# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 27
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/xyc4phq
I get the impression that twtxt attracts nerds a lot, but there really is no console client anymore that supports threading. I suspect that lots of people then run away from it again. We need more clients. 🤔 jenny is one option, so I’m “promoting” it a little bit.
I get the impression that twtxt attracts nerds a lot, but there really is no console client anymore that supports threading. I suspect that lots of people then run away from it again. We need more clients. 🤔 jenny is one option, so I’m “promoting” it a little bit.
I get the impression that twtxt attracts nerds a lot, but there really is no console client anymore that supports threading. I suspect that lots of people then run away from it again. We need more clients. 🤔 jenny is one option, so I’m “promoting” it a little bit.
@movq The mutt + jenny combination is really quite clever!
@jlj @eldersnake Yeah, mutt is a really great tool for this purpose. I’ve used it in the past for similar things, like interacting with our corporate StatusNet microblog (which is now GNU Social?!). By using mutt as a frontend, I don’t have to worry about writing UI code, which is a big relief. 😊
@jlj @eldersnake Yeah, mutt is a really great tool for this purpose. I’ve used it in the past for similar things, like interacting with our corporate StatusNet microblog (which is now GNU Social?!). By using mutt as a frontend, I don’t have to worry about writing UI code, which is a big relief. 😊
@jlj @eldersnake Yeah, mutt is a really great tool for this purpose. I’ve used it in the past for similar things, like interacting with our corporate StatusNet microblog (which is now GNU Social?!). By using mutt as a frontend, I don’t have to worry about writing UI code, which is a big relief. 😊
Could you use any other email client with this setup? Like Thunderbird or some webclient?
@movq This inspired me to work again on tt and make it somewhat more usable.
@darch jenny stores all the twts in a maildir, so you can use any mail client that supports the maildir format to *read* the twts. That’s easy. *Writing* twts, however, is a bit tricky, especially *replying* to a twt: In mutt, you can easily define a hotkey to pipe the currently selected mail to an external program (“pipe” as in “UNIX pipe”), which allows jenny to *reply* to an existing mail/twt. I’m not aware of a way to configure Thunderbird like this. But, suppose it were possible, then yes, it would work.
@darch jenny stores all the twts in a maildir, so you can use any mail client that supports the maildir format to *read* the twts. That’s easy. *Writing* twts, however, is a bit tricky, especially *replying* to a twt: In mutt, you can easily define a hotkey to pipe the currently selected mail to an external program (“pipe” as in “UNIX pipe”), which allows jenny to *reply* to an existing mail/twt. I’m not aware of a way to configure Thunderbird like this. But, suppose it were possible, then yes, it would work.
@darch jenny stores all the twts in a maildir, so you can use any mail client that supports the maildir format to *read* the twts. That’s easy. *Writing* twts, however, is a bit tricky, especially *replying* to a twt: In mutt, you can easily define a hotkey to pipe the currently selected mail to an external program (“pipe” as in “UNIX pipe”), which allows jenny to *reply* to an existing mail/twt. I’m not aware of a way to configure Thunderbird like this. But, suppose it were possible, then yes, it would work.
@darch In other words: No, this setup is not a generic “mail to twtxt” bridge or something like that. 🙂 You cannot send a mail and it will end up as a twt.
@darch In other words: No, this setup is not a generic “mail to twtxt” bridge or something like that. 🙂 You cannot send a mail and it will end up as a twt.
@darch In other words: No, this setup is not a generic “mail to twtxt” bridge or something like that. 🙂 You cannot send a mail and it will end up as a twt.
@lyse I was hoping for that! The more clients, the better! 😊
@lyse I was hoping for that! The more clients, the better! 😊
@lyse I was hoping for that! The more clients, the better! 😊
@movq This is awesome! 👌 Do you mind if I link your client to the Yarn.social landing page? 🤔
@movq This is awesome! 👌 Do you mind if I link your client to the Yarn.social landing page? 🤔