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# Slixfeed Publication
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# Schapps Publication
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Schapps site and publication.
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## About
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This repository contains the official Slixfeed Publication: https://slixfeed.woodpeckersnest.space/
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This repository contains the official Schapps publication which is kindly
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sponsored by WPN, and hosted at https://schapps.woodpeckersnest.eu
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## Contributing
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Anyone is welcome to submit code that fixes problems and improve things.
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You can also submit redesigns, yet first open an issue report informing us, preferably with an example.
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You can also submit redesigns, yet first open an issue report informing us,
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preferably with an example.
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## Building
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The site uses [Nikola](https://getnikola.com/) as a static site generator.
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The site utilizes [Nikola](https://getnikola.com) as a static site generator.
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To generate the site, execute the following command inside the repositpry directory:
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To generate the site, execute the following command inside the repository
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directory:
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```shell
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nikola build
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git checkout -b main
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git add *
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git commit -m "Description of action"
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git remote add origin https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/slixfeed.woodpeckersnest.space.git
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git remote add origin https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/schapps.git
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git push -u origin main
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```
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.. title: Blasta
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.. slug: blasta
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.. date: 2024-09-24 00:00:00 UTC
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.. tags: blasta
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.. tags: blasta, bookmarks, collaboration, pubsub, xmpp
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.. link: blasta
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.. description: The agreeable and cordial civic bookmarking system
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.. type: text
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About
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-----
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Blasta is a collaborative bookmarks manager for organizing online content.
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It allows you to add links to your personal collection of links, to categorize
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them with keywords, and to share your collection not only among your own
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software, devices and machines, but also with others.
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What makes Blasta a collaborative system is its ability to display to you the
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links that other people have collected, as well as showing you who else has
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bookmarked a specific link. You can also view the links collected by others,
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and subscribe to the links of people whose lists you deem to be interesting.
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It allows to add links to personal collections of links, to categorize them with keywords, to share them with people and synchronize them.
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Blasta does not limit you to save links of certain types; you can save links of
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types adc, dweb, ed2k, feed, ftp, gemini, geo, gopher, http, ipfs, irc, magnet,
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mailto, monero, mms, news, sip, udp, xmpp and any scheme and type that you desire.
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What makes Blasta a collaborative system is its ability to display links that other were collected by others, as well as showing who else has bookmarked a specific link. It is also possible to view links that were collected by others, and subscribe to the links.
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Project source is hosted at `git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Blasta <https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Blasta>`_.
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Blasta is not limited to links of certain types; it can save links of types adc, dweb, ed2k, feed, ftp, gemini, geo, gopher, http, ipfs, irc, magnet, mailto, monero, mms, news, sip, udp, xmpp and any scheme and type.
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Resources
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---------
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Project source: `git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Blasta <https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Blasta>`_
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Video (PeerTube): https://video.xmpp-it.net/w/cfozoUeVLFbBFMCCSCJ1Dn
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Video (magnet link): `magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0411cb12107bda0457475c4692c49e7c8be19cc4` <magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0411cb12107bda0457475c4692c49e7c8be19cc4&dn=Blasta%20-%20An%20XMPP%20PubSub%20Annotation%20Management%20System%201080p.mp4&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Fvideo.xmpp-it.net%3A443%2Ftracker%2Fsocket&tr=https%3A%2F%2Fvideo.xmpp-it.net%2Ftracker%2Fannounce&ws=https://video.xmpp-it.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/5b16d9d1-97b8-42c8-ada6-6727ba59cc87/ce428cc1-82e2-428f-84e3-815a8d8a77f6-1080-fragmented.mp4>`_
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Video (torrent): `blasta_an_xmpp_pubsub_annotation_management_system.torrent <https://video.xmpp-it.net/download/torrents/e72b143a-befd-443f-9ef8-11b6cee887e7-1080-hls.torrent>`_.
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59
pages/cleanurls.rst
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pages/cleanurls.rst
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.. title: Clean URLs
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.. slug: cleanurls
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.. date: 2024-09-24 00:00:00 UTC
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.. tags: ecma, html, greasemonkey, link, privacy, tracker, url
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.. link: cleanurls
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.. description: Original URL redirector and fixer
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.. type: text
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Remove needless parameters from a given URL and correct it to a cleaner one.
