Michael Lazar
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RTV (Reddit Terminal Viewer)
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| RTV provides an interface to view and interact with reddit from your terminal.
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| It's compatible with *most* terminal emulators on Linux and OS X.
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.. image:: http://i.imgur.com/Ek13lqM.png
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| RTV is built in **python** using the **curses** library.
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---------------
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|pypi| |python| |travis-ci| |coveralls| |gitter|
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* `Demo`_
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* `Installation`_
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* `Usage`_
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* `Settings`_
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* `FAQ`_
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* `Contributing`_
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* `License`_
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====
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Demo
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.. figure:: http://i.imgur.com/UeKbK8z.png
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:target: https://asciinema.org/a/81251?speed=2
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Installation
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Install using pip (**recommended**)
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ pip install rtv
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or clone the repository
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ git clone https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv.git
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$ cd rtv
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$ python3 setup.py install
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Usage
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=====
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To run the program, type
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ rtv --help
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Controls
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Move the cursor using either the arrow keys or *Vim* style movement
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- Press ``up`` and ``down`` to scroll through submissions
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- Press ``right`` to view the selected submission and ``left`` to return
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- Press ``space`` to expand/collapse comments
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- Press ``u`` to login
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- Press ``?`` to open the help screen
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Press ``/`` to open the navigation prompt, where you can type things like
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- ``/front``
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- ``/r/commandprompt+linuxmasterrace``
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- ``/r/programming/controversial-week``
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- ``/u/me``
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- ``/u/multi-mod/m/art``
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- ``/domain/github.com``
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See `CONTROLS <https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/blob/master/CONTROLS.rst>`_ for the full list of commands
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Settings
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Configuration
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Configuration files are stored in the ``{HOME}/.config/rtv/`` directory
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See `rtv.cfg <https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/blob/master/rtv/templates/rtv.cfg>`_ for the full list of configurable options. You can clone this file into your home directory by running
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ rtv --copy-config
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Media
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You can use `mailcap <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type#Mailcap>`_ to configure
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how RTV will open different types of links
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.. image:: http://i.imgur.com/ueQ3w0P.gif
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| A mailcap file allows you to associate different MIME media types, like ``image/jpeg`` or ``video/mp4``, with shell commands.
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This feature is disabled by default because it takes a a few extra steps to configure. To get started, copy the default mailcap template to your home directory.
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ rtv --copy-mailcap
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This template contains examples for common MIME types as well as popular reddit websites like `imgur <http://imgur.com/>`_, `youtube <https://www.youtube.com/>`_, and `gfycat <https://gfycat.com/>`_. Open the mailcap template and follow the `instructions <https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/blob/master/rtv/templates/mailcap>`_ listed inside.
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Once you've setup your mailcap file, enable it by launching rtv with the ``rtv --enable-media`` flag (or set it in your **rtv.cfg**)
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Environment
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RTV will respect the following environment variables when accessing external programs
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``$BROWSER``
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Submission links will be opened inside of your web browser. On most systems, the default web browser will pop up in a new window. If you prefer the complete terminal experience, try using a console-based web browser (`w3m <http://w3m.sourceforge.net/>`_, `lynx <http://lynx.isc.org/>`_, and `elinks <http://elinks.or.cz/>`_ are all good choices).
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``$PAGER``
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Extra long comments and submissions can be opened using the system's pager.
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``$RTV_EDITOR``
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Composing posts and replying to comments is done using your preferred text editor. If not specified, the default system ``$EDITOR`` (or *nano*) will be used.
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``$RTV_URLVIEWER``
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A url viewer is a tool that can be used to extract hyperlinks from inside of blocks of text. `urlview <https://github.com/sigpipe/urlview>`_ and `urlscan <https://github.com/firecat53/urlscan>`_ are known to be compatible with rtv. These applications don't come pre-installed, but are available through most systems' package managers.
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===
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FAQ
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Why am I getting an error during installation/when launching rtv?
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If your distro ships with an older version of python 2.7 or python-requests,
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you may experience SSL errors or other package incompatibilities. The
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easiest way to fix this is to install rtv using python 3. If you
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don't already have pip3, see http://stackoverflow.com/a/6587528 for setup
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instructions. Then do
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ sudo pip uninstall rtv
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$ sudo pip3 install -U rtv
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Why do I see garbled text like ``M-b~@M-"`` or ``^@``?
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Short answer
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Start rtv in ascii-only mode with ``rtv --ascii``
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Long answer
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This type of text usually shows up when python is unable to render
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unicode properly.
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1. Make sure that the terminal/font that you're using supports unicode
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2. Try `setting the LOCALE to utf-8 <https://perlgeek.de/en/article/set-up-a-clean-utf8-environment>`_
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3. Your python may have been built against the wrong curses library,
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see `here <stackoverflow.com/questions/19373027>`_ and
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`here <https://bugs.python.org/issue4787>`_ for more information
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How do I run the code directly from the repository?
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This project is structured to be run as a python *module*. This means that in
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order to resolve imports you need to launch using python's ``-m`` flag.
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This method works for all versions of python. See the example below, which
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assumes that you have cloned the repository into the directory
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**~/rtv_project**.
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ cd ~/rtv_project
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$ python3 -m rtv
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============
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Contributing
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All feedback and suggestions are welcome, just post an issue!
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Before writing any code, please read the `Contributor Guidelines <https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst>`_.
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=======
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License
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This project is distributed under the `MIT <https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/blob/master/LICENSE>`_ license.
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.. |python| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/python-2.7%2C%203.6-blue.svg
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:target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rtv/
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:alt: Supported Python versions
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.. |pypi| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/rtv.svg?label=version
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:target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rtv/
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:alt: Latest Version
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.. |travis-ci| image:: https://travis-ci.org/michael-lazar/rtv.svg?branch=master
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:target: https://travis-ci.org/michael-lazar/rtv
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:alt: Build
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.. |coveralls| image:: https://coveralls.io/repos/michael-lazar/rtv/badge.svg?branch=master&service=github
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:target: https://coveralls.io/github/michael-lazar/rtv?branch=master
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:alt: Coverage
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.. |gitter| image:: https://img.shields.io/gitter/room/michael-lazar/rtv.js.svg
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:target: https://gitter.im/michael-lazar/rtv
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:alt: Chat
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