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@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ #+OPTIONS: toc:nil -* mastodon.el fork +* mastodon.el updated -This is a fork of of the great but seemingly dormant https://github.com/jdenen/mastodon.el. +This is an updated version of the great but seemingly dormant mastodon client for emacs. + +[The original readme is below.] It adds the following features: @@ -51,23 +53,21 @@ It adds the following features: It also makes some small cosmetic changes to make timelines easier to read, and makes some functions asynchronous, based on https://github.com/ieure/mastodon.el. -This updated version is not on MELPA, to use it you need to clone and require it as per the installation instructions below. - -The minimum Emacs version is now 26.1. But if you are running an older version it shouldn't be very hard to get it working. - -I did this for my own use and to learn more Elisp. Feel free to improve it. +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. ** live-updating timelines: =mastodon-async-mode= (code taken from https://github.com/alexjgriffith/mastodon-future.el.) -Works for federated, local, and home timelines and for notifications. It's pretty necro, sometimes it goes off the rails, so use at your own risk. Not a super high priority for me, but some people dig it. +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. 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 =mastodon-async--stream-=. -** NB: dependency +** NB: dependencies -This version depends on the library =request= (for uploading attachments). You can install it from MELPA, or https://github.com/tkf/emacs-request. +This version depends on the library =request= (for uploading attachments). You can install it from MELPA, or https://github.com/tkf/emacs-request. It also depends on =seq=. + +Optional dependencies are =company= for autocompletion of mentions when composing a toot, and =emojify= for inserting and viewing emojis. ** NB: bugs @@ -81,10 +81,9 @@ It looks like 2-factor auth was never completed in the original repo. It's not a ** contributing -Contributions are welcome. Registration is disabled by default on the gitea instance, but if you are interested, get in touch with me on mastodon: - -[[https://todon.nl/@mousebot][@mousebot@todon.nl]] +Contributions are welcome. Registration is disabled by default on the gitea instance, but if you are interested, get in touch with me on mastodon: [[https://todon.nl/@mousebot][@mousebot@todon.nl]]. Or just leave an issue on github. +For now, to get started with hacking, pull off the develop branch of the blast repo. * Original README ** Installation |