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About
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-----
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This script was started as a proof of concept of utilizing the URL API instead of RegEx.
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To add a new hash or parameter, simply add it to the respective array.
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Enjoy graceful sharing!
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Legend and visual examples
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--------------------------
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* Discovered URL (l)
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URL found within a parameter
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* Pure link (w)
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URL without parameters (mere pathname)
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* Safe link (g)
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URL with whitelisted parameters
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* Semi-safe link (y)
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URL purged by blacklist
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* Unsafe link (r)
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Original URL (useful in rare cases)
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.. code::
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orderBy orderDir src ref version source url Custom Visual Example
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Link №1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ (l)(w)(g)(r)
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Link №2 ✓ ✓ ✕ ✕ ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕ None
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Link №3 ✓ ✓ ✕ ✓ ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕ (w)(g)(r)
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Link №4 ✓ ✓ ✕ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ /ref= (l)(l)(w)(g)(y)(r)
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Link №5 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✕ ✓ ✕ ✕ 465933 (l)(w)(g)(y)(r)
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Link №6 ✓ ✓ ✕ ✕ ✓ ✕ ✓ ✕ (l)(w)(g)(y)
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Link №7 ✕ ✕ ✕ ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕ slackware (l)(w)(r)
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Link №8 ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✓ ✕ (l)(w)(y)
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Resources
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---------
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* https://greasyfork.org/scripts/465933-cleanurls-clean-url-improved
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* https://openuserjs.org/scripts/sjehuda/Clean_URL_Improved
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.. description: Schapps Software
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.. type: text
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Welcome to Schapps Software.
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Welcome to Schapps Software!
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Schapps Software provides a selection of XMPP software, such as bots, tools and utilities.
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Among the collection of software are Blasta, KaikOut, Rivista XJP and Slixfeed.
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Among the collection of software are Blasta, JabberCard, KaikOut, Rivista XJP, Slixfeed and Syndikate.
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Our intention is to promote flexible and portable data sharing and management platforms.
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We are namely focusing on free and open protocols, such as IRC and XMPP.
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Our main platform is XMPP.
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Our main platforms are XMPP, IRC, BitTorrent, and Gemini.
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Our additional platforms are DC, eD2k, Gopher, I2P, LXMF and MQTT.
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We hope you would enjoy the software offered by Schapps.
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Your hosts,
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Schimon and Simone
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113
pages/newspaper.rst
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pages/newspaper.rst
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.. title: Newspaper
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.. slug: newspaper
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.. date: 2024-09-24 00:00:00 UTC
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.. tags: activitystream, atom, ecma, html, json, greasemonkey, news, newspaper, rdf, rss, smf, syndication, xml
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.. link: newspaper
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.. description: View news feeds inside the browser
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.. type: text
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About
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-----
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Newspaper is a Greasemonkey script which renders syndication feeds into
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readable and printable HTML file.
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It supports ActivityStream, Atom, JSON, RDF and RSS syndications.
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If you are using LibreWolf, Waterfox etc., please replace your browser or
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follow the instructions at the bottom of this page in order to make the best
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use of this software.
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Features
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--------
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* Audio player;
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* Beautiful interface;
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* Content filtering;
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* Controllers;
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* Customization of news reader handler;
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* Customization of fonts;
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* Customization of text size;
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* Dark mode;
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* Text direction control.
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What is a Syndication News Feed?
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--------------------------------
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Syndication Feed is a mean for content and media publishers to reach a wider
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audience easily. It allows you to receive information directly without the going
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from site to site.
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Essentially, a feed is a function that allows “Feed Readers” to access multiple
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sites automatically looking for new content and then posting the information
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about new content and updates to another site, mobile app or desktop software at
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the office.
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Feeds provide a way for users to keep up with the latest news, events, package
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and delivery status information posted on different sites such as news sites,
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music sites, content sites (i.e. social networks), torrent indexers and podcasts
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in one spot.
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Instructions for Gecko based browsers
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-------------------------------------
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The following instructions are intended to circumvent the various of
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arbitrary limitations that have been foisted by Mozilla since 2018 to
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attempt to hide the syndication technology from your awareness.
