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| author | nytpu <alex@nytpu.com> | 2021-03-22 08:29:05 -0600 |
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| committer | nytpu <alex@nytpu.com> | 2021-03-22 08:29:05 -0600 |
| commit | 76a10a7b9994fe75ea29848a7bd7993be255210f (patch) | |
| tree | 611f88057124743ed467eb0b0fd43b215a9acbe5 /doc/quickstart.md | |
| parent | d3d181e8fab585d5bf40beaafeafd00780a09b0a (diff) | |
update documentation to include new header.gmi
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/quickstart.md | 37 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/quickstart.md b/doc/quickstart.md index 4c44f78..d50a350 100644 --- a/doc/quickstart.md +++ b/doc/quickstart.md @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ home directory, you can instead find the binary and man page in `build/` after running `make`. You can then copy or symlink `comitium` to your preferred bin directory and you can access the man page with `man -l build/comitium.1`. +Prebuilt binraies are also available, but they are x86-64 only and for a limited +number of operating systems, so it is preferable for you to build it yourself, +if possible. + [README]: README.md @@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ directory and you can access the man page with `man -l build/comitium.1`. Once you have the binary all set up, you need figure out where you want your data directory to be. If you're serving from `~/public_gemini` or something like -that, then just put `export $COMITIUM_DATA="~/public_gemini"` in your shell's rc +that, then just put `export COMITIUM_DATA="~/public_gemini"` in your shell's rc file and the files will all be set up there. If you're serving from `/var/gemini` or something similar where the directory is @@ -51,6 +55,31 @@ currently in and run `comitium add` for each of them. [man]: comitium.1.scd +### customizing header + +You can customize the header of your feed.gmi. Simply create a file called +`header.gmi` in your data directory (where your `comitium.json`, `feed.gmi`, and +`subscriptions.gmi` are) and put whatever you want in it. The line linking to +`subscriptions.gmi` and listing the number of subscriptions will be placed after +the contents of `header.gmi`, separated by one newline. + +For example, if `header.gmi` contains: + +``` +# my aggregator +``` + +then the final `feed.gmi` will contain: + +``` +# my aggregator + +=> subscriptions.gmi Currently aggregating X capsules, gopherholes, and websites. + +Generated on ... +``` + + ### refreshing regularly I just put it in my crontab to refresh on a six hour interval: @@ -62,9 +91,9 @@ If you set the data directory with an environment variable like mentioned earlier, make sure to do something like this, because the environment variable isn't passed to cron: ``` -0 */6 * * * /usr/local/bin/comitium refresh -d /home/somebody/public_gemini +0 */6 * * * /home/somebody/bin/comitium refresh -d /home/somebody/public_gemini ``` -And there you go! You're all set up, now just browse to `feeds.gmi` and get to -browsin'! +And there you go! You're all set up, now just open up your favorite Gemini +browser, navigate to `feeds.gmi`, and get to surfin'! |
