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	twtxt complete
	December 11th, 2017
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	I installed twtxt on ma.sdf.org today. It was easy. I just used
	virtualenv-3.6 to set up a nice ecosystem, then did the pip
	install method in the documentation. After install I ran the
	quickstart. It asked to overwrite my twtxt.txt file (which I had
	backed up) but it turns out it didn't mess with it at all. All
	good there!

	Next I found a list of people to follow as a starting point on
	github [0]. I forked the repo and added a pull request to add my
	name to the list which was promptly accepted (whee!). Installing
	those folks is an easy one-liner at the bottom of the readme.

	Finally, I didn't want to have to log into ma.sdf.org every time
	I wanted to check my timeline, so I added a little alias:

	alias twtxt='ssh -t meta twtxt timeline'

	I have a ssh alias for meta array in my ssh config, so that
	handles it all in one line nicely. Oh! I had to edit the config
	file for twtxt to set the display order to ascending instead of
	the default descending so that the newest messages are at the
	bottom. Now I don't need to worry about passing it to a pager to
	see the latest.

	There's a #twtxt channel on freenode. I informed them of my
	stream, but I haven't seen any responses yet. @elw also set up his
	own twtxt stream, so it's already paying off!

	I have no idea if I'll stick with it or if it'll end up having
	a different feel from Mastodon, but what the hell. It's plain text
	and that's awesome.


	[0] We are twtxt @ mdom's github