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Read `The RSS deprecation conspiracy <https://diggy.club/articles/mozilla.xhtml#rss>`_
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Get Falkon
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----------
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You are encouraged to install `Falkon browser <https://falkon.org>`_.
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Enable JSON
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-----------
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* Navigate to "about:config".
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* Set "devtools.jsonview.enabled" to "false".
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Enable XML
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----------
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* Install extension `Open in Browser <https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/open-in-browser/>`_
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* Import the following rules via extension preferences.
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.. code:: json
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{
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"mime-mappings": {
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"application/atom+xml": "1text/plain",
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"application/rss+xml": "1text/plain",
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"application/rdf+xml": "1text/plain",
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"application/feed+json": "1text/plain",
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"application/x-atom+xml": "1text/plain",
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"application/x-rss+xml": "1text/plain",
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"application/x-rdf+xml": "1text/plain",
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"application/xml": "1text/plain",
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"text/xml": "1text/plain"
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},
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"sniffed-mime-mappings": {
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"application/atom+xml": "1text/plain",
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"application/rss+xml": "1text/plain",
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"application/rdf+xml": "1text/plain",
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"application/feed+json": "1text/plain",
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"application/x-atom+xml": "1text/plain",
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"application/x-rss+xml": "1text/plain",
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"application/x-rdf+xml": "1text/plain",
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"application/xml": "1text/plain",
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"text/xml": "1text/plain"
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},
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"text-nosniff": false,
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"octet-sniff-mime": true,
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"override-download-type": false
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}
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Resources
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---------
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* https://greasyfork.org/scripts/465932-newspaper-html-feed-reader
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* https://openuserjs.org/scripts/sjehuda/Newspaper
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.. description: Projects from Schapps
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.. type: text
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Privacy
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-------
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`CleanURLs </cleanurls>`_ is a browser extension which removes tracking elements from hyperlinks.
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Syndication
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-----------
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`Newsline </newsline>`_ is a news bar panel for high freqency updates.
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`Newspaper </newspaper>`_ is a feed renderer for HTML browsers.
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XMPP
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----
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`Blasta </blasta>`_ is a collaborative annotation system.
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`BukuBot </bukubot>`_ is a bookmarks bot.
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`JabberCard </jabbercard>`_ is a journal publisher for XMPP which turns XMPP accounts into private sites.
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`KaikOut </kaikout>`_ is a moderation bot.
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`Rivista XJP </rivista>`_ is a journal publisher.
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`Rivista XJP </rivista>`_ is an XMPP PubSub gateway to HTTP news readers.
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`Slixfeed </slixfeed>`_ is a news bot.
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.. title: Rivista
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.. slug: rivista
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.. title: Rivista XJP
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.. slug: rivista-xjp
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.. date: 2024-09-24 00:00:00 UTC
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.. tags: rivista
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.. tags: atom, rivista, syndication, xmpp
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.. link: rivista
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.. description: Journal publisher for XMPP
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.. description: XMPP gateway and journal publisher
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.. type: text
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About
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-----
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Rivista is a lower-cost dynamic site generator, and a gateway for XMPP PubSub.
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Rivista is usable with both, Feed Readers and HTML Browsers.
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It is usable with both, Feed Readers and HTML Browsers.
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Features
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--------
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- Parse XMPP Pubsub Nodes and sends them as Atom Syndication Format or OPML over
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HTTP.
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- Generate Atom syndication feeds (RFC 4287) from XMPP PubSub nodes (XEP-0060).
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- XSLT stylesheets that transform PubSub nodes into XHTML journal sites.
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* Parse XMPP Pubsub Nodes and sends them as Atom Syndication Format or OPML over HTTP.
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Project source is hosted at `git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Rivista <https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Rivista>`_.
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* Generate Atom syndication feeds (RFC 4287) from XMPP PubSub nodes (XEP-0060).
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* XSLT stylesheets that transform PubSub nodes into XHTML journal sites.
