Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

i don't know, why can't you do search anymore with the new version?

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

if you use gestures to swipe in new version it shows up, but havn't settled on final arrangement. missed it when i first restructured.
will look into what autocomplete options i have with a gtk.textview

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

i enter a text into the search field, click on the search button and nothing happens..or am i missing something?

...the magnifying lens is the search button, right?

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

i didn't remove the portrait keyboard as such, but it was tied to the old layout. i've started work on putting it in the new layout, and integrating with the textview. at the moment i can type, but not delete yet. once i have that fixed the next version will have it back

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

hit the refresh button. not intuitive i guess, but it's how all the views are updated. search has always worked this way in witter.

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

New version crashed on load for me :-(

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

at the moment i have location toggle on the 'home' screen, to but it next to the tweet field would require a small icon that makes it obvious what it's for.

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

Removed .witter files from /home/user (i may be an idiot) to reset witter and guess what, it's now frozen! :( Did that coz I has set another account as active, and then i couldnt remove it! Anyway, here's the log. Help pls!!

No config file, prompt for uid / pwd
Failed to establish api for Twitter
Failed to establish api for Twitter
failed to read timeline file
failed to read timeline file
failed to read timeline file
/opt/witter/ui/gtkWitter.py:80: GtkWarning: gtk_container_child_set_property: assertion `child->parent == GTK_WIDGET (container)' failed
self.builder.add_from_file("/usr/share/witter/witter.ui")
UI elements loaded from file
signals connected to buttons
Loading Theme Icons
pixbufs loaded for default theme
defining ui buttons
define portrait keyboard objects
define general window
adding button to panned area
time to show the window
pixbufs loaded for default theme
pixbufs loaded for default theme
running tasks: 1
Failed to establish api for Twitter
running tasks: 0
running tasks: 1
Failed to establish api for Twitter
running tasks: 0
running tasks: 1
Failed to establish api for Twitter
running tasks: 0
end refresh setup
setting never rotate
trigger landscape orientation
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/witter/witter.py", line 1232, in <module>
app = Witter()
File "/opt/witter/witter.py", line 205, in __init__
self.activeAccount.setProfileInfo()
File "/home/user/src/witter/fremantle/src/opt/witter/account/account.py", line 143, in setProfileInfo
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'GetUser'
quitting

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

If I read the log right, it means it cant find the .witter files in /home/user ? I thought removing it and reinstalling it should repopulate the files (bring it back to first login state)... Doesnt seem to work that way... hmmm.. What to do.. (ps: no more rm - r for me.. Don't wanna bug you, especially if it's wedding time! :D)

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

I get the exact same error - witter opens now (it didnt on previous version) but the interface is completely frozen and no actual data/posts are displayed, just the headings like "TweeterCount:" etc.

Any ideas? Thanks.

PS.: Is it OK to post these issues/errors here or should we log them elsewhere?

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

oops, that means some of the new code is expecting certain values to always exist, but without a user account setup it clearly doesn't Which was silly of me. I shall try to fix it.
in the mean time you'd have to go back to the extras-testing version to configure the account.

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

ah!! thanks!!

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

in the process, i realized how much faster the app manager is with extra devel disabled!!

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

still no joy for me really miss this app :(

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

As Daniel said, if you want to run the most stable version of witter then uninstall it, disable extras-devel, enable extras-testing, download/install it again - the version there isn't the most recent one but works a treat.

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

doesnt worka treat for me im afraid :( any work around?

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

no. in all twitter apps including the previous version of witter, the search button will initially display the searched items. refreshing it will redisplay the items with new ones, if any. otherwise, what is the search button for. but anyway, the refresh button now displays the intial search items too.

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

The search button switches you to the search view. If you ahve previously searched, or configured a saved search and an auto-refresh then it will show results.
The refresh button is the only way to trigger a manual request to fetch new search results. and has always been that way.
But then, what do I know?...

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

For those that had issues yesterday, if you didn't go back to the testing version and were waiting for a fix. The latest version in devel *should* avoid those issues.
It also brings a new 'profile' view,m if you select a tweet, one of the buttons will load the profile of the person that tweeted, eg picture, tweet count, follower/friend counts, bio etc...

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

One issue with yesterdays version though: I've set the Timeline to be updated every minute... Somehow it gets a lotta tweets together and all of them pop up at one time!

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

i think im gonna have to give up on this till whenever all problems are sorted its doing my head in doing everything im being told and nothing is happening. back to the n97 i go and in the drawer goes the n900 :(

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

nice app! I still find myself missing Gravity on my N97, though.

some suggested improvements:

1) auto-fullscreen/hide menu bar (I'd say hiding the toolbar itslf would be advisable). with a corner key to bring it back like the browser.

