Twitter, again

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi,


What I meen by new computer, is more like, new/old computer. I am using 
a Huawei Matebook d15 which is less than 3 months old, and I actually 
need it for my work.


I am looking at an older thinkpad as a linux machine, for I am not 
buying Linux hardware specifically.


Thanks for the info on Twitter clients for Slint. I will have a look 
tomorrow when I am more awake than I am now.


Warm regards,

Brandt Steenkamp

Sent from Thunderbird on  Arch Linux

On 7/21/21 10:27 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>
>
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