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Resources
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---------
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Project source: `git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Rivista <https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Rivista>`_
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Video (PeerTube): https://video.xmpp-it.net/w/vNqcMooy3pqRAZ8Yb8grr1
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Video (magnet link) `magnet:?xt=urn:btih:7feae97d6d836c5bff01eab093867917f1910813 <magnet:?xt=urn:btih:7feae97d6d836c5bff01eab093867917f1910813&dn=Rivista%20XJP%20-%20An%20XMPP%20PubSub%20Content%20Management%20System%201030p.mp4&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Fvideo.xmpp-it.net%3A443%2Ftracker%2Fsocket&tr=https%3A%2F%2Fvideo.xmpp-it.net%2Ftracker%2Fannounce&ws=https://video.xmpp-it.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/f1542678-ad70-4a9b-af4d-1528b3c0b2b6/39955e3b-4b81-441f-9507-5d2b8d245353-1030-fragmented.mp4>`_
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Video (torrent) `rivista_xjp_an_xmpp_pubsub_content_management_system.torrent <https://video.xmpp-it.net/download/torrents/75858dae-75f0-48b9-a130-372c8a6be4f1-1030-hls.torrent>`_
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.. title: Slixfeed News Bot
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.. slug: slixfeed-news-bot
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.. slug: 2024-05-23-slixfeed-news-bot
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.. date: 2024-05-23 16:27:48 UTC
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.. tags: atom, bot, chat, feed, feedparser, jabber, news, python, rdf, rss, slixfeed, slixmpp, syndication, xmpp
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.. category: news
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.. link: slixfeed-news-bot
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.. link: 2024-05-23-slixfeed-news-bot
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.. description: Slixfeed is a news aggregation bot for the XMPP communication network which aims to be easy to use and fully-featured. It provides a convenient access to Blog and News sites.
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.. type: text
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.. title: XMPP News Bots
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.. slug: xmpp-news-bots
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.. slug: 2024-05-23-xmpp-news-bots
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.. date: 2024-05-23 18:38:22 UTC
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.. tags: atom, bot, chat, feed, jabber, news, rss, slixmpp, syndication, xmpp
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.. category: news
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.. link: xmpp-news-bots
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.. link: 2024-05-23-xmpp-news-bots
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.. description: This is a selection of news chat bots for the XMPP network which you might be interested at.
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.. type: text
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AtomToPubsub is a simple script that parses feeds and pushes the entries to a designated XMPP Pubsub Node.
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Proceed to `edhelas/atomtopubsub <https://github.com/edhelas/atomtopubsub>`_
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`edhelas/atomtopubsub <https://github.com/edhelas/atomtopubsub>`_
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err-rssreader
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-------------
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A port of old Brutal's Feed Reader for `Errbot <https://errbot.readthedocs.io/>`_.
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A port of old Brutal's Feed Reader for Errbot.
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Proceed to `errbotters/err-rssreader <https://github.com/errbotters/err-rssreader>`_
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`errbotters/err-rssreader <https://github.com/errbotters/err-rssreader>`_
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`Errbot <https://errbot.readthedocs.io/>`_
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feed-to-muc
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-----------
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feed-to-muc is an XMPP bot which queries newsfeeds and posts the short summary to a XMPP MUC if there is a new article.
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Proceed to `mdosch/feed-to-muc <https://salsa.debian.org/mdosch/feed-to-muc>`_
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`mdosch/feed-to-muc <https://salsa.debian.org/mdosch/feed-to-muc>`_
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Jabber RSS Transport
|
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--------------------
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`Jabber RSS Transport <https://jabberworld.info/Jabber_RSS_Transport>`_ offers a `component <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0114.html>`_ interface which embodies feeds as contacts, which makes it highly efficient to any chat client.
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Jabber RSS Transport offers a component interface which embodies feeds as contacts, which makes it highly efficient to any chat client.
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Proceed to `jabberworld/jrd_rss <https://github.com/jabberworld/jrd_rss>`_
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`jabberworld/jrd_rss <https://github.com/jabberworld/jrd_rss>`_
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`Jabber RSS Transport <https://jabberworld.info/Jabber_RSS_Transport>`_
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`XEP-0114: Jabber Component Protocol <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0114.html>`_
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JabRSS by Christof
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------------------
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A simple syndication headline notification service for Jabber/XMPP.
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Proceed to `dev.cmeerw.org <https://dev.cmeerw.org/Projects/jabrss>`_
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`dev.cmeerw.org <https://dev.cmeerw.org/Projects/jabrss>`_
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`Documentation <https://dev.cmeerw.org/jabrss/Documentation>`_
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JabRSS by Jens W. Wulf
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----------------------
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The code is based on `jabrss@cmeerw.net <https://dev.cmeerw.org/jabrss/Documentation>`_. It was restructured and offers additional features.
