bti-shrink-urls converts URLs to a shorter form using a web service.
</para>
<para>
- Currently only http://2tu.us/ is supported.
+ Currently http://2tu.us/ (default) and http://bit.ly / http://j.mp are supported.
</para>
</refsect1>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1><title>CONFIGURATION</title>
+ <para>
+ bti-shrink-urls is configured by setting some values in ~/.bti:
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>shrink_host</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Possible values: 2tu.us (default), bit.ly, j.mp
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>shrink_bitly_login</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ API login for bit.ly, j.mp, required if shrink_host is set to bit.ly or j.mp.
+ See https://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>shrink_bitly_key</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ API key for bit.ly, j.mp, required if shrink_host is set to bit.ly or j.mp.
+ See https://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
<refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
<para>Written by Bart Trojanowski <email>bart@jukie.net</email>.</para>
</refsect1>
#user=gregkh
#proxy=http://localhost:8080
#shrink-urls=yes
+# Example of using bit.ly in bti-shrink-urls
+#shrink_host=bit.ly
+#shrink_bitly_login=bitlyuser
+#shrink_bitly_key=R_deadbeef
more suitable for micro-blogging.
</para>
<para>
- Currently, only http://2tu.us/ is used as a URL shrinking service.
+ The following URL shrinking services are available:
+ http://2tu.us/ (default) and http://bit.ly / http://j.mp
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ See the documentation for bti-shrink-urls for the configuration options.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>