pyhn 0.3.11

Description:

pyhn 0.3.11

Hacker news in your terminal.

Don’t be worry about your IP. Pyhn is not aggressive, it uses cache.

Cache manager
Customize all the colors
Customize all the keybinds
Default vim-like keybindings
Compatible with Top, Ask, Show and Job stories
Auto refresh support
Play nice with tmux and screen (over ssh too!)
Open storiers in your commandline web browser
Mouse support
Easily installable
Easily hackable
Ultra fast
Python 2 and 3
MIT license


Installation
Using pip:
pip install pyhn
Run it:
pyhn

Arch Linux
pyhn is available in the AUR.



Usage
Use help for all key bindings:

h, ?: Print help popup



Configuration
By default, configuration file is in your $HOME/.pyhn/config.
You can set key bindings, colors and more.
This is an example file:
[keybindings]
open_story_link = S,enter
show_story_link = s
open_comments_link = C
show_comments_link = c
open_user_link = U
show_user_link = u
up = j
down = k
page_up = ctrl d
page_down = ctrl u
first_story = g
last_story = G
refresh = r,R
reload_config = ctrl r,ctrl R

newest_stories = n
top_stories = t
best_stories = b
show_stories = d
show_newest_stories = D
ask_stories = a
jobs_stories = J

[settings]
cache = /home/socketubs/.pyhn/cache
cache_age = 5
# Refresh interval in minutes (default: 5. minimum: 1)
refresh_interval = 5
browser_cmd = __default__

[colors]
body = default|
focus = white,bold|dark cyan
footer = black|light gray
footer-error = dark red,bold|light gray
header = black,bold|light gray
title = dark red,bold|light gray
help = black,standout|dark cyan

Settings

cache_age is a minute indicator which say to CacheManager when cache is outdated
browser_cmd is a bash command which will be use to open links

Examples:
browser_cmd = lynx __url__
browser_cmd = __default__
browser_cmd = w3m __url__
browser_cmd = echo "[INFO] Open with w3m: __url__" >> /tmp/pyhn.log && w3m __url__


Key bindings
You can set different key bindings for same action with a comma separator.
Take a look at urwid input manual.


Colors
Colors options are designed like that: foreground|background|monochrome.
foreground

colors: ‘default’ (use the terminal’s default foreground), ‘black’, ‘dark red’, ‘dark green’, ‘brown’, ‘dark blue’, ‘dark magenta’, ‘dark cyan’, ‘light gray’, ‘dark gray’, ‘light red’, ‘light green’, ‘yellow’, ‘light blue’, ‘light magenta’, ‘light cyan’, ‘white’
settings: ‘bold’, ‘underline’, ‘blink’, ‘standout’

background

colors: ‘default’ (use the terminal’s default background), ‘black’, ‘dark red’, ‘dark green’, ‘brown’, ‘dark blue’, ‘dark magenta’, ‘dark cyan’, ‘light gray’

monochrome

settings : ‘bold’, ‘underline’, ‘blink’, ‘standout’

For more informations you can take a look at urwid manual.



License
License is MIT. See LICENSE.