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#+OPTIONS: html-postamble:nil html-preamble:nil
#+AUTHOR:
#+TITLE: tinmop
* Introduction
Tinmop is an opinionated client for Mastodon (or Pleroma using the
mastodon API). It offer a distraction free terminal interface.
The name is a recursive acronym: "Tinmop Is Not Mutt or Pine". The
older of us can remember that, in turn, Pine is an acronym as well:
"Pine Is Not Elm" and, finally, Elm means (according to Wikipedia):
"Electronic Mail".
* Peculiar Features
- tree structure of messages;
- subscriptions of hashtag;
- encrypted direct message (but see [[FAQ]]);
- no mentions notification, no knowlege of when or who favourited
your status;
- No blocking or muting, the client can be configured to ignore
a list of accounts.
* Dependency
** Programs
+ for running the program:
- SBCL compiler;
- xdg-open;
- your favourite editor (default: nano).
+ to install the package, including running the script to install
lisp libraries (~quick_quicklisp.sh~):
- GNU AWK (Gawk);
- BASH shell.
** Lisp Libraries
- alexandria;
- cl-ppcre;
- tooter;
- croatoan;
- osicat;
- cl-spark;
- access;
- sqlite;
- sxql;
- sxql-composer;
- marshal;
- bordeaux-threads;
- log4cl;
- local-time;
- cl-colors2;
- cl-i18n;
- clunit2;
- esrap;
- ieee-floats;
- parse-number;
- cl-html5-parser;
- unix-opts;
- crypto-shortcuts;
- drakma.
** Foreign (C language) library
- libssl
* Install
1. optional step needed only if you have not already the configure script,
you will need ~autotools~ for that.
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
$ autoreconf -fiv
#+END_SRC
2. run ~configure~ and resolve the missing dependencies (if any)
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
$ ./configure
#+END_SRC
3. the script ~quick-quicklisp.sh~ will download and install the library manager and the
library on your home dir.
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
$ ./quick_quicklisp.sh
#+END_SRC
This step is optional if you have already installed quicklisp, in
this case just load the [[Dependency][dependencies]]
using the client installed on your computer.
4. clone in ~$HOME/quicklisp/local-projects/~ the latest version of
tooter, a library to access mastodon API.
This step is temporary as this version will get into quicklisp eventually.
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
$ cd $HOME/quicklisp/local-projects/
$ git clone https://github.com/Shinmera/tooter.git
#+END_SRC
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5. clone in ~$HOME/quicklisp/local-projects/~ the latest version of
croatoan, a library to wrap the ncurses TUI library.
This step is temporary as this version will get into quicklisp eventually.
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
$ cd $HOME/quicklisp/local-projects/
$ git clone https://github.com/McParen/croatoan.git
#+END_SRC
6. build the executable:
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#+BEGIN_SRC sh
$ make
#+END_SRC
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7. install on your system:
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#+BEGIN_SRC sh
$ make install
#+END_SRC
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8. run the software!
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#+BEGIN_SRC sh
$ tinmop
#+END_SRC
* Usage
See the command line options:
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
$ tinmop -h
#+END_SRC
To get instruction about configuration:
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
$ man tinmop
#+END_SRC
* BUGS
Please file bug reports on the
[[https://notabug.org/cage/tinmop/][notabug repository]].
* Translations
Only Italian translation is regularly updated.
* License
This program is released under GNU General Public license version 3
or later (see COPYING file).
The program use data and code from other sources, please see
LICENSES.org for credits.
Although any efforts has been put to make the list of credits
exhaustive, errors are always possible. Please send correction to
cage-dev at twistfold dot it.
* Privacy
This software does collect nothing from its users in places
different from their local computer.
But launching ~quick_quicklisp.sh~ will contact
[[https://www.quicklisp.org/]], check the
[[https://beta.quicklisp.org/quicklisp.lisp][quicklisp sources]] for
details.
* Contributing
Any help is appreciated. If you intend to contribute please point
your browser to the
[[https://notabug.org/cage/tinmop/issues][issue tracker]] or file a
[[https://notabug.org/cage/tinmop/pulls][pull request]].
But, please take a minute to read the file [[./CONTRIBUTING.org]]
* FAQ
- are the encrypted messages secure?
No. First only a symmetric encryption scheme is implemented (so
there is a problem of secure key exchanging). Moreover i am not a
crypto expert and probably i made something wrong. Note that i am
not claiming that the algorithm (AES256) or the implementation of
such encrypting algorithm is flawed but that, likely, is flawed
the code i wrote to use the crypto library in this software.
So, please do not consider the encrypted message secure at all.
* NO WARRANTY
tinmop: an humble mastodon client
Copyright (C) 2020 cage
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.
If not, see [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/][http://www.gnu.org/licenses/]].
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* Acknowledgment
My deep thanks to the folks that provided us with wonderful SBCL and
Common lisp libraries.
In particular i want to thanks the authors of the libraries Croatoan
and Tooter for their help when I started to develop this program.
There are more people i borrowed code and data from, they are
mentioned in the file LINCENSES.org
This program is was born also with the help of CCCP: "Collettivo
Computer Club Palermo".