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The code is based on JabRSS from Christof. It was restructured and offers additional features.
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Proceed to `jotwewe.de <http://www.jotwewe.de/de/xmpp/jabrss/jabrss_en.htm>`_
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`jotwewe.de <http://www.jotwewe.de/de/xmpp/jabrss/jabrss_en.htm>`_
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Morbot
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------
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Morbo is a simple Slixmpp bot that will take new articles from listed syndication feeds and send them to assigned XMPP MUCs. This bot works best with TinyTinyRSS published articles feeds.
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Proceed to `TheCoffeMaker/Morbot <https://codeberg.org/TheCoffeMaker/Morbot>`_
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`TheCoffeMaker/Morbot <https://codeberg.org/TheCoffeMaker/Morbot>`_
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posts/2024-10-30-addressbook-and-xmpp-roster.rst
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.. title: Contacts Are In Roster And Also In Address Book
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.. slug: 2024-10-30-addressbook-and-xmpp-roster
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.. date: 2024-10-30 8:22:04 UTC
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.. tags: address, addressbook, book, chat, contact, jabber, xmpp
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.. category: journal
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.. link: 2024-10-30-contacts-are-in-roster-and-also-in-address-book
|
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.. description: Not all of your XMPP contacts should be in your roster.
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.. type: text
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|
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Greetings, to one and all!
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|
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I gladly greet you, whether you are in my roster or in my address book or
|
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neither.
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|
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Good news about Convo
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---------------------
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|
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It was yesterday, that Mr. Badri Sunderarajan, the developer of the XMPP chat
|
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client *Convo*, has announced that the download count of Convo has surpassed the
|
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101 count in less than a day after he has published Convo at the repository of
|
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`BananaHackers <https://store.bananahackers.net/#Convo>`_.
|
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|
||||
With no advertising nor marketing, and plenty of foreign attempts to restrict
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XMPP, it is a good display which indicates of the high popularity of XMPP.
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|
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This is indeed good news!
|
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|
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A note about adding of contacts
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-------------------------------
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|
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While I was reading the release notes of the release titled "Channels"
|
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(`Convo 0.1.0 <https://git.disroot.org/badrihippo/convo/releases/tag/0.1.0>`_),
|
||||
I have further noticed, that there is an even earlier release; it is a
|
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pre-release version titled "Early Preview" (Convo 0.1.0-pre1).
|
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|
||||
I was not certain as to how to interpret the following sentence.
|
||||
|
||||
.. epigraph::
|
||||
|
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Keep in mind that you will probably want an extra client to do "advanced"
|
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things like adding a new contact.
|
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|
||||
The XMPP roster has benefits
|
||||
----------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
While the benefits of adding a contact and consequently subscribe to a contact
|
||||
on the XMPP network allows to observe the status of the contact (e.g. online,
|
||||
chatty, away and extended away) and status messages, which may also include
|
||||
music titles of the music that the contact is currently listening to, and even
|
||||
further includes moods and even activities.
|
||||
|
||||
`XEP-0107: Contact Mood <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0107.html>`_
|
||||
|
||||
`XEP-0108: Contact Activity <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0108.html>`_
|
||||
|
||||
The added benefits of the features that are exposed by subscribing to a contact
|
||||
on XMPP are definitely useful, namely for contacts of people that you are either
|
||||
constantly or physically interacted with (i.e. in "real life").
|
||||
|
||||
Otherwise, that information is distracting and you would not want to have that
|
||||
contact in your roster, as it would not be productive.
|
||||
|
||||
A practice which I advocate
|
||||
---------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
To realize the productivity matter, I will describe one of my recent
|
||||
communications.
|
||||
|
||||
For example, in the last period of month, I have been contantly in contact with
|
||||
Kris of `JoinJabber <https://joinjabber.org>`_, who is guiding my efforts towards
|
||||
a new introduction and publishing system for XMPP (`JabberCard </jabbercard>`_);
|
||||
|
||||
Both of us, are in direct contact for over three months, and non of us has ever
|
||||
added the other counterpart to his roster nor shared his subscription with the
|
||||
other, respectively.
