rtv 1.16.0

A simple terminal viewer for Reddit (Reddit Terminal Viewer)

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RTV (Reddit Terminal Viewer)
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| RTV provides an interface to view and interact with reddit from your terminal.
| It's compatible with *most* terminal emulators on Linux and OS X.

.. image:: http://i.imgur.com/9utJir2.png

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| RTV is built in **python** using the **curses** library.

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* `Demo`_
* `Installation`_
* `Usage`_
* `Settings`_
* `FAQ`_
* `Contributing`_
* `License`_

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Demo
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.. image:: http://i.imgur.com/aNZWxnW.gif

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Installation
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Python package
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RTV is available on `PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rtv/>`_ and can be installed with pip:

.. code-block:: bash

$ pip install rtv

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Native packages
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**macOS**

.. code-block:: bash

$ brew install rtv

**Arch Linux**

.. code:: bash

$ # Install the latest official release
$ yaourt -S rtv
$ # Or to keep up to date with the master branch
$ yaourt -S rtv-git

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Usage
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To run the program, type

.. code-block:: bash

$ rtv --help

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Controls
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Move the cursor using either the arrow keys or *Vim* style movement

- Press ``up`` and ``down`` to scroll through submissions
- Press ``right`` to view the selected submission and ``left`` to return
- Press ``space`` to expand/collapse comments
- Press ``u`` to login
- Press ``?`` to open the help screen

Press ``/`` to open the navigation prompt, where you can type things like

- ``/front``
- ``/r/commandprompt+linuxmasterrace``
- ``/r/programming/controversial-week``
- ``/u/me``
- ``/u/multi-mod/m/art``
- ``/domain/github.com``

See `CONTROLS <https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/blob/master/CONTROLS.rst>`_ for the full list of commands

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Settings
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Configuration
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Configuration files are stored in the ``{HOME}/.config/rtv/`` directory

See `rtv.cfg <https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/blob/master/rtv/templates/rtv.cfg>`_ for the full list of configurable options. You can clone this file into your home directory by running

.. code-block:: bash

$ rtv --copy-config

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Media
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You can use `mailcap <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type#Mailcap>`_ to configure
how RTV will open different types of links

.. image:: http://i.imgur.com/ueQ3w0P.gif

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| A mailcap file allows you to associate different MIME media types, like ``image/jpeg`` or ``video/mp4``, with shell commands.

This feature is disabled by default because it takes a a few extra steps to configure. To get started, copy the default mailcap template to your home directory.

.. code-block:: bash

$ rtv --copy-mailcap

This template contains examples for common MIME types that work with popular reddit websites like *imgur*, *youtube*, and *gfycat*. Open the mailcap template and follow the `instructions <https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/blob/master/rtv/templates/mailcap>`_ listed inside.

Once you've setup your mailcap file, enable it by launching rtv with the ``rtv --enable-media`` flag (or set it in your **rtv.cfg**)

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Environment
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RTV will respect the following environment variables when accessing external programs

``$BROWSER``
Submission links will be opened inside of your web browser. On most systems, the default web browser will pop up in a new window. If you prefer the complete terminal experience, try using a console-based web browser (`w3m <http://w3m.sourceforge.net/>`_, `lynx <http://lynx.isc.org/>`_, and `elinks <http://elinks.or.cz/>`_ are all good choices).
``$PAGER``
Extra long comments and submissions can be opened using the system's pager.
``$RTV_EDITOR``
Composing posts and replying to comments is done using your preferred text editor. If not specified, the default system ``$EDITOR`` (or *nano*) will be used.
``$RTV_URLVIEWER``
A url viewer is a tool that can be used to extract hyperlinks from inside of blocks of text. `urlview <https://github.com/sigpipe/urlview>`_ and `urlscan <https://github.com/firecat53/urlscan>`_ are known to be compatible with rtv. These applications don't come pre-installed, but are available through most systems' package managers.

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Copy
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RTV supports copying submission links to the OS clipboard. For macOS it is supported out of the box,
in Linux systems RTV will need `xsel <http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/>`_ or `xclip <https://sourceforge.net/projects/xclip/>`_ commands to be installed in the system.

===
FAQ
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Why am I getting an error during installation/when launching rtv?
If your distro ships with an older version of python 2.7 or python-requests,
you may experience SSL errors or other package incompatibilities. The
easiest way to fix this is to install rtv using python 3. If you
don't already have pip3, see http://stackoverflow.com/a/6587528 for setup
instructions. Then do

.. code-block:: bash

$ sudo pip uninstall rtv
$ sudo pip3 install -U rtv

Why do I see garbled text like ``M-b~@M-"`` or ``^@``?
Quick fix
Try starting RTV in ascii-only mode with ``rtv --ascii``

Explanation
This type of text usually shows up when python is unable to render
unicode properly.

1. Make sure that the terminal/font that you're using supports unicode
2. Try `setting the LOCALE to utf-8 <https://perlgeek.de/en/article/set-up-a-clean-utf8-environment>`_
3. Your python may have been built against the wrong curses library,
see `here <stackoverflow.com/questions/19373027>`_ and
`here <https://bugs.python.org/issue4787>`_ for more information

How do I run the code directly from the repository?
This project is structured to be run as a python *module*. This means that in
order to resolve imports you need to launch using python's ``-m`` flag.
This method works for all versions of python. See the example below, which
assumes that you have cloned the repository into the directory
**~/rtv_project**.

.. code-block:: bash

$ cd ~/rtv_project
$ python3 -m rtv

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Contributing
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All feedback and suggestions are welcome, just post an issue!

Before writing any code, please read the `Contributor Guidelines <https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst>`_.

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License
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This project is distributed under the `MIT <https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/blob/master/LICENSE>`_ license.


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