README.md

   1 tt
   2 ==
   3 A more-unixy [twtxt](https://github.com/buckket/twtxt) client.
   4
   5 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/xandkar/tt.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/xandkar/tt)
   6
   7 Doesn't force you to maintain a master "following" file (the way Twitter does),
   8 but let's you point it to any follow-file every time it runs.
   9
  10 This means unlimited possibilities for ad-hoc, interesting filtering
  11 combinations. Especially when paired with
  12 [process substitution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_substitution).
  13
  14 ![Screenshot](screenshot-multi.jpg)
  15
  16
  17 instructions
  18 ------------
  19
  20 ### requirements
  21 [Racket](https://download.racket-lang.org/)
  22
  23 ### installation
  24 1. Run `make install` or `raco pkg install`
  25 2. Add `$HOME/.racket/7.9/bin` to your `$PATH`
  26    (replacing `7.9` with whatever version you have installed)
  27
  28 ### usage
  29 `tt (FOLLOW-FILE)`
  30
  31
  32 notes
  33 -----
  34
  35 ### LWW downloads
  36 Downloaded timelines are stored in `~/.tt/cache/<SHA1_OF_URI>`, but no attempt
  37 is made to preserve the previously-downloaded messages - each download
  38 overrites the previous. One of the implications is that authors can edit/delete
  39 history without you noticing.