|
||||
|
||||
Nevertheless, I did save the XMPP contact of Kris to my address book, and I have
|
||||
also saved the XMPP address of the group chat JoinJabber to my address book too.
|
||||
|
||||
This is the entry which is saved in my computer as filename `joinjabber.vcf`.
|
||||
|
||||
.. code:: ini
|
||||
|
||||
BEGIN:VCARD
|
||||
VERSION:4.0
|
||||
FN:JoinJabber General Chat
|
||||
ORG:JoinJabber
|
||||
TITLE:An inclusive space on the Jabber network
|
||||
URL:https://joinjabber.org
|
||||
NOTE:A landing place for the open federated Jabber community.
|
||||
X-XMPP;TYPE=MUC:xmpp:chat@joinjabber.org?join
|
||||
END:VCARD
|
||||
|
||||
This matter also applies for channels (PubSub nodes) and group chats.
|
||||
|
||||
moparisthebest has said...
|
||||
--------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
.. epigraph::
|
||||
|
||||
I agree, I would go further and say that presence is an antiquated concept
|
||||
that has no place in modern messaging.
|
||||
|
||||
"whether someone is currently online" mattered a ton in 1999 when people would
|
||||
not get your message at all if you sent it when people were offline.
|
||||
|
||||
Today, people will get it whenever they want to get it, and will respond when
|
||||
they want to respond, hence presence is a completely useless concept.
|
||||
|
||||
I would not categorically determine that presence is a completely useless
|
||||
concept, as it has its advantages by knowing when a friend is busy, and it is
|
||||
also useful when engaging with automated software over XMPP (e.g. news bots).
|
||||
|
||||
Conclusion
|
||||
----------
|
||||
|
||||
I maintain a roster which does not exceed 50 contacts.
|
||||
|
||||
Most of my roster contacts are:
|
||||
|
||||
* Family
|
||||
* Local friends
|
||||
* Frequent contacts
|
||||
* Current associates
|
||||
* Sports companions
|
||||
|
||||
And my address book currently has over 3,500 addresses which mostly includes
|
||||
emails, IRC addresses and telephone numbers, and with over 800 contacts with
|
||||
XMPP addresses.
|
||||
|
||||
The interactive benefits of the XMPP roster are useful to the highest extent in
|
||||
history of instant messaging, and yet, as already mentioned, adding contacts to
|
||||
the XMPP roster is mostly useful when those contacts are of your family,
|
||||
friends, local community members, associates and colleagues of your work and of
|
||||
your joint sports activities.
|
||||
|
||||
Other than those and, perhaps, other types that I might have neglected to
|
||||
mention, use an address book as a mean to store addresses of contacts.
|
||||
|
||||
Best regards,
|
||||
|
||||
Schimon
|
||||
|
||||
Appendix
|
||||
--------
|
||||
|
||||
People who I collaborate and communicate with on a weekly basis, without sharing
|
||||
presence. We even communicate via VoIP.
|
||||
|
||||
* Alex of `DenshiSite <https://denshi.org>`_
|
||||
|
||||
* Diggy of `Dig Deeper <http://diggy.club>`_
|
||||
|
||||
* `Hook <https://matija.suklje.name>`_
|
||||
|
||||
* luna of `l4.pm <https://l4.pm>`_
|
||||
|
||||
* magdesign of `PocketVJ <https://fosstodon.org/@pocketvj>`_
|
||||
|
||||
* roughnecks of `WPN <https://blog.woodpeckersnest.space>`_
|
||||
|
||||
* Staff members of `Simplified Privacy <https://simplifiedprivacy.com>`_
|
||||
|
||||
* TheCoffeMaker of `Cyberdelia <https://cyberdelia.com.ar>`_
|
||||
|
||||
* `ThUnD3r|Gr33n <xmpp:thorsten@emevth.no-ip.biz?vcard>`_
|
||||
|
||||
And others...
