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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.
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13 This package is built on the top of `Python Twitter Tool`_ and `Twitter API`_.
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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/RainbowStreamAll.png
22 :alt: rainbowstream
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24 Install
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27 You will need Python 2.7+ and pip.
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29 .. code:: bash
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31 sudo pip install rainbowstream
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33 or try with a virtualenv
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35 .. code:: bash
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37 sudo pip install virtualenv # skip if you already have virtualenv
38 virtualenv venv
39 source venv/bin/activate # use the brand new virtualenv.
40 pip install rainbowstream
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42 Usage
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45 The stream
46 ^^^^^^^^^^
47
48 Just type
49
50 .. code:: bash
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52 rainbowstream
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54 and see your stream.
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56 I shipped a feature which can display **tweet's images directly on terminal**.
57 You can try it with:
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59 .. code:: bash
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61 rainbowstream -iot # Or rainbowstream --image-on-term
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63 In the first time you will be asked for authorization of Rainbow Stream
64 app at Twitter. Just click the “Authorize access” button and paste PIN
65 number to the terminal, the rainbow will start.
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67 The interactive mode
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70 While your personal stream is continued, you are also ready to tweet,
71 search, reply, retweet… directly from console. Simply type “h” and hit
72 the Enter key to see the help.
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74 Input is in interactive mode. It means that you can use arrow key to
75 move up and down history, tab-autocomplete or 2 tab to view available
76 suggestion. Input history from previous run is available as well.
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78 Available commands are listed in `Read The Docs`_.
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80 Theme customization
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83 Rainbow Stream is shipped with some default themes.
84 You can either change theme by ``theme`` command or create your favorite one.
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86 Theme’s screenshot:
87
88 - Monokai
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90 .. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/master/screenshot/themes/Monokai.png
91 :alt: monokai
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93 - Solarized
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95 .. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/master/screenshot/themes/Solarized.png
96 :alt: solarized
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98 - Tomorrow Night
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100 .. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/master/screenshot/themes/TomorrowNight.png
101 :alt: tomorrownight
102
103 - Larapaste
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105 .. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/master/screenshot/themes/larapaste.png
106 :alt: larapaste
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109 For detaile information, see `theme usage and customization`_.
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111 Bug and feature requests
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114 Found a bug or a feature request ?
115 Please `create an issue`_ or contact me at `@dtvd88`_
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117 Contributing
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119 I appreciate any help and support. Feel free to `fork`_ and `create a pull request`_.
120 You will be listed as contributor.
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122 License
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125 Rainbow Stream are released under an MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for
126 details
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128
129 .. _Python Twitter Tool: http://mike.verdone.ca/twitter/
130 .. _Twitter API: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1
131 .. _create an issue: https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/issues/new
132 .. _@dtvd88: https://twitter.com/dtvd88
133 .. _fork: https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/fork
134 .. _create a pull request: https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/compare/
135 .. _Read The Docs: http://rainbowstream.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
136 .. _config guide: https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/blob/master/theme.md
137 .. _theme usage and customization: https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream/blob/master/theme.md