Terminal UI for Reddit (TUIR)
A text-based interface (TUI) to view and interact with Reddit from your terminal.
TUIR is a fork of rtv, which was maintained by Michael Lazar in this repository until Jun 3, 2019.
## Table of Contents
* [Demo](#demo)
* [Installation](#installation)
* [Usage](#usage)
* [Settings](#settings)
* [Themes](#themes)
* [FAQ](#faq)
* [Contributing](#contributing)
* [License](#license)
## Demo
## Installation
### PyPI package
TUIR is available on [PyPI](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tuir/) and can be installed with pip:
```bash
$ pip install tuir
```
#### Migration from RTV
If you are migrating from RTV to TUIR, you can simply rename your old config directory/config file:
```bash
$ mv ~/.config/rtv ~/.config/tuir
$ mv ~/.config/tuir/rtv.cfg ~/.config/tuir/tuir.cfg
```
Please take care to use the new API keys for Imgur and Reddit. To replace with sed:
```bash
$ sed -i 's/E2oEtRQfdfAfNQ/zjyhNI7tK8ivzQ/; s/93396265f59dec9/b33d69ac8931734/' ~/.config/tuir/tuir.cfg
```
### Distro packages
See [Repology](https://repology.org/metapackage/tuir/packages) for an up-to-date list of supported distro packages.
#### Arch
TUIR is available from the AUR with the package name `TUIR`.
### From source
```bash
$ git clone https://gitlab.com/ajak/tuir.git
$ cd tuir
$ python setup.py install
```
### Windows
TUIR is not supported on Windows, due to a lack of resources and interest. Sorry!
## Usage
To run the program, type:
```bash
$ tuir --help
```
### Controls
Move the cursor using either the arrow keys or *Vim* style movement:
- Press ▲ and ▼ to scroll through submissions
- Press ▶ to view the selected submission and ◀ to return
- Press space-bar to expand/collapse comments
- Press u to login (this requires a web browser for [OAuth](https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit/wiki/oauth2))
- Press ? to open the help screen
Press / to open the navigation prompt, where you can type things like:
- ``/front``
- ``/r/commandprompt+linuxmasterrace``
- ``/r/programming/controversial``
- ``/u/me``
- ``/u/multi-mod/m/art``
- ``/domain/github.com``
See [CONTROLS](CONTROLS.md) for the full list of commands.
## Settings
### Configuration File
Configuration files are stored in the ``{HOME}/.config/tuir/`` directory.
Check out [tuir.cfg](tuir/templates/tuir.cfg) for the full list of configurable options. You can clone this file into your home directory by running:
```bash
$ tuir --copy-config
```
### Viewing Media Links
You can use [mailcap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type#Mailcap) to configure how TUIR will open different types of links.
A mailcap file allows you to associate different MIME media types, like ``image/jpeg`` or ``video/mp4``, with shell commands. This feature is disabled by default because it takes a few extra steps to configure. To get started, copy the default mailcap template to your home directory.
```bash
$ tuir --copy-mailcap
```
This template contains examples for common MIME types that work with popular reddit websites like *imgur*, *youtube*, and *gfycat*. Open the mailcap template and follow the [instructions](tuir/templates/mailcap) listed inside.
Once you've setup your mailcap file, enable it by launching tuir with the ``tuir --enable-media`` flag (or set it in your **tuir.cfg**)
### Environment Variables
The default programs that TUIR interacts with can be configured through environment variables:
| $TUIR_EDITOR |
A program used to compose text submissions and comments, e.g. vim, emacs, gedit
If not specified, will fallback to $VISUAL and $EDITOR in that order. |
| $TUIR_BROWSER |
A program used to open links to external websites, e.g. firefox, google-chrome, w3m, lynx
If not specified, will fallback to $BROWSER, or your system's default browser. |
| $TUIR_URLVIEWER |
A tool used to extract hyperlinks from blocks of text, e.g. urlview, urlscan
If not specified, will fallback to urlview if it is installed. |
### Clipboard
TUIR supports copying submission links to the OS clipboard. Data being copied is piped into a command specified by the configuration option `clipboard_cmd`. If this option is not set, the command will default to `pbcopy w` on Darwin systems (OSX), and `xclip -selection clipboard` on Linux.
## Themes
Themes can be used to customize the look and feel of TUIR
|
Solarized Dark
|
Solarized Light
|
|
Papercolor
|
Molokai
|
You can list all installed themes with the ``--list-themes`` command, and select one with ``--theme``. You can save your choice permanently in your [tuir.cfg](tuir/templates/tuir.cfg) file. You can also use the F2 & F3 keys inside of TUIR to cycle through all available themes.
For instructions on writing and installing your own themes, see [THEMES.md](THEMES.md).
## FAQ
Why am I getting an error during installation/when launching tuir?
> If your distro ships with an older version of python 2.7 or python-requests,
> you may experience SSL errors or other package incompatibilities. The
> easiest way to fix this is to install tuir using python 3. If you
> don't already have pip3, see http://stackoverflow.com/a/6587528 for setup
> instructions. Then do
>
> ```bash
> $ sudo pip uninstall tuir
> $ sudo pip3 install -U tuir
> ```
Why do I see garbled text like M-b~@M-" or ^@?
> This type of text usually shows up when python is unable to render
> unicode properly.
>
> 1. Try starting TUIR in ascii-only mode with ``tuir --ascii``
> 2. Make sure that the terminal/font that you're using supports unicode
> 3. Try [setting the LOCALE to utf-8](https://perlgeek.de/en/article/set-up-a-clean-utf8-environment)
> 4. Your python may have been built against the wrong curses library,
> see [here](stackoverflow.com/questions/19373027) and
> [here](https://bugs.python.org/issue4787) for more information
How do I run the code directly from the repository?
> This project is structured to be run as a python *module*. This means that
> you need to launch it using python's ``-m`` flag. See the example below, which
> assumes that you have cloned the repository into the directory **~/tuir_project**.
>
> ```bash
> $ cd ~/tuir_project
> $ python3 -m tuir
> ```
## Contributing
All feedback and suggestions are welcome, just post an issue!
Before writing any code, please read the [Contributor Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.rst).
## License
This project is distributed under the [MIT](LICENSE) license.