100 Mastodon myths:
1. Mastodon is hard.
FALSE. It’s a "soft"ware. Not hardware.
2. You have to use Linux to post on Mastodon.
FALSE. FreeBSD and OpenBSD are also supported.
3. You need to learn to use the Vim editor before posting on Mastodon.
FALSE. There’s also an emacs plugin.
4. Mastodon is only for computer nerds.
FALSE. As you can see, we sometimes try to make jokes that everyone could understand.
@tessarakt You mean there are other editors beside #vim? 🤔
You'd normally use "vim /tmp/toot.txt" obviously, then use your instance's API to actually post it 🤡
@madargon Well, there is actually an API (for both Mastodon and some other Fedi stuff, either compatible or different APIs). As well as an official Mastodon python library, which might be overkill, depending what (and how¹) you'd use it for.
One could write a vim (or else…) plugin that would just read the currently open file, or script that uses $EDITOR to open your default editor² to write your post. Then makes HTTP POST request to send it to your instance using the API.
1. I'd recommend against using the library in a text editor plugin, as it makes starting that editor slower. It shouldn't be very hard to make API calls without Mastodon library.
2. The same way git uses the default text editor for commit messages when you 'git commit' without the '-m "Message"' part. It just open the default text editor with a comment/hint and let you write your commit message there. Saving means commit with the message. Quitting cancels commit.
@madargon I'd have to try on newer Mastodon versions without the Mastodon library, but as far as I can remember, it's just HTTP Post requests. curl works for text-only single post.
The script is mainly for EXIF extraction, default hashtags, as well optional stuff and mixing all this shit together.
The library is because I didn't know what features I'd use. Been 4 years that I'm like "I should add multiple images/threads support". Not sure how easy that would be without lib.
@madargon Actually, it has been possible for a long time¹.
While not exactly "from a text editor", I publish photos on my photography account from a script. I guess I could add an optional "Open $EDITOR if the 'description' argument is missing" feature, someday…
https://framagit.org/devnull/mastupload
1. The script doesn't support image's alt yet, because it was written and updated for the last time before image's alt was introduced in Mastodon. I should probably add it someday 🙄
@AVincentInSpace You should really learn to not take everything litterally…
And yes, there's people "still" using vim. It's far from "archaic". "Newer" doesn't mean "better"… Don't over-estimate your technical skills…
People who've spend years maintaining their custom config for vim and have specific plugins that won't "just work" as-is in neovim are not going to abandon vim for nvim and spend time adapting shit for extra-features they don't need, or that have nothing to do on servers (GUIs).
@ploum I was hoping to use vi as my editor of choice.... 
I really cannot see how people think it's hard to use Mastodon on pc or mobile version (eg Tusky on android).
I'm enjoying using it...
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