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authorWilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net>2010-07-04 18:25:05 +0100
committerWilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net>2010-07-04 18:25:05 +0100
commit8eb0b76410b42490028448d22a26647faba6b916 (patch)
tree7dc68b6e0b99f62b96eb70c3fe382dd648340e5f
parentc35143409dfd96e4a8a5de32063e73816b1b8de4 (diff)
Document the base_url setting (for using other Twitter API services).
-rw-r--r--doc/user-guide/commands.xml18
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diff --git a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
index e85dadf4..0cef37ce 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
+++ b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
@@ -483,6 +483,24 @@
</description>
</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>