|
||||
131
posts/2024-10-30-background-software-as-a-routine.rst
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131
posts/2024-10-30-background-software-as-a-routine.rst
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|
|
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|
|||
.. title: Background Software As A Routine
|
||||
.. slug: 2024-10-30-background-software-routine
|
||||
.. date: 2024-10-30 8:22:04 UTC
|
||||
.. tags: atom, bittorrent, chat, cli, console, daemon, gtk, interface, library, liferea, module, rss, server, software, syndication, toolkit, xmpp
|
||||
.. category: journal
|
||||
.. link: 2024-10-30-background-software-as-a-routine
|
||||
.. description: A crucial consideration for independency and longer sustainability.
|
||||
.. type: text
|
||||
|
||||
Good day!
|
||||
|
||||
This post suggests to consider to build software as background software
|
||||
(sometimes referred to as so-called "daemon" or "server") and build, in addition
|
||||
to it, a companion software, which would be utilized as an interface to the
|
||||
background software.
|
||||
|
||||
Liferea and GTK+ toolkit
|
||||
------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
Earlier this week, I was informed, that Mr. Lars Windolf, the maintainer of a
|
||||
popular desktop and office software, Liferea, intends to cease from maintaining
|
||||
it.
|
||||
|
||||
From reading the fourth paragraph of the announcement which was published at
|
||||
`lzone.de <https://lzone.de/liferea/blog/20-years-of-Liferea-and-the-future>`_,
|
||||
I have concluded that the prominent reason, for his intention, is the unexpected
|
||||
maintenance costs and requirements that are consequent to the changes that have
|
||||
been made to the graphical toolkit called GTK+.
|
||||
|
||||
.. epigraph::
|
||||
|
||||
Looking back at those 20 years for me the GNOME ecosystem developed in a way
|
||||
that the maintenance work was ever increasing. The different aspects of this are
|
||||
the major GTK releases causing massive refactorings, continuous API deprecations
|
||||
causing compiler noise and work that does not benefit the features. So every
|
||||
time I was close to dropping the project, the reason always was the GTK
|
||||
development cycle.
|
||||
|
||||
And the paragraph ends with a mention of libxml2.
|
||||
|
||||
.. epigraph::
|
||||
|
||||
This is for example different with another important library for Liferea:
|
||||
libxml2. The API was practically 95% **stable** for 20 years.
|
||||
**Zero maintenance effort!**
|
||||
|
||||
This is not a positive matter, unless lessons will be learnt and measures to
|
||||
avoid such undesirable indicents be practiced.
|
||||
|
||||
FLTK and SDL toolkits
|
||||
---------------------
|
||||
|
||||
FLTK appears to be a viable toolkit for Liferea and other projects of sort.
|
||||
|
||||
So it is for SDL which the Gemini browser
|
||||
`Lagrange <https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/>`_ is built upon.
|
||||
|
||||
Qt toolkit
|
||||
----------
|
||||
|
||||
It has already happened in the past, with other prominent projects such as
|
||||
`LXDE <https://blog.lxde.org/2013/04/25/a-guide-for-porting-gtk-applications-to-qt/>`_
|
||||
which has later formed into `LXQt <https://lxqt-project.org>`_ and
|
||||
`Wiresark <https://blog.wireshark.org/2013/10/switching-to-qt/>`_ which was
|
||||
migrated from GTK+ to Qt due to consequences of decisions that were made for GTK+.
|
||||
|
||||
It will be interesting if The GIMP would also switch to utilizing Qt or FLTK.
|
||||
|
||||
Background mode
|
||||
---------------
|
||||
|
||||
Some software have a good interface, be it command line, console or graphical,
|
||||
and some software have a good core, and some software have both.
|
||||
|
||||
Sometimes, new modules (sometimes referred to as "libraries" so-called), are
|
||||
created and replaced by older modules.
|
||||
|
||||
For example, the XMPP chat client software `PyTalk <http://pytalk.trunat.fr>`_
|
||||
and `Speeue <https://github.com/thepug/Speeqe>`_ are both based on the Python
|
||||
module `xmpppy <http://xmpppy.sourceforge.net>`_; PyTalk offers a Qt interface,
|
||||
and Speeqe offers an HTML interface to interact with people who desire to
|
||||
communicate via the XMPP communication network.
|
||||
|
||||
The module xmpppy is built for version 2 of the computer language Python, which
|
||||
was replaced in favour of the version 3 of the computer language Python, and is
|
||||
not present on most systems nowadays.
