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335 lines
9.5 KiB
Groff
.TH "tinmop" "1"
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.SH "Name"
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.PP
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tinmop - a client for mastodon or pleroma social network
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.SH "Synopsis"
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tinmop [OPTION]...
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.SH "Description"
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.PP
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This document assumes basic knowledge of how fediverse works. More
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information about this topic can be found on the
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official website (\fIhttps://docs.joinmastodon.org/\fP).
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.PP
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Tinmop proposes a terminal interface to connect with Pleroma
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social network
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.SH "Options"
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.PP
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Without options the program will start a terminal interface and will
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try to connect to your instance (see \fIConfiguration\fP)
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.TP
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\fB-m, --notify-mentions ARG \fP
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Notify messages that mentions the user
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\fB-R, --reset-timeline-pagination \fP
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Reset the timeline pagination. By default the new toots are fetched
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starting from the last one downloaded from the instance, this switch
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will force the program to fetch the last message posted by users
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\fB-c, --check-follows-requests \fP
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Checks for follow request at start
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\fB-e, --execute-script SCRIPT-FILE\fP
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Execute a script file
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\fB-f, --folder FOLDER-NAME \fP
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Start on that folder
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\fB-h, --help \fP
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print program help and exit
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\fB-t, --timeline TIMELINE-NAME \fP
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Start using this timeline
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\fB-u, --update-timeline \fP
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Update the selected timeline
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\fB-v, --version \fP
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Print program version and exit
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.SH "Usage"
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.PP
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Users of Tinmop supposed to interact with the social network
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using a terminal interface (TUI), The terminal screen layout is
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sketched below:
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.RS
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.nf
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\fC+---------------+---------------------------+
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| tags window | thread windows |
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| | modeline |
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+---------------+---------------------------+
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| conversations | message window |
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| window | |
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+---------------+---------------------------+
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| command window |
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+-------------------------------------------+
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\fP
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.fi
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.RE
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The screen is subdivided in five window:
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\fBtag window\fP
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shows the tag users subscribed for and available
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messages for each tag;
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\fBthreads window\fP
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for a given timeline and folder (see
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\fIFolders\fP) show the discussions saved in user's local database;
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\fBconversations window\fP
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show the \fIprivate\fP conversations the user is having with others;
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\fBmessage window\fP
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show the body of the message selected in the tag window
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\fBcommand window\fP
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the window where the user instruct the software to perform commands
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The main way to interact with the program is using the keyboard.
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There is a contextual help that appears when the user input data
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that provide hints about commands and a quick help window that can
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be shown by hitting \fC?\fP (if this keybinding has not been
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customized).
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.SS "Folders"
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A folder is an object to groups messages for each timeline an
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arbitrary number of folders can be created, when the last message of
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a folder is deleted the folder is deleted as well.
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.SH "Configuration"
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.PP
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The configuration of tinmop is based on text files but there are
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available two different kind with different syntax and scope.
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.IP \(em 4
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a key-value text files used to configure the access credential to
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server and visual theme of the program (simple configuration);
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.IP \(em 4
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common lisp source code. Used to write module (AKA plugin) and to
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configure keybindings to interact with the software.
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The distribution of this software comes with a bunch of pre-backed
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configuration files but user is expected to write a simple file with
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their credential to log into the server.
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.SS "Simple configuration"
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This is a simple file with each entry in a single line that look like this:
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.RS
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.nf
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\fC
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# a line starting with a '#' is a comment
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# a file can be included in another with this directive:
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# use "shared.conf"
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# The server instance name
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server = server address
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# your username
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username = username
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\fP
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.fi
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.RE
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Not incidentally the information in the example above are the
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absolute minimum the user has to provide before starts the program:
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the name you chose when you made the account on the server and the
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address of the server.
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As you can see a line starting with a \fB#\fP is considered comment and
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skipped by the program
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The file with this credential are confidential and must be put into
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user's home directory under the path
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\fC$HOME/.local/share/tinmop/main.conf\fP. Probably the directory
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\fCtinmop\fP does not exists on user system, if it does not exists must
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be created manually.
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If the program was installed correctly two other files with simple
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semantics are located in your system wide configuration directory
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(usually \fC/etc/tinmop/\fP), please check these files for more
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information, as they are extensively commented.
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.SS "Lisp program"
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These files contains Common lisp (see \fIhttps://common-lisp.net/\fP)
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source code. And are used both as a way to configure the program
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and to write module for tinmop itself.
