@@ -196,12+196,16 @@ Specify the action which you want to perform\&. Valid options are "update" to se
\fB\-\-user screenname\fR
.RS 4
Specify the user you want to see his/her messages while the action is "user"\&.
\fB\-\-user screenname\fR
.RS 4
Specify the user you want to see his/her messages while the action is "user"\&.
+.sp
+If no screenname is specified, the default is account name\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-host HOST_NAME\fR
.RS 4
Specify the host which you want to send your message to\&. Valid options are "twitter" to send to twitter\&.com and "identica" to send to identi\&.ca\&.
.sp
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-host HOST_NAME\fR
.RS 4
Specify the host which you want to send your message to\&. Valid options are "twitter" to send to twitter\&.com and "identica" to send to identi\&.ca\&.
.sp
+If you want to send the message to a custom laconi\&.ca installation, you should specify the API URI\&. For example identi\&.ca\'s URI is: https://identi\&.ca/api/statuses\&.
+.sp
If no host is specified, the default is to send to twitter\&.com\&.
.RE
.PP
If no host is specified, the default is to send to twitter\&.com\&.
.RE
.PP
@@ -229,11+233,21 @@ Currently, only http://2tu\&.us/ is used as a URL shrinking service\&.
Print a whole bunch of debugging messages to stdout\&.
.RE
.PP
Print a whole bunch of debugging messages to stdout\&.
.RE
.PP
+\fB\-\-page PAGENUMBER\fR
+.RS 4
+When the action is to retrieve updates, it usually retrieves only one page\&. If this option is used, the page number can be specified\&.
+.RE
+.PP
\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR
.RS 4
Performs all steps that would normally be done for a given action, but will not connect to the service to post or retrieve data\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR
.RS 4
Performs all steps that would normally be done for a given action, but will not connect to the service to post or retrieve data\&.
.RE
.PP
+\fB\-\-verbose\fR
+.RS 4
+Verbose mode
+.RE
+.PP
\fB\-\-bash\fR
.RS 4
Add the working directory and a \'$\' in the tweet message to help specify it is coming from a command line\&. Don\'t put the working directory and the \'$\' in the tweet message\&.
\fB\-\-bash\fR
.RS 4
Add the working directory and a \'$\' in the tweet message to help specify it is coming from a command line\&. Don\'t put the working directory and the \'$\' in the tweet message\&.
@@ -280,12+294,12 @@ The twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca account name you wish to use to send this messa
The twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca password for the account you wish to use to send this message with\&.
.RE
.PP
The twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca password for the account you wish to use to send this message with\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-\-action action\fR
+\fBaction action\fR
.RS 4
Specify the action which you want to perform\&. Valid options are "update" to send a message, "friends" to see your friends timeline, "public" to track public timeline, "replies" to see replies to your messages and "user" to see a specific user\'s timeline\&.
.RE
.PP
.RS 4
Specify the action which you want to perform\&. Valid options are "update" to send a message, "friends" to see your friends timeline, "public" to track public timeline, "replies" to see replies to your messages and "user" to see a specific user\'s timeline\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-\-user screenname\fR
+\fBuser screenname\fR
.RS 4
Specify the user you want to see his/her messages while the action is "user"\&.
.RE
.RS 4
Specify the user you want to see his/her messages while the action is "user"\&.
.RE
@@ -293,6+307,8 @@ Specify the user you want to see his/her messages while the action is "user"\&.
\fBhost\fR
.RS 4
The host you want to use to send the message to\&. Valid options are either "twitter" or "identica" to send to twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca respectively\&.
\fBhost\fR
.RS 4
The host you want to use to send the message to\&. Valid options are either "twitter" or "identica" to send to twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca respectively\&.
+.sp
+If you want to send the message to a custom laconi\&.ca installation, you should specify the API URI\&. For example identi\&.ca\'s URI is: https://identi\&.ca/api/statuses\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBproxy\fR
.RE
.PP
\fBproxy\fR
@@ -310,6+326,11 @@ The logfile name for bti to write what happened to\&. This file is relative to t
Setting this variable to \'true\' or \'yes\' will enable the URL shrinking feature\&. This is equivalent to using the \-\-shrink\-urls option\&.
.RE
.PP
Setting this variable to \'true\' or \'yes\' will enable the URL shrinking feature\&. This is equivalent to using the \-\-shrink\-urls option\&.
.RE
.PP
+\fBverbose\fR
+.RS 4
+Setting this variable to \'true\' or \'yes\' will enable the Verbose mode\&.
+.RE
+.PP
There is an example config file called
\FCbti\&.example\F[]
in the source tree that shows the structure of the file if you need an example to work off of\&.
There is an example config file called
\FCbti\&.example\F[]
in the source tree that shows the structure of the file if you need an example to work off of\&.
@@ -332,4+353,5 @@ For example, command line options always override any config file option, or any
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
Written by Greg Kroah\-Hartman
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
Written by Greg Kroah\-Hartman
-\FCgreg@kroah\&.com\F[]\&.
+<\FCgreg@kroah\&.com\F[]> and Amir Mohammad Saied
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