changeset 47:6774859df10b

revised README
author Yoshiki Yazawa <yaz@cc.rim.or.jp>
date Tue, 13 May 2008 18:30:19 +0900
parents e4f8e5708afd
children 42869098eda3
files README
diffstat 1 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/README	Tue May 13 15:02:54 2008 +0900
+++ b/README	Tue May 13 18:30:19 2008 +0900
@@ -9,12 +9,20 @@
 incoming message contains any recipient name or sender name which is
 listed in the each dedicated lists.
 
-*update*
 From version 0.5.0, pidgin-twitter automatically escapes annoying
 "pseudo command" in sending message. A pseudo command is a message
 like "¤Ë¤Û¤ó¤´w" or "....w" and it will be wrongly interpreted as an
 incomplete command message so that twitter gives us an error massage.
 
+*update*
+In version 0.6.0, various new features have been added. Letter counter
+for composing message is useful for keeping track of the length limit
+of twitter message and oops suppression will give users who mainly use
+multi byte characters comfortable twittering. And also, from version
+0.6.0, pidgin-twitter strips any markup elements from sending message,
+so the posts from pidgin-twitter are always kept sane.
+
+
 2. Dependency
 
 This plugin requires pidgin 2.4.0 or newer and glib-2.14.0 or newer.
@@ -59,8 +67,29 @@
 this feature, please uncheck it in the plugin configuration window. I
 recommend you to leave it always enabled.
 
+Letter counter will appear on the format bar in a pidgin conversation
+window. This counter keeps track of length of composing string in
+character since the hard limit of message length is applied by
+character count basis. If the composing message exceeds 140
+characters, the displayed number will turn red to notify the excess.
+This feature is enabled by default. You can disable this via configure
+window.
 
-5. Histroy
+Suppress oops message feature may require explanation. If we send a
+message which is longer than 140 bytes, twitter will send us back an
+oops message to notify the excess of the limit. However, the actual
+limit is computed on internal representation of characters so that the
+messages which does not exceed 140 letters will actually be
+accepted. Suppress oops message feature will silently discards *false*
+oops message in this situation. This feature can also be configured
+via configure window.
+
+Strip markup feature is for keeping posts sane by striping excess
+markup in sending message. This feature is always enabled and cannot
+be configured.
+
+
+5. History
 
 0.4.0 (May 01 2008)
 First public release.
@@ -73,8 +102,12 @@
 resulted in crash.
 
 0.6.0 (In near future in 2008)
-Added letter counter.
-"False positive oops message" suppression has been added. (in progress)
+- Added letter counter.
+- Suppress "False positive oops message" when sending message which
+exceeds 140 bytes but actual length is within 140 characters.
+- pidgin-twitter now strips all markup elements on sending a
+message. This feature prevents this plugin from posting unexpected
+excessively markuped message.
 
 
 6. Acknowledgments
@@ -85,6 +118,10 @@
 The original letter counter has been developed by Dossy Shiobara in
 convcharcount plugin.
 
+In development for 0.6.0, mikanbako (@mikanbako) joined our team and
+contributed numerous efforts. The original strip markup feature has
+been developed by him.
 
-Yoshiki Yazawa (@yazuuchi)
+
+Yoshiki Yazawa (@yazuuchi) and the pidgin-twitter team
 yaz@honeyplanet.jp