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NAME

nixt - NIXT

SYNOPSIS

nixt <cmd> [key=val] [key==val]
nixt -cvaw [init=mod1,mod2]
nixt -d
nixt -s

DESCRIPTION

NIXT has all you need to program a unix cli program, such as disk perisistence for configuration files, event handler to handle the client/server connection, deferred exception handling to not crash on an error, etc.

NIXT contains python3 code to program objects in a functional way. it provides an “clean namespace” Object class that only has dunder methods, so the namespace is not cluttered with method names. This makes storing and reading to/from json possible.

NIXT is a python3 IRC bot, it can connect to IRC, fetch and display RSS feeds, take todo notes, keep a shopping list and log text. You can run it under systemd for 24/7 presence in a IRC channel.

NIXT is Public Domain.

INSTALL

installation is done with pipx

$ pipx install nixt
$ pipx ensurepath

<new terminal>

$ nixt srv > nixt.service
$ sudo mv nixt.service /etc/systemd/system/
$ sudo systemctl enable nixt --now

joins #nixt on localhost

USAGE

use nixt to control the program, default it does nothing

$ nixt
$

see list of commands

$ nixt cmd
cfg,cmd,dne,dpl,err,exp,imp,log,mod,mre,nme,
pwd,rem,req,res,rss,srv,syn,tdo,thr,upt

start console

$ nixt -c

start console and run irc and rss clients

$ nixt -c init=irc,rss

list available modules

$ nixt mod
err,flt,fnd,irc,llm,log,mbx,mdl,mod,req,rss,
rst,slg,tdo,thr,tmr,udp,upt

start daemon

$ nixt -d
$

start service

$ nixt -s
<runs until ctrl-c>

COMMANDS

here is a list of available commands

cfg - irc configuration
cmd - commands
dpl - sets display items
err - show errors
exp - export opml (stdout)
imp - import opml
log - log text
mre - display cached output
pwd - sasl nickserv name/pass
rem - removes a rss feed
res - restore deleted feeds
req - reconsider
rss - add a feed
syn - sync rss feeds
tdo - add todo item
thr - show running threads
upt - show uptime

CONFIGURATION

irc

$ nixt cfg server=<server>
$ nixt cfg channel=<channel>
$ nixt cfg nick=<nick>

sasl

$ nixt pwd <nsnick> <nspass>
$ nixt cfg password=<frompwd>

rss

$ nixt rss <url>
$ nixt dpl <url> <item1,item2>
$ nixt rem <url>
$ nixt nme <url> <name>

opml

$ nixt exp
$ nixt imp <filename>

PROGRAMMING

nixt has it’s modules in the package, so edit a file in nixt/modules/<name>.py and add the following for hello world

def hello(event):
    event.reply("hello world !!")

nixt uses loading on demand of modules and has a tbl command to generate a table.

$ nixt tbl > nixt/modules/tbl.py

nixt can execute the hello command now.

$ nixt hello
hello world !!

Besides creating a table for loading on demand, the tbl command also created md5sum of the available plugins. The md5 command calculates this checksum, you can use this value to check if the modules are what you are thinking they are. Put the checsum in the program in the CHECKSUM variable.

Commands run in their own thread and the program borks on exit, output gets flushed on print so exceptions appear in the systemd logs. Modules can contain your own written python3 code, see the nixt/modules directory for examples.

FILES

~/.nixt
~/.local/bin/nixt
~/.local/pipx/venvs/nixt/*

AUTHOR

Bart Thate <nixtniet@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT

NIXT is Public Domain.

Development Status
- 3 - Alpha
Operating System
- Unix
Programming Language
- Python :: 3
Topic
- Utilities

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