Xpostulate v0.2

I've made a ton of improvements and added various features to Xpostulate since posting here in reference thereto.

I've programmed in xml-rpc posting, and added Wordpress, Inksome, and Scribbld, so it now posts to LiveJournal, InsaneJournal, Dreamwidth, DeadJournal, Iziblog, and the above mentioned 3.

I've also customized the script running on my own machine, to post to my custom wordpress installation on baldwinsoftware.com/blog, which means I'll be able to write than in for users rather easily (not posting to MY blog, but to their own wordpress installations, of course).

I've also fixed the identi.ca denting and twitter tweeting to use Tcl's own HTTP library, rather than calling cURL. This facilitates installation and use on Windows, mostly, but also, it's good that now Xpostulate is completely, 100% tcl/tk, without calling outside resources to perform any of its functions.

Today I built install wizards for both Linux and Windows. This was probably hardly necessary for most Linux users, since the installer hardly does much different from the install.sh script (well, except the install.sh installs to /usr/local/bin, and, thus, must be run as root, while the installer can be run as users, installing to the user's /home). The Windows installer, however, will significantly simplify installation for Windows users.

Now, I still have to figure out the google api for posting to blogger, so I can post to this blogspto/blogger blog.
I'm also considering adding a feature for updating facebook status, as well...maybe sometime later this week.

I'm rather impressed with myself, I must say, being an old, creEpy guy with no computer classes or formal technology training. For me, Xpostulate is immensely useful, and, when I think that I programmed it, and that others are using it, too, well, I feel pretty smug and content with myself.

Sometimes I'm so awesome, I can't stand myself...

:P

./tony

dent, tweet, xpost - all in one

Tweeting and Denting are now incorporated within the eXpostulate interface, so you can really annoy all your online friends, by x-xposting to 4 distinct blogging services, & denting and tweeting to announce your new articles!

At this moment, the denting/tweeting is still using curl, however, which is only native to * nix systems (should work on lin/bsd/mac without further configuration, but win users will have to install curl, which can be done, of course).

I will be attempting to work out tweeting/denting with tcl's own http post method. I've tried a few times, but unsuccessfully, so far. Need to log on to #tcl at freenode and get some help, or something.

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posted with eXpostulate

eXp0stulate

I've decided to take the code from TclTherapy (insanejournal client), and TkLJ (livejournal client), and join them together, adding functionality for DreamWidth and deadjournal, as well.
I have successfully merged the code, and X-posted to three of the above mentioned blogging services (I don't have a deadjournal).



I'll be calling this new bit of hackery
"eXp0stulate",
since it x-posts.
I'd like to add wordpress and blogger funcationality (especially since THIS blog is on blogger), but I believe that will require my learning to get this thing to write out an xml file and play nice with the xml-rpc protocol, rather than just sending a flat entry via http post.
Not sure...either way, it's just a matter of time.

I also want to get it to download and edit older posts.
I have a full TODO list on the eXpostulate wiki page.