Changeset 8eb0b76

Timestamp:

2010-07-04T17:25:05Z (14 years ago)

Author:

Wilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@…>

Branches:

master

Children:

00540d4

Parents:

c351434

Message:

Document the base_url setting (for using other Twitter API services).

File:

• doc/user-guide/commands.xml (modified) (1 diff)

doc/user-guide/commands.xml

@@ -484 +484 @@
         </bitlbee-setting>
 
+        <bitlbee-setting name="base_url" type="string" scope="account">
+                <default>http://twitter.com</default>
+
+                <description>
+                        <para>
+                                There are more services that understand the Twitter API than just Twitter.com. BitlBee can connect to all Twitter API implementations.
+                        </para>
+
+                        <para>
+                                For example, set this setting to <emphasis>http://identi.ca/api</emphasis> to use Identi.ca.
+                        </para>
+
+                        <para>
+                                Keep two things in mind: When not using Twitter, you <emphasis>must</emphasis> also disable the <emphasis>oauth</emphasis> setting as it currently only works with Twitter. If you're still having issues, make sure there is <emphasis>no</emphasis> slash at the end of the URL you enter here.
+                        </para>
+                </description>
+        </bitlbee-setting>
+
         <bitlbee-setting name="buddy_sendbuffer" type="boolean" scope="global">
                 <default>false</default>