From 8eb0b76410b42490028448d22a26647faba6b916 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net>
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 18:25:05 +0100
Subject: Document the base_url setting (for using other Twitter API services).

---
 doc/user-guide/commands.xml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc/user-guide')

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>
 
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