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Reddit Terminal Viewer
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**Reddit Terminal Viewer (RTV)** is a lightweight browser for Reddit (www.reddit.com) built into a terminal window.
RTV is built in Python and utilizes the **curses** library.
It is compatible with a large range of terminal emulators on Linux and OSX systems.
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Installation
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Reddit Terminal Viewer is Py2/Py3 compatible and can be installed via python setuptools.
.. code-block:: bash
$ git clone https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv.git
$ cd rtv
$ sudo python setup.py install
After the installation has finished, a script will be placed in the system path. The program can then be started by typing
.. code-block:: bash
$ rtv
Additional options can be viewed with
.. code-block:: bash
$ rtv --help
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Controls
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Navigating content in RTV is primarily done via the arrow keys.
:``Up/Down``: Control the cursor and scroll through items.
:``r`` or ``F5``: Refresh the page
:``q``: Quit
RTV currently supports browsing both subreddits and individual submissions. In each mode, controls are slightly different.
**Subreddit Mode**
:``Right`` or ``Enter``: Open the page for the currently selected submission
:``/``: Open a prompt to switch to a different subreddit
**Submission Mode**
:``Left``: Exit the submission and return to the subreddit
:``Right`` or ``Enter``: Toggle the selected comment and its children between hidden and visible states