Thecomposekey(a.k.a.MultiKey)isamassivelyusefuland(unfortunately)forgottenfeature.Itletsyoutypeakeyboardsequenceeg.<Multi_Key><t><m>anditinsertsaspecialcharacter:™.
Thisbotregularlytootsoneofthosesequencestoamastodonaccountsothateveryonecanappreciatethem.
Thesequencesused,arestandardonmodernlinuxsystems.However,thecompose/multikeyisusuallynotmappedonmostkeyboards.Withxmodmap,itcanbemappedtoararelyusedkeylikemenuorcapslock.Onwindowssystems,thereisWinComposetogetsimilarresults.
UsagecompoBotcanbeusedfromshellordocker.Theprerequisitsareminimal:sqlite3,curlandthestandardtools.
Itisconfiguredbyenvironmentvariableswichmaybesetinafilecalledenv.
VariableDefaultDescriptiondatabase./compobot.db3(/data/compobot.db3onDocker)DatabasefileminWait43200(=12h)MinimumrandomtimetowaitbetweentootsinsecondsmaxWait86400(=24h)MaximumrandomtimetowaitbetweentootsinsecondsmtdVisibilitydirectPrivacysettingforthetoot¹(publicunlistedprivatedirect)mtdApihttps://mastodon.example/api/v1/statusesAPIendpointtosentstatuses²mtdTokenINSERT-YOUR-BEARER-TOKENAPIauthentication²¹)https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/status/²)https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/apps/#create-an-application
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