update instructions

- fix docs Home link being wrong
- add --verbose to options page in docs
- add info about where to see docs, in init()

docs/install.md

@@ -24,15 +24,20 @@ Now you've installed `ephemetoot`, in order to actually use it you will need an
 1. Click the `settings` cog
 2. Click on `Development`
 3. Click `NEW APPLICATION`
-4. Enter an application name (e.g. 'ephemetoot'), and give the app both 'read' and 'write' Scopes
+4. Enter an application name (e.g. 'ephemetoot')
+5. The following 'scopes' are required:
+   - `read:accounts`
+   - `read:statuses`
+   - `write:conversations`
+   - `write:statuses`
 5. Click `SUBMIT`
 6. Click on the name of the new app, which should be a link
 7. Copy the `Your access token` string - you will need this for your configuration file (see below)
 
 **NOTE**: Anyone who has your access token and the domain name of your Mastodon server will be able to:
 * read all your private and direct toots, 
-* publish toots and DMs, and 
-* delete everything in your account.  
+* publish toots and DMs from your account, and 
+* read everything in your account settings.  
 
 **Do not share your access token with anyone you do not 100% trust!!!**.
 
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@ visibility_to_keep: [ ] # this empty list is also ok
 As of version 2, you can use a single `ephemetoot` installation to delete toots from multiple accounts. If you want to use `ephemetoot` for multiple accounts, separate the config for each user with a single dash (`-`), and add the additional details, as shown in [the example file](https://github.com/hughrun/ephemetoot/blob/master/example-config.yaml).
 
 ---
-* [Home](/)
+* [Home](./)
 * [Options](./options.md)
 * [Upgrading and uninstalling](./upgrade.md)
 * [Contributing](./contributing.md)

docs/options.md

@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ ephemetoot --retry-mins 20
 
 If you want to know exactly when each delete action occured, you can use the `--datestamp` flag to add a datestamp to the log output. This is useful when using `--pace` so you can see the rate you have been slowed down to.
 
+### Include full error messages (--verbose)
+
+Sometimes you might get an error and want to know more about what's triggering it. Use the `--verbose` flag to print the full error to the console, instead of just the friendly version.
+
 ## Do less
 
 ### Hide skipped items (--hide-skipped)

ephemetoot/ephemetoot.py

@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ def init():
         # text colour markers (beginning, example, end)
         tags = ("\033[96m", "\033[2m", "\033[0m")
 
+        print("\nCreate your config.yaml file.\n")
+        print(
+          "For help checkout the docs at ",
+          tags[0],
+          "ephemetoot.hugh.run",
+          tags[2],
+          "\n",
+          sep=""
+          )
+
         conf_token = compulsory_input(tags, "Access token: ", None)
         conf_user = compulsory_input(tags, "Username", "(without the '@' - e.g. alice):")
         conf_url = compulsory_input(tags, "Base URL", "(e.g. example.social):")