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Current version: 1.5.3 2024-05-23
This script creates and manages a Markdown-formatted timeline file. The user calls the script with the path to the timeline file as its only argument. From there the user can compose new posts, read previously-written posts, and perform other functions.
Features:
Attachments are stored in a directory called "attachments" in the same location as the timeline file. A directory called ".working" is also created, which is used for internal files as well as storing drafts.
When I used Twitter (before 280 characters became standard), I had a private secondary account that I used as a "rant" account. If I wanted to vent, spam, ramble, or simply write something inappropriate, I would post it there. No-one followed the account, and the account didn't follow anyone. I got used to writing my thoughts as a stream of conscience, necessitated by the fact that each snippet had to be 140 characters or less. I closed that account in early 2017.
The germ of this script formed in mid-2019. I had recently installed the note-taking app Markor on my smartphone and had just finished converting my personal notes to Markdown. Markor has a button in its toolbar that automatically inserts the current date and time into a note. I began to use this feature to write free-form journal entries, but as time passed, I discovered that I missed the specific micro journaling format I had grown accustomed to on Twitter. I decided to write a script to mimic the timeline properties of Twitter, a script I've been developing ever since.
For my own purposes, I consider this script functionally complete.
For purely legal purposes, this script is distributed under the terms of the simplified (2-clause) BSD license.
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[Last updated: 2024-05-27]