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+<h3>Getting Started</h3>
+<ul>
+ <li>Load the script in irssi: <code>/script load twirssi.pl</code></li>
+ <li>Log in to twitter: <code>/twitter_login username password</code></li>
+ <li>Post updates: <code>/tweet I got twirssi working!</code></li>
+ <li>Every 5 minutes, new updates from twitter will be posted to the named
+ window. To manually poll, you can always type <code>/twitter_updates</code>, though if
+ you do it too often, twitter will block your access for a while</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Posting Commands</h3>
+<ul>
+ <li><code>/tweet <status></code> - Post a status update</li>
+ <li><code>/tweet_as <account> <status></code> - Post a status
+ update as an alternate account</li>
+ <li><code>/dm <username> <message></code> - Send a direct message to username</li>
+ <li><code>/dm_as <account> <username> <message></code> -
+ Send a direct message to username from the specified account</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_reply <username>:<num></code> - Reply to a
+ particular tweet. Only 100 are remembered for each user, and this can be
+ completely disabled by changing the twirssi_track_replies variable.</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_reply_as <account> <username>:<num></code>
+ - Same as /twitter_reply but allowing specifying an account to reply from.</li>
+ <li><code>/reply <username>:<num></code> - Same as
+ /twitter_reply, but only if the twirssi_use_reply_aliases is set to true
+ (off by default).</li>
+ <li><code>/reply_as <account> <username>:<num></code> -
+ Same as /twitter_reply_as, but only if the twirssi_use_reply_aliases is
+ set to true (off by default).</li>
+ <li><code>/retweet <username>:<num> [comment]</code> - Retweet
+ someone else, with an optional comment.</li>
+ <li><code>/retweet_as <account> <username>:<num>
+ [comment]</code> - Retweet someone else, using an alternate account, with
+ an optional comment.</li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Other Commands</h3>
+<ul>
+ <li><code>/twitter_follow <username></code> - Start following username</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_list_subscriptions</code> - List all the existing search
+ subscriptions for all accounts.</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_login <username> <password></code> - Log in to twitter</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_logout [<username>]</code> - Log out the current account, or the named account</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_switch <username></code> - Start using the named account as the default</li>
+
+ <li><code>/twitter_unfollow <username></code> - Stop following username</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_updates</code> - Poll for updates manually</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_subscribe <keyword></code> - Add a search
+ subscription for the current account.</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_unsubscribe <keyword></code> - Remove an existing search
+ subscription from the current account.</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_device_updates <none|im|sms></code> - Set delivery
+ device. Note that IM delivery is currently disabled by Twitter, and there
+ are no timeline when it might be restored.</li>
+ <li><code>/twirssi_version</code> - Report the current version number</li>
+
+ <li><code>/twirssi_upgrade</code> - Check for a new version of twirssi, and
+ download it if it's there</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Settings</h3>
+<ul>
+ <li><code>bitlbee_server</code> - What is the server tag for bitlbee (used for away messages)</li>
+ <li><code>short_url_provider</code> - What service to use to shorten urls - pick from
+ <a href="http://search.cpan.org/~davecross/WWW-Shorten-2.01/lib/WWW/Shorten.pm#SYNOPSIS"
+ >WWW::Shorten</a></li>
+ <li><code>short_url_args</code> - Some of the WWW::Shorten modules require
+ additional arguments, such as a username or API key. Enter those here if
+ needed, comma separated.</li>
+ <li><code>twirssi_always_shorten</code> - When false (the default), URLs will
+ only be shortened if the tweet would be too long. When true, URLs will
+ always be shortened</li>
+ <li><code>show_own_tweets</code> - Should our own tweets be displayed? Defaults to on.</li>
+ <li><code>show_reply_context</code> - When set to on, and someone you follow is replying
+ to someone you are not, the tweet that generated the reply will be pulled and
+ shown. Defaults to off.</li>
+ <li><code>tweet_to_away</code> - Set to on to post non-@reply updates as your away message</li>
+ <li><code>tweet_window_input</code> - Enable tweeting directly by writing to
+ the twitter window. Off by default</li>
+ <li><code>twirssi_retweet_format</code> - The format to use when retweeting.
+ Default value is "RT $n: "$t" ${-- $c$}". $n is the nick that's being
+ retweeted; $t is the text of the original tweet; $c is the text of the
+ optional comment attached; ${ and $} mark the seciton that should be
+ omitted if no comment was provided.
+
+ <li><code>twirssi_hilights</code> - Should messages containing your @nick be
+ considered IRC hilights. (default on)</li>
+ <li><code>twirssi_location</code> - Location of the twirssi.pl script, used
+ by <code>/twirssi_upgrade</code></li>
+ <li><code>twirssi_nick_color</code> - If set, @nicks will be shown in the
+ color set. (default: %B). Note that the theme variables (twirssi_tweet,
+ twirssi_search, twirssi_reply, twirssi_dm) should be updated as
+ well.</li>
+ <li><code>twirssi_notify_timeouts</code> - If set, twirssi will emite a
+ message when twitter is being so slow that it fails to retrieve
+ updates. (default on)</li>
+ <li><code>twirssi_replies_autonick</code> - On by default. If on, /reply
+ will make sure the reply begins with @nick. If off, you can reply to
+ someone, but not have their name on the reply</li>
+ <li><code>twirssi_replies_store</code> - Location where the /reply map is to be stored.</li>
+ <li><code>twirssi_topic_color</code> - If set, #topics will be shown in the
+ color set. (default: %r)</li>
+ <li><code>twirssi_track_replies</code> - Should twirssi keep track of
+ individual IDs of incoming twitters? If enabled (which is the default)
+ incoming tweets will show a :num appended to them. This is requried for
+ /reply and /twitter_reply functionallity.</li>
+ <li><code>twirssi_use_reply_aliases</code> - Enable /reply and /reply_as as
+ aliases to /twitter_reply and /twitter_reply_as. Requires a reload of
+ twirssi to take effect. (default off)</li>
+ <li><code>twirssi_upgrade_beta</code> - Default off. If on, /twirssi_upgrade
+ will try to grab the most recent version from github, instead of the latest
+ released version. Note that beta versions might have more bugs than the
+ released version.</li>
+
+ <li><code>twitter_passwords</code> - A comma separated list of passwords to auto-login</li>
+ <li><code>twitter_poll_interval</code> - How often should new messages be
+ requested from twitter (in seconds). Default is every 5 minutes. Keep
+ in mind that twitter will rate limit your user (or IP) if you hit them
+ too often. Hardcoded minimum is one minute.</li>
+ <li><code>twitter_friends_poll</code> - How often should the updated friends
+ list be retrieved from the server. By default, only once every 10
+ minutes</li>
+ <li><code>twitter_usernames</code> - A comma separated list of usernames to auto-login. Note that the last one will be the default account used after startup.</li>
+ <li><code>twitter_window</code> - Which irssi window should twitter updates be sent to</li>
+</ul>
+