|
||||
|
||||
By all means, this does not mean that PyTalk and Speeqe are obsolete, but it
|
||||
does mean that restructure of these software be required in order to easily
|
||||
deploy them on most systems.
|
||||
|
||||
Yet, if Speeqe and PyTalk would have been built into a couple or triple of
|
||||
components (e.g. core, background, and interface), both would have been usable
|
||||
on most systems, even today, provided that the background software be rebuilt or
|
||||
redesigned with a more current module (e.g.
|
||||
`Slixmpp <https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp>`_) instead of xmpppy.
|
||||
|
||||
BitTorrent clents as an example
|
||||
-------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
It is interesting, that BitTorrent software, such as qBittorrent, RTorrent and
|
||||
Transmission, to name just a few, tend to be modular, and are often provided in
|
||||
several forms of background, console and graphical interfaces, and the core is
|
||||
the library that each utilizes to communicate in the protocol BitTorrent.
|
||||
|
||||
A common functionality, that BitTorrent clients have, is remote control, usually
|
||||
via the the protocols HTTP and XMPP.
|
||||
|
||||
There is a variaty of advantages that are realized when background components
|
||||
are made available, one of which is the facilitation of adding functionality for
|
||||
remote control.
|
||||
|
||||
Music On Console
|
||||
----------------
|
||||
|
||||
Another instance, is `MOC (Console audio player) <http://moc.daper.net>`_,
|
||||
which, despite its title, it is compartmentalized into a triple of complonents,
|
||||
a background process, a command-line interface and a console interface to
|
||||
visually interact with it.
|
||||
|
||||
Conclusion
|
||||
----------
|
||||
|
||||
Building software in several modes with, at least, background and interface, is
|
||||
a basic and yet **crucial** consideration in order to ensure the sustainability
|
||||
and independency of projects, and not to be relied on the whims of a toolkit
|
||||
lord.
|
||||
|
||||
Best regards,
|
||||
|
||||
Schimon
|
||||
62
posts/2024-11-22-custom-feed.rst
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62
posts/2024-11-22-custom-feed.rst
Normal file
|
|
@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
|
|||
.. title: Add Custom Feeds To Your Site
|
||||
.. slug: 2024-11-22-custom-feed
|
||||
.. date: 2024-11-22 3:02:09 UTC
|
||||
.. tags: atom, html, json, rdf, rss, server, syndication
|
||||
.. category: journal
|
||||
.. link: 2024-11-22-custom-feed
|
||||
.. description: Utilize your social feed as a news source on your homesite
|
||||
.. type: text
|
||||
|
||||
If you utilize XMPP, OStatus or ActivityPub accounts with services such as
|
||||
Movim, StatusNet, Pleroma, Akkoma, Mitra, GNU Social, Mastodon, SoapBox or
|
||||
others, then you can use your respective syndication feed of your account on
|
||||
your home site, by adding the following HTML lines, respectively.
|
||||
|
||||
While any code would work, it is recommended to use the code with the proper
|
||||
"type" attribute.
|
||||
|
||||
Atom Syndication Format
|
||||
-----------------------
|
||||
|
||||
Most recommended.
|
||||
|
||||
.. code:: xml
|
||||
|
||||
<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Set a title (Atom)" href="https://path/to/file.atom">
|
||||
|
||||
JSON Feed
|
||||
---------
|
||||
|
||||
Lesser recommended.
|
||||
|
||||
.. code:: xml
|
||||
|
||||
<link rel="alternate" type="application/json" title="Set a title (JSON)" href="https://path/to/file.json">
|
||||
|
||||
RDF
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
When applicable.
|
||||
|
||||
.. code:: xml
|
||||
|
||||
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rdf+xml" title="Set a title (RDF)" href="https://path/to/file.rdf">
|
||||
|
||||
RSS
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Least recommended.
|
||||
|
||||
.. code:: xml
|
||||
|
||||
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Set a title (RSS)" href="https://path/to/file.rss">
|
||||
|
||||
Conclusion
|
||||
----------
|
||||
|
||||
You are not limited to your ActivityPub or XMPP accounts, and you can add any
|
||||
source of any account and type that you desire.
|
||||
|
||||
Good luck!
|
||||
|
||||
Schimon
|
||||
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