* |
+| =t= | Compose a new toot |
+| =c= | Toggle content warning content |
+| =b= | Boost toot under =point= |
+| =f= | Favourite toot under =point= |
+| =k= | toggle bookmark of toot at point |
+| =r= | Reply to toot under =point= |
+| =v= | Vote on poll at point |
+| =C= | copy url of toot at point |
+| =C-RET= | play video/gif at point (requires =mpv=) |
+| =e= | edit your toot at point |
+| =E= | view edits of toot at point |
+| =i= | (un)pin your toot at point |
+| =d= | delete your toot at point, and reload current timeline |
+| =D= | delete and redraft toot at point, preserving reply/CW/visibility |
+| (=S-C-=) =W=, =M=, =B= | (un)follow, (un)mute, (un)block author of toot at point |
+|----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | *Profile view* |
+| =C-c C-c= | cycle between statuses, followers, following, and statuses without boosts |
+| | =mastodon-profile--account-account-to-list= (see lists view) |
+|----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | *Notifications view* |
+| =a=, =j= | accept/reject follow request |
+| =c= | clear notification at point |
+| | see =mastodon-notifications--get-*= functions for filtered views |
+|----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | *Quitting* |
+| =q= | Quit mastodon buffer, leave window open |
+| =Q= | Quit mastodon buffer and kill window |
+|----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
**** Toot byline legend
-|----------------+------------------------|
-| Marker | Meaning |
-|----------------+------------------------|
-| =(B)= | I boosted this toot |
-| =(F)= | I favourited this toot |
-| (=K=) (or emoji) | I bookmarked this toot |
-|----------------+------------------------|
+|---------------+------------------------|
+| Marker | Meaning |
+|---------------+------------------------|
+| =(B)= | I boosted this toot |
+| =(F)= | I favourited this toot |
+| =(🔖)= (or (=K=)) | I bookmarked this toot |
+|---------------+------------------------|
*** Composing toots
@@ -179,9 +191,7 @@ Pops a new buffer/window in =mastodon-toot= minor mode. Enter the
contents of your toot here. =C-c C-c= sends the toot. =C-c C-k= cancels.
Both actions kill the buffer and window.
-Autocompletion of mentions and tags is provided by mastodon company backends
-(requires =company-mode= and =mastodon-toot--enable-completion= must be set to =t=)
-. Type =@= or =#= followed by two or more characters for candidates to appear.
+Autocompletion of mentions and tags is provided by =completion-at-point-functions= (capf) backends. =mastodon-toot--enable-completion= is enabled by default. If you want to enable =company-mode= in the toot compose buffer, set =mastodon-toot--use-company-for-completion= to =t=. (=mastodon.el= used to run its own native company backends, but these have been removed in favour of capfs.)
Replies preserve visibility status/content warnings, and include boosters by default.
@@ -204,32 +214,54 @@ You can download and use your instance's custom emoji
| =C-c != | Remove all attachments |
| =C-c C-e= | Add emoji (if =emojify= installed) |
| =C-c C-p= | Create a poll |
+| =C-c C-l= | Set toot language |
|---------+----------------------------------|
**** draft toots
- Compose buffer text is saved as you type, kept in =mastodon-toot-current-toot-text=.
-- =mastodon-toot-save-draft=: save the current toot as a draft.
-- =mastodon-toot-open-draft-toot=: Open a compose buffer and insert one of your draft toots.
-- =mastodon-toot-delete-draft-toot=: Delete a draft toot.
-- =mastodon-toot-delete-all-drafts=: Delete all your drafts.
+- =mastodon-toot--save-draft=: save the current toot as a draft.
+- =mastodon-toot--open-draft-toot=: Open a compose buffer and insert one of your draft toots.
+- =mastodon-toot--delete-draft-toot=: Delete a draft toot.
+- =mastodon-toot--delete-all-drafts=: Delete all your drafts.
*** Other commands and account settings:
-- =mastodon-url-lookup=: Attempt to load URL in =mastodon.el=. URL may be the one at point or provided in the minibuffer. Should also work if =mastodon.el= is not yet loaded.
-
-- =mastodon-tl-view-instance-description=: View information about the instance that the author of the toot at point is on.
-- =mastodon-tl-view-own-instance=: View information about your own instance.
-- =mastodon-search-trending-tags=: View a list of trending hashtags on your instance.
-
-- =mastodon-profile-update-display-name=: Update the display name for your account.
-- =mastodon-profile-update-user-profile-note=: Update your bio note.
-- =mastodon-profile-update-meta-fields=: Update your metadata fields.
-- =mastodon-profile-set-default-toot-visibility=: Set the default visibility for your toots.
-- =mastodon-profile-account-locked-toggle=: Toggle the locked status of your account. Locked accounts have to manually approve follow requests.
-- =mastodon-profile-account-discoverable-toggle=: Toggle the discoverable status of your account. Non-discoverable accounts are not listed in the profile directory.
-- =mastodon-profile-account-bot-toggle=: Toggle whether your account is flagged as a bot.
-- =mastodon-profile-account-sensitive-toggle=: Toggle whether your posts are marked as sensitive (nsfw) by default.
