rumble v1.0.0-alpha2

a straightforward streaming twitter client made for commandline, inspired by earthquake.

dependencies

• ncurses
• node >= 0.8.0

installation (via npm)

global installation:

# npm install -g rumble@1.0

local installation

$ npm install rumble@1.0

note: local installation means you need to cd to appropriate directory and use node rumble to run the client.

installation (via git)

$ git clone git://github.com/damianb/rumble.git
$ cd rumble
$ npm install

to run, use node rumble

authorization

run rumble the first time with the -a flag to initiate authorization.

commands

note: default command prefix is :, adjust directions accordingly if you change the command prefix.

note: $xx should be substituted with the line id to execute the specified command on

• <message> = tweet the specified message
• :reply $xx <message> - :r $xx <message> - :$xx <message> = reply to the specified tweet with the specified message
• :retweet $xx - :rt $xx = retweet the specified tweet
• :favorite $xx - :fav $xx = favorite the specified tweet
• :unfavorite $xx - :unfav $xx = unfavorite the specified tweet
• :delete $xx - :del $xx = favorite the specified tweet
• :link $xx = get a URL to view the specified tweet at
• :quit - :q = quit rumble

license

MIT License

known problems

resize does not work due to an upstream node-ncurses problem. nothing I can do until node-ncurses handles resizing the main window properly. T_T

todo

• proper error notification (via statusbar, not console.error's pipe to error.log)
• tweet search
• highlighting (possibly notifications? could abuse libnotify for linux systems)
• last mentions
• on-the-fly filter management
• tweet lookup (by id)
• follow/unfollow user
• block/unblock user
• manage current blocks
• view user profile
• alter own profile
• set avatar (?)
• eval command (to allow for quick math operations or the like?)
• get data for specific lineId (special data, like tweet id? mentioned users?)
• increase flexibility, more configurability (scrolling, prompt text)