* mastodon.el fork This is a fork of of the great but seemingly dormant https://github.com/jdenen/mastodon.el. It adds the following features: | Profiles: | | | | display profile metadata fields | | | display pinned toots on profiles | | | display relationship (follows you/followed by you) on profiles | | | display toots/follows/followers counts on profiles | | | links and tags in profiles and metadata fields are tab stops like in posts | | =R=, =a=, =r= | view/accept/reject follow requests | | =v= | view your favorited toots | | =i= | (un)pin toots | | =S-C-P= | jump to your profile | | =U= | update your profile bio note | | Timelines: | | | =W=, =M=, =B= | (un)follow, (un)mute, (un)block users | | | images are links to the full image, can be zoomed/rotated/saved (see their keymap) | | =C= | copy url of toot at point | | =d= | delete your toot at point | | | display polls (very basic for now) | | Toots: | | | =C-c C-a= (=C-c C-n=) | media uploads (and sensitive/nsfw flag) | | | mention booster in replies by default | | Search: | | | =S= | search (posts, users, tags) (improved! but still pretty basic!) | 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 25.1. 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. If the code is terrible, feel free to improve or replace it. It surely still contains errors, I'm only weeding them out as I find them. ** live-updating timelines (code adapted from https://github.com/alexjgriffith/mastodon-future.el.) Works for federated, local, and home timelines and for notifications. It's pretty necro, so use at your own risk. Not a super high priority for me, but some people dig it. The command prefix is =mastodon-async--stream=, and you can load various timelines from within a mastodon session like so: - =C-c h= (home) - =C-c f= (federated) - =C-c l= (local) - =C-c n= (notifications). ** NB: dependency This version depends on the library =request= (for uploading attachments). You can install it from MELPA, or https://github.com/tkf/emacs-request. ** NB: bugs As it stands the client still has some bugs. In particular, when composing a toot, hit =C-g= before sending your toot. If you don't, your draft may disappear. You may also see a related error when you try to add a media attachment. You should be able to run the command again and it should work. See the issues on the original repo. In addition, if you create and send a toot with =mastodon-toot= / =C-c t= before otherwise opening the client, various little things break. Some people have also had niggling troubles with initial auth and set-up, but I couldn't reproduce. ** roadmap-ish I might add a few more features if the ones I added turn out to work ok. Possible additions/amendments: - update profile note. - voting on polls - better display of polls - mention all thread participants in replies - handle newlines in toots better, for poetry, etc. - improve async. It looks like 2-factor auth was never completed in the original repo. It's not a priority for me, auth ain't my thing. If you want to hack on it, its on the develop branch in the original repo. * Original README ** Installation Clone this repository and add the lisp directory to your load path. Then, require it and go. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/mastodon.el/lisp") (require 'mastodon) #+END_SRC Or, with =use-package=: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package mastodon :ensure t) #+END_SRC *** MELPA Add =MELPA= to your archives: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (require 'package) (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/") t) #+END_SRC Update and install: =M-x package-refresh-contents RET= =M-x package-install RET mastodon RET= *** Emoji =mastodon-mode= will enable [[https://github.com/iqbalansari/emacs-emojify][Emojify]] if it is loaded in your Emacs environment, so there's no need to write your own hook anymore. =emojify-mode= is not required. *** Discover =mastodon-mode= can provide a context menu for its keybindings if [[https://github.com/mickeynp/discover.el][Discover]] is installed. It is not required. if you have Discover, add the following to your Emacs init configuration: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (require 'mastodon-discover) (with-eval-after-load 'mastodon (mastodon-discover)) #+END_SRC Or, with =use-package=: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package mastodon :ensure t :config (mastodon-discover)) #+END_SRC ** Usage *** 2 Factor Auth 2FA is not supported yet. It is in the [[https://github.com/jdenen/mastodon.el/milestone/2][plans]] for the =1.0.0= release. If you have 2FA enabled and try to use mastodon.el, your Emacs client will hang until you `C-g` your way out. *** Instance Set =mastodon-instance-url= in your =.emacs= or =customize=. Defaults to the [[https://mastodon.social][flagship]]. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq mastodon-instance-url "https://my.instance.url") #+END_SRC There is an option to have your user credentials (email address and password) saved to disk so you don't have to re-enter them on every restart. The default is not to do this because if not properly configured it would save these unencrypted which is not a good default to have. Customize the variable =mastodon-auth-source-file= if you want to enable this feature. *** Timelines =M-x mastodon= Opens a =*mastodon-home*= buffer in the major mode so you can see toots. 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=/== | Go to the next interesting thing that has an action | | =M-p=/== | Go to the previous interesting thing that has an action | | =u= | Update timeline | | =#= | Prompt for tag and open its timeline | | =A= | Open author profile of toot under =point= | | =F= | Open federated timeline | | =H= | Open home timeline | | =L= | Open local timeline | | =N= | Open notifications timeline | | =P= | Open profile of user attached to toot under =point= | | =T= | Open thread buffer for toot under =point= | | | /Toot actions/ | | =c= | Toggle content warning content | | =b= | Boost toot under =point= | | =f= | Favourite toot under =point= | | =r= | Reply to toot under =point= | | =n= | Compose a new toot | | | /Switching to other buffers/ | | | /Quitting/ | | =q= | Quit mastodon buffer, leave window open | | =Q= | Quit mastodon buffer and kill window | |-----------------+---------------------------------------------------------| **** Legend |--------+-------------------------| | Marker | Meaning | |--------+-------------------------| | =(B)= | I boosted this toot. | | =(F)= | I favourited this toot. | |--------+-------------------------| *** Toot toot =M-x mastodon-toot= Pops a new buffer/window with a =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. If you have not previously authenticated, you will be prompted for your account email and password. *NOTE*: Email and password are NOT stored by mastodon.el. Authentication stores your access token in the =mastodon-auth--token= variable. It is not stored on your filesystem, so you will have to re-authenticate when you close/reopen Emacs. **** Customization The default toot visibility can be changed by setting or customizing the =mastodon-toot--default-visibility= variable. Valid values are ="public"=, ="unlisted"=, ="private"=, or =direct=. Toot visibility can also be changed on a per-toot basis from the new toot buffer. **** Keybindings |-----------+------------------------| | Key | Action | |-----------+------------------------| | =C-c C-c= | Send toot | | =C-c C-k= | Cancel toot | | =C-c C-w= | Add content warning | | =C-c C-v= | Change toot visibility | |-----------+------------------------| ** Roadmap [[https://github.com/jdenen/mastodon.el/milestone/1][Here]] are the features I plan to implement before putting mastodon.el on MELPA. [[https://github.com/jdenen/mastodon.el/milestone/2][Here]] are the plans I have for the =1.0.0= release. ** Contributing PRs, issues, and feature requests are very welcome! *** Features 1. Create an [[https://github.com/jdenen/mastodon.el/issues][issue]] detailing the feature you'd like to add. 2. Fork the repository and create a branch off of =develop=. 3. Create a pull request referencing the issue created in step 1. *** Fixes 1. In an [[https://github.com/jdenen/mastodon.el/issues][issue]], let me know that you're working to fix it. 2. Fork the repository and create a branch off of =develop=. 3. Create a pull request referencing the issue from step 1. ** Connect If you want to get in touch with me, give me a [[https://mastodon.social/@johnson][toot]] or leave an [[https://github.com/jdenen/mastodon.el/issues][issue]].