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.Dd $Mdocdate$
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.Dt HONK 1
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm honk
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.Nd federated status conveyance
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm honk
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility processes status updates and other microblog activities.
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This is the user manual.
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For administration, see
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.Xr honk 8 .
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.Pp
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2019-08-20 08:19:04 +02:00
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This manual is very incomplete.
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Refer to the text files.
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2019-08-20 20:30:52 +02:00
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.Ss Following
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2019-08-22 06:07:18 +02:00
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In order to receive posts from other users, one must follow them.
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Begin at the
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.Pa honkers
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tab.
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The
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.Ar url
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field is required.
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Either of two forms are accepted, the user's handle (or webfinger) or their
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ActivityPub actor URL.
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The
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.Ar name
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field is optional and will be automatically inferred.
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Examples:
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.Dl @user@example.social
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.Dl https://example.social/users/user
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.Pp
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.Pp
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After following a fellow honker, they may be added to one or more
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.Ic combos .
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These are accessed via the
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.Pa combos
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tab and allow easy access to particular groupings.
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The special combo name of one hyphen
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.Sq -
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will remove a honker's posts from the primary feed.
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.Ss Viewing
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The primary feed is accessed via the home tab, labelled
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.Pa honk .
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It will contain posts from all followed honkers.
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Posts mentioning the user, both followed and not, are collected under the
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.Pa @me
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tab.
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.Pp
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2019-10-02 03:00:08 +02:00
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.Lk screenshot-honk.png screen of one honk
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.Ss Honking
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On the home page and most other pages, there will be a button marked
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.Dq it's honking time
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which activates the honk form.
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.Pp
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The in reply to field is an advanced feature.
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.Pp
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One may attach a file to a post.
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Images are automatically rescaled and reduced in size for federation.
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.Pp
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A limited subset of markdown is supported.
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Bold, italics, and code blocks.
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Mentioning a specfic user
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.Pq @user@example.social
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will send a copy of the message to them.
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When replying, the author of the parent post is automatically mentioned.
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.Ss zonkzone
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Sometimes other users of the federation can get unruly.
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The zonkzone can be of great use to restore order to one's timeline.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr honk 8
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.Sh STANDARDS
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2019-08-22 06:17:08 +02:00
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.Pp
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.Lk https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/ "ActivityPub"
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.Pp
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.Lk https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/ "Activity Vocabulary"
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.Sh HISTORY
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2019-08-22 06:17:08 +02:00
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Started March 2019.
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2019-08-20 07:40:35 +02:00
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.Sh AUTHORS
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Ted Unangst.
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.Sh CAVEATS
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2019-08-22 06:17:08 +02:00
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Not all ActivityPub implementations work the same way.
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2019-08-20 07:40:35 +02:00
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.Sh BUGS
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Only features.
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