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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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## 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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## Contributing
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Anyone is welcome to submit code that fixes problems and improve things.
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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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## 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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```shell
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nikola build
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nikola build
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git checkout -b main
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git checkout -b main
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git add *
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git add *
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git commit -m "Description of action"
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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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git push -u origin main
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```
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```
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.. title: Blasta
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.. title: Blasta
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.. slug: blasta
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.. slug: blasta
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.. date: 2024-09-24 00:00:00 UTC
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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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.. link: blasta
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.. description: The agreeable and cordial civic bookmarking system
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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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Blasta is a collaborative bookmarks manager for organizing online content.
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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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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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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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Blasta does not limit you to save links of certain types; you can save links of
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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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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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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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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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.. 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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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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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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```
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* https://greasyfork.org/scripts/465933-cleanurls-clean-url-improved Greasy Fork
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.. description: Schapps Software
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.. description: Schapps Software
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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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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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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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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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We hope you would enjoy the software offered by Schapps.
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We hope you would enjoy the software offered by Schapps.
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Your hosts,
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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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Greetings, to one and all!
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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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Good news about Convo
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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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This is indeed good news!
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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>`_),
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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.
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> Keep in mind that you will probably want an extra client to do "advanced"
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### The XMPP roster has benefits
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While the benefits of adding a contact and consequently subscribe to a contact
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on the XMPP network allows to observe the status of the contact (e.g. online,
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chatty, away and extended away) and status messages, which may also include
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music titles of the music that the contact is currently listening to, and even
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further includes moods and even activities.
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`XEP-0107: Contact Mood <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0107.html>`_
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`XEP-0108: Contact Activity <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0108.html>`_
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The added benefits of the features that are exposed by subscribing to a contact
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on XMPP are definitely useful, namely for contacts of people that you are either
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constantly or physically interacted with (i.e. in "real life").
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Otherwise, that information is distracting and you would not want to have that
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contact in your roster, as it would not be productive.
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A practice which I advocate
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To realize the productivity matter, I will describe one of my recent
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communications.
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For example, in the last period of month, I have been contantly in contact with
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Kris of `JoinJabber <https://joinjabber.org>`_, who is guiding my efforts towards
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a new introduction and publishing system for XMPP (`JabberCard` </jabbercard>`_);
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Both of us, are in direct contact for over three months, and non of us has ever
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added the other counterpart to his roster nor shared his subscription with the
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other, respectively.
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Nevertheless, I did save the XMPP contact of Kris to my address book, and I have
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also saved the XMPP address of the group chat JoinJabber to my address book too.
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This is the entry which is saved in my computer as filename `joinjabber.vcf`.
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```
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BEGIN:VCARD
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VERSION:4.0
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FN:JoinJabber General Chat
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ORG:JoinJabber
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TITLE:An inclusive space on the Jabber network
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URL:https://joinjabber.org
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NOTE:A landing place for the open federated Jabber community.
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X-XMPP;TYPE=MUC:xmpp:chat@joinjabber.org?join
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END:VCARD
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```
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This matter also applies for channels (PubSub nodes) and group chats.
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moparisthebest has said...
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--------------------------
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> I agree, I would go further and say that presence is an antiquated concept
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> that has no place in modern messaging.
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> "whether someone is currently online" mattered a ton in 1999 when people would
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> not get your message at all if you sent it when people were offline.
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> Today, people will get it whenever they want to get it, and will respond when
|
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> they want to respond, hence presence is a completely useless concept.
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I would not categorically determine that presence is a completely useless
|
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concept, as it has its advantages by knowing when a friend is busy, and it is
|
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also useful when engaging with automated software over XMPP (e.g. news bots).
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Conclusion
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----------
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I maintain a roster which does not exceed 50 contacts.
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Most of my roster contacts are:
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* Family
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* Local friends
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* Frequent contacts
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* Current associates
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* Sports companions
|
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|
And my address book currently has over 3,500 addresses which mostly includes
|
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emails, IRC addresses and telephone numbers, and with over 800 contacts with
|
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XMPP addresses.
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The interactive benefits of the XMPP roster are useful to the highest extent in
|
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history of instant messaging, and yet, as already mentioned, adding contacts to
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|
the XMPP roster is mostly useful when those contacts are of your family,
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friends, local community members, associates and colleagues of your work and of
|
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|
your joint sports activities.
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|
Other than those and, perhaps, other types that I might have neglected to
|
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|
mention, use an address book as a mean to store addresses of contacts.
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|
Best regards,
|
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|
Schimon
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|
Appendix
|
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|
--------
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|
People who I collaborate and communicate with on a weekly basis, without sharing
|
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|
presence. We even communicate via VoIP.
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|
Alex of `DenshiSite <https://denshi.org>`_
|
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|
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|
Diggy of `Dig Deeper <http://diggy.club>`_
|
||||||
|
|
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|
`Hook <https://matija.suklje.name>`_
|
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|
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|
luna of `l4.pm <https://l4.pm>`_
|
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|
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|
magdesign of `PocketVJ <https://fosstodon.org/@pocketvj>`_
|
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|
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|
roughnecks of `WPN <https://blog.woodpeckersnest.space>`_
|
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|
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|
Staff members of `Simplified Privacy <https://simplifiedprivacy.com>`_
|
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|
|
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|
TheCoffeMaker of `Cyberdelia <https://cyberdelia.com.ar>`_
|
||||||
|
|
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|
`ThUnD3r|Gr33n <xmpp:thorsten@emevth.no-ip.biz?vcard>`_
|
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|
|
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|
And others...
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posts/background-software-as-a-routine.rst
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|
.. title: Background Software As A Routine
|
||||||
|
.. slug: background-software-routine
|
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|
.. 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: background-software-as-a-routine
|
||||||
|
.. description: A crucial consideration for independency and longer sustainability.
|
||||||
|
.. type: text
|
||||||
|
|
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|
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+.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
> 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.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
> 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
|
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