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1 Rainbow Stream
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10 Terminal-based Twitter Client. Realtime tweetstream, compose, search ,
11 favorite … and much more fun directly from terminal.
12
13 This package is built on the top of `Python Twitter Tool`_ and `Twitter API`_.
14
15 Showcase
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17 Screencast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tykCvPMJq8s
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19 Screenshot:
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21 .. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/master/screenshot/RainbowStream.png
22 :alt: rainbowstream
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24 .. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/master/screenshot/RainbowStreamIOT.png
25 :alt: rainbowstreamIOT
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27 Install
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29
30 You will need Python 2.7+ and pip.
31
32 .. code:: bash
33
34 sudo pip install rainbowstream
35
36 or try with a virtualenv
37
38 .. code:: bash
39
40 sudo pip install virtualenv # skip if you already have virtualenv
41 virtualenv venv
42 source venv/bin/activate # use the brand new virtualenv.
43 pip install rainbowstream
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45 Usage
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47
48 The stream
49 ^^^^^^^^^^
50
51 Just type
52
53 .. code:: bash
54
55 rainbowstream
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57 and see your stream.
58
59 I shipped a feature which can display **tweet's images directly on terminal**.
60 You can try it with:
61
62 .. code:: bash
63
64 rainbowstream -iot # Or rainbowstream --image-on-term
65
66 In the first time you will be asked for authorization of Rainbow Stream
67 app at Twitter. Just click the “Authorize access” button and paste PIN
68 number to the terminal, the rainbow will start.
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70 The interactive mode
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72
73 While your personal stream is continued, you are also ready to tweet,
74 search, reply, retweet… directly from console. Simply type “h” and hit
75 the Enter key to see the help.
76
77 Input is in interactive mode. It means that you can use arrow key to
78 move up and down history, tab-autocomplete or 2 tab to view available
79 suggestion. Input history from previous run is available as well.
80
81 Available commands are listed in `Read The Docs`_.
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83 Theme customization
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85
86 Rainbow Stream is shipped with some default themes.
87 You can either change theme by ``theme`` command or create your favorite one.
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89 Theme’s screenshot:
90
91 - Monokai
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93 .. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/master/screenshot/themes/Monokai.png
94 :alt: monokai
95
96 - Solarized
97
98 .. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/master/screenshot/themes/Solarized.png
99 :alt: solarized
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101 For detaile information, see `theme usage and customization`_.
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103 Bug and feature requests
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105
106 Found a bug or a feature request ?
107 Please `create an issue`_ or contact me at `@dtvd88`_
108
109 Contributing
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111 I appreciate any help and support. Feel free to `fork`_ and `create a pull request`_.
112 You will be listed as contributor.
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114 License
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116
117 Rainbow Stream are released under an MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for
118 details
119
120
121 .. _Python Twitter Tool: http://mike.verdone.ca/twitter/
122 .. _Twitter API: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1
123 .. _create an issue: https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/issues/new
124 .. _@dtvd88: https://twitter.com/dtvd88
125 .. _fork: https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/fork
126 .. _create a pull request: https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/compare/
127 .. _Read The Docs: http://rainbowstream.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
128 .. _config guide: https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/blob/master/theme.md
129 .. _theme usage and customization: https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/blob/master/theme.md