<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>Log in to twitter: <code>/twitter_login username password</code>. To use
+ an account on <a href="http://identi.ca/">identi.ca</a>, just append
+ @identica to the user name, and make sure <code>Net::Identica</code> is
+ installed.</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
<h3>Posting Commands</h3>
<ul>
- <li><code>/tweet <status></code> - Post a status update</li>
+ <li><code>/tweet <status></code> - Post a status update. Note, if
+ http://twitter.com is too slow, twirssi will give up after the preset
+ timeout. See the setting for twitter_timeout. </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>
<h3>Other Commands</h3>
<ul>
<li><code>/twitter_follow <username></code> - Start following username</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_add_follow_extra <username></code> - Show all the
+ posts by username, even for people who you do not follow</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_del_follow_extra <username></code> - Stop showing
+ all the posts by username</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_list_follow_extra</code> - Show the list of all the
+ usernames in the extra follow loop</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_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_block <username></code> - Block username</li>
+ <li><code>/twitter_unblock <username></code> - Unblock 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>
<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"
+ <a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?query=www%3A%3Ashorten&mode=module"
>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
<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_timeout</code> - How long should we wait before giving up
+ on a twitter operation. Should help avoid irssi pinging out of IRC
+ servers when twitter is slow.</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>