+In addition to =mastodon=, the following functions are autoloaded and should
+work without first loading =mastodon.el=:
+- =mastodon-toot=: Compose new toot
+- =mastodon-notifications-get=: View all notifications
+- =mastodon-url-lookup=: Attempt to load a URL in =mastodon.el=. URL may be at
+ point or provided in the minibuffer.
+
+
+- =mastodon-tl--view-instance-description=: View information about the instance
+ that the author of the toot at point is on.
+- =mastodon-tl--view-own-instance=: View information about your own instance.
+- =mastodon-search--trending-tags=: View a list of trending hashtags on your
+ instance.
+
+
+- =mastodon-tl--follow-tag=: Follow a tag (works like following a user)
+- =mastodon-tl--unfollow-tag=: Unfollow a tag
+- =mastodon-tl--list-followed-tags=: View a list of tags you're following.
+
+
+- =mastodon-profile--update-display-name=: Update the display name for your
+ account.
+- =mastodon-profile--update-user-profile-note=: Update your bio note.
+- =mastodon-profile--update-meta-fields=: Update your metadata fields.
+- =mastodon-profile--set-default-toot-visibility=: Set the default visibility
+ for your toots.
+- =mastodon-profile--account-locked-toggle=: Toggle the locked status of your
+ account. Locked accounts have to manually approve follow requests.
+- =mastodon-profile--account-discoverable-toggle=: Toggle the discoverable
+ status of your account. Non-discoverable accounts are not listed in the
+ profile directory.
+- =mastodon-profile--account-bot-toggle=: Toggle whether your account is flagged
+ as a bot.
+- =mastodon-profile--account-sensitive-toggle=: Toggle whether your posts are
+ marked as sensitive (nsfw) by default.
*** Customization
@@ -244,7 +276,7 @@ See =M-x customize-group RET mastodon= to view all customize options.
- Enable image caching
- Compose options:
- - Completion for mentions and tags
+ - Completion style for mentions and tags
- Enable custom emoji
- Display toot being replied to
@@ -255,7 +287,7 @@ See =M-x customize-group RET mastodon= to view all customize options.
Works for federated, local, and home timelines and for notifications. It's a
little touchy, one thing to avoid is trying to load a timeline more than once
at a time. It can go off the rails a bit, but it's still pretty cool. The
-current maintainer of =mastodon.el= is unable to debug improve this feature.
+current maintainer of =mastodon.el= is unable to debug or improve this feature.
To enable, it, add =(require 'mastodon-async)= to your =init.el=. Then you can
view a timeline with one of the commands that begin with
@@ -292,11 +324,18 @@ Hard dependencies (should all install with =mastodon.el=):
- =ts= for poll relative expiry times
Optional dependencies:
-- =company= for autocompletion of mentions and tags when composing a toot
- =emojify= for inserting and viewing emojis
- =mpv= and =mpv.el= for viewing videos and gifs
- =lingva.el= for translating toots
+** Network compatibility.
+
+=mastodon.el= should work with ActivityPub servers that implement the Mastodon API.
+
+Apart from Mastodon itself, it is currently known to work with Pleroma and
+Gotosocial. If you attempt to use =mastodon.el= with another server that
+implements the Mastodon API and run into problems, feel free to open an issue.
+
** Contributing
PRs, issues, feature requests, and general feedback are very welcome!
@@ -305,20 +344,27 @@ PRs, issues, feature requests, and general feedback are very welcome!
1. =mastodon.el= has bugs, as well as lots of room for improvement.
2. I receive very little feedback, so if I don't run into the bug it often doesn't get fixed.
-3. If you run into something that seems broken, first try running =mastodon.el= in emacs with no init file (i.e. =emacs -q= (instructions and code for doing this are [[https://codeberg.org/martianh/mastodon.el/issues/300][here]]) to see if it also happens independently of your own config (it probably does).
-4. Enable debug on error (=toggle-debug-on-error=), make the bug happen again, and copy the backtrace that appears.
+3. If you run into something that seems broken, first try running =mastodon.el=
+ in emacs with no init file (i.e. =emacs -q= (instructions and code for doing
+ this are [[https://codeberg.org/martianh/mastodon.el/issues/300][here]]) to see if it also happens independently of your own config
+ (it probably does).
+4. Enable debug on error (=toggle-debug-on-error=), make the bug happen again,
+ and copy the backtrace that appears.
5. Open an issue here and explain what is going on.
*** Fixes and features
1. Create an [[https://codeberg.org/martianh/mastodon.el/issues][issue]] detailing what you'd like to do.
2. Fork the repository and create a branch off of =develop=.
-3. Run the tests against your code and ensure it doesn't break any of them.
+3. Run the tests and ensure that your code doesn't break any of them.
4. Create a pull request referencing the issue created in step 1.
** Supporting mastodon.el
-If you'd like to support continued development of =mastodon.el=, I accept donations via paypal at martianhiatus [ at ] riseup [ dot ] net. If you would prefer a different payment method, write to me at that address and I can provide IBAN or other details.
+If you'd like to support continued development of =mastodon.el=, I accept
+donations via paypal at martianhiatus [ at ] riseup [ dot ] net. If you would
+prefer a different payment method, write to me at that address and I can
+provide IBAN or other details.
I don't have a tech worker's income, so even a small tip would help out.