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These files are the only way to configure program's keybindings:
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sequence of pressing button to fire command commands (do not worry
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it is not too difficult!).
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These files must be a valid Common Lisp program to allow the
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program to even starts. Again this is actual source code that is
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loaded end executed by the main program; be careful, do not copy
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and paste code from untrusted sources as this could results in a
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\fBsevere\fP security damage.
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Again in the configuration directory there is a (commented) file
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named \fCinit.lisp\fP that user can use as their starting point to
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write their files. A custom init file, or other module files, must
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be located into the directory \fC$HOME/.local/share/tinmop/\fP or
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\fC$HOME/.config/tinmop/\fP (because, you know, data is code and code
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is data) to be successfully loaded.
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However there is no need to write their own init file if user is
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happy with the provided one by the package maintainers.
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.SH "First time start"
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.PP
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After the configuration the program can be started but we are not
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ready to join the network yet because tinmop need to be \fItrusted\fP by
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the server. Just follows the instruction on screen to register the
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application with your instance. This procedure should be followed
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once: when the program starts for the first time (but please note
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that there must be a file with valid credentials available).
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.SH "How to get more help"
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For help with mastodon visit the mastodon website.
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The program has an inline help (default binding for help is "?")
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Moreover you can have some useful hint at the program web page:
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[\fIhttps://www.autistici.org/interzona/tinmop/\fP]
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.SH "BUGS"
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There are many, totally unknown, hiding in the code! Please help the
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programmer to nail them using the
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https://notabug.org/cage/tinmop/issues/ \fBat\fP \fIissue tracker\fP.
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.SH "Contributing"
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There is always need for help, you can join the developer, sending
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patches or translating the UI to your favourite language.
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Just point your browser to the
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https://notabug.org/cage/tinmop/ \fBat\fP \fIcode repository\fP.
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See also the file CONTRIBUTE.org
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.SS "Debug mode"
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If you decomment the line:
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.nf
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\fC;;(push :debug-mode *features*)
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\fP
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.fi
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.RE
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The program will be compiled in \fCdebug\-mode\fP this means that a lot
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of diagnostic output will be appended to a file named \fCtinmop.log\fP
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in the directory \fC$HOME/.local/share/tinmop/\fP.
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.SH "Files"
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.IP \(em 4
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\fC$HOME/.local/share/tinmop/db.sqlite3\fP: the program database
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\fC$HOME/.local/share/tinmop/client\fP: the program credentials to connect with the instance \fBkeep private!\fP
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\fC$HOME/.local/share/tinmop/tinmop.log\fP: this file is created only for debugging and should not be enabled in binary package distribution (see \fIContributing\fP).
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.IP \(em 4
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\fC/etc/tinmop/default\-theme.conf\fP: default visual style
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.IP \(em 4
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\fC/etc/tinmop/shared.conf\fP: some default configuration not related to themes
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.IP \(em 4
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\fC/etc/tinmop/init.lisp\fP: system wide configuration
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.IP \(em 4
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\fC$HOME/.config/tinmop/init.lisp\fP: user configuration
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.IP \(em 4
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\fC$HOME/.config/tinmop/main.conf\fP: user configuration (simple format)
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.SH "Privacy"
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The author of this software collects no user data information with
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this software.
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But this software is a client to connect and interact to one or more
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remote computer. So potentially it could share a lot of information
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with other actors but just after the user allowed it to do so.
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It is the user responsibility to checks the privacy conditions of the
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instance this software connect to.
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By default, pressing "!" will contact the remote service located at:
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"gemini://houston.coder.town/search".
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Moreover launching \fCquick_quicklisp.sh\fP will contact
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\fIhttps://www.quicklisp.org/\fP, check the
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https://beta.quicklisp.org/quicklisp.lisp \fBat\fP \fIquicklisp sources\fP for
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details.
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.SH "Acknowledgment"
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My deep thanks to the folks that provided us with wonderful SBCL and
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Common lisp libraries.
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In particular i want to thanks the authors of the libraries Croatoan and Tooter
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for their help when I started to develop this program.
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There are more people i borrowed code and data from, they are mentioned
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in the file LINCENSES.org
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This program is was born also with the help of CCCP: "Collettivo Computer
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Club Palermo".
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Also thanks to "barbar" for testing of the installation scripts.
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