Twitter, again

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi Branbdt,

no cawbird in Slint, sorry.

But several clients can be built from building stuff available
at https://slackbuilds.org 'somehow similar to the AUR

Just type:
spi twitter
to know your options.

If you want one type as root:
slapt-src -i <package>

as noted in:
https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#Get_additional_applications

Caveat: for now there is an issue; six is noted as a dep of several
packages in the list, but actually python-six, included in Slint, is the 
same
software. I hope to solve that in the coming days.

For now, as a workaround you can accept to build and install six as deps,
although it will be somehow redundant.

Oh, and you don't always need to get a new computer to install Slint on bare
metal, there are other possibilities noted in:
https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_features_of_the_installer

Also, feel free to use one of our support channels:
https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_support_and_contributions

For IRC, Slint includes pidgin and irssi.

Cheers,
Didier
--
Didier Spaier

Le 21/07/2021 à 21:52, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> I found cawbird for Arch to be semi usable. It is a GUI application, but 
> being a pragmatist, I will use whatever does the job. Unfortunately I 
> actually need twitter for some of my work, so I will have to see if 
> cawbird is available in Slint. I love both Arch and Slint, but I have to 
> use whatever works for my situation.
> 
> Warm regards,
> 
> Brandt Steenkamp
> 
> Sent from Thunderbird on  Arch Linux
> 
> On 7/21/21 3:49 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Jul 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>
>>> Oysttyer has been available for some time now and perl is used to run 
>>> it.
>>> The emacs environment has ttytter available, and python has
>>> rainbow-twitter available.
>>
>> Note that Oysttyer is the successor to TTYtter, both in Perl. TTYtter 
>> has not been developed since 2012 and there's probably no good reason 
>> to use it anymore.
>>
>> Oysttyer itself has not seen any commits since 2018, which is a bit 
>> concerning.
>>
>> More annoying is that all installs show up as the same app, and 
>> because of Twitter stupidness, all count in terms of daily quotas, 
>> etc.  So it's common to be unable to post due to quotas having been 
>> exceeded when you've not posted anything today.
>>
>> I'll spare you my rant about Twitter and the way they manage their 
>> API. The one-line summary of it is that they should charge *users* a 
>> nominal fee for API access and leave the poor developers alone.
>>
>> I've not tried RainbowStream, I've been meaning to.  At least it seems 
>> to be under active development.
>>
>> There are some other options out there.  Searching your favourite 
>> package manager will likely turn up some.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Geoff.
>>