tinmop/README.org

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* 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

  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:

     #+BEGIN_SRC sh
     $ make
     #+END_SRC

  7. install on your system:

     #+BEGIN_SRC sh
     $ make install
     #+END_SRC

  8. run the software!

     #+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/]].

* 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".