2) tap entry to bring up menu to reply, retweet, etc

3) use swiping to change category (timeline to mention, etc)

4) use kinetic "spring" when at top of page to reload/refresh (like Twitter for iPhone)

5) improve/optimize kinetics

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

Daniel, have any changes been made to provide a proper client name instead of API?

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

ah yeah, forgot about that. Fix that, too. want to see 'posted by Witter N900.' :)

Just discovered I can hide the bottom bar, too. Auto-hide the menu, toolbar and update bar by default makes navigation much smoother and takes advantage of the screen res. I'm also down 2-3 clicks on the vol in font size and enjoying it much better.

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

you need to use the other authorization method, I forget what it's called (uauth or something?) to get the app name. It works fine.

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

OAuth. Thank you for posting this.

Daniel - can I request a feature for having the ability to modify the reported client through the configuration file?

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

You could try sticking with Extras? if you have no tolerance for problems, then don't pick up software until it is in the stable repository. The whole point of providing a 3 tier repository system is that you can chose the amount of risk you're prepared to live with.

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

To get to downgrade to the stable version, fire up xterm and issue these commands: (you need rootsh installed)
After that you have the version that is in extras, and it works very well.

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

interesting idea, I guess I could play around and see what I can do with this
double tap an entry does exactly this...? single tap versus scroll start can be difficult for maemo to differentiate so not ideal to map anything to single tap
erm... enable gestures.. it does exactly this
interesting idea, but I don't get any signal for end of scrolling (at least I've not found one), if you can tell me which signal to hook onto, I'll gladly do so
The kinetics is provided by hildon.Panable area. whilst in theory I can try setting some different options, I have zero input into it's optimization. Though it would be great if pymaemo want to optimize all the built in UI stuff for better performance.

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

Twitter doesn't let you do this. The reason witter only shows up when using Oauth is that this is the only way twitter allows an app to show as it's own name, eg the oauth is tied to my app via a key specific to witter. They used to allow any client to simply specify source=whatever, but switched that off ages ago(long before witter was created)

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

I had a feeling they would do that.

Thanks for replying. Is there any way to remove the separator lines for differentiating tweets, or even perhaps changing the style? From "||||||" to something horizontal perhaps?

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

Is it possible to setup multiple tweet searches and also have them cached. I can use this as I have many keyword search which i can set and load it up when i am in wireless range.

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

remove the lines? i spent a long time trying to make it give me some kind of separator, through lots of alternate api calls that should have done it, and the current division is the only thing i got working at all. in theory it's all controlled via 'styles' but i have no idea how to make it do anything i want it to do.

if anyone knows how, feel free to provide code examples

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

i'm not certaing what you mean, but you can perform multiple searches by separating search terms with commas.
eg

#N900, #witter

searches both those terms independantly but shows them in a combined view

currently no support for entirely separate searches, it's an area i'm still thinking about.

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

Does witter store thumbnail images ffrom users in the timeline? Asking because it doesn't refresh when users change thumbnails..

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

Yes witter caches avatars, too save on unnecessary data download (this is a mobile device afterall) In theory if it sees the same avatar 10 times in a given use of witter then it should go re-load the avatar from the URL. One way to force this is to load that specific users timeline in the user history view.

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

Thanks for the tip!:)

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

I am using the Extras Testing (0.3.4 I think). I had a look at the version in Extras Devel but had to down grade as the development version froze on me.

It looked great with the changes to the icons; summery of followers and following; GPS location; etc.

Really looking forward to this reaching Extras Testing any idea of time frame ?

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

excellent. Thanks!

I was thinking it would be contextual and not go to a new screen, but dynamically expand out.

I had them enabled. was kinda jerky (probably a Hildon issue) but also hard to tell what tab you're in. I'd suggest shading the background icons more maybe and maybe looking at longer or more stark transitions

Re: witter - a python twitter client
 

gestures disabled
tweet with location disabled
no service setting
No more users to load
Establishing api for Twitter using basic auth
Establishing api for Twitter using oauth
Connection working ok
Failed to load cached timeline
Failed to load cached timeline
Failed to load cached timeline
/opt/witter/ui/gtkWitter.py:82: GtkWarning: gtk_container_child_set_property: assertion `child->parent == GTK_WIDGET (container)' failed
self.builder.add_from_file("/usr/share/witter/witter.ui")
UI elements loaded from file
signals connected to buttons
Loading Theme Icons
pixbufs loaded for default theme
defining ui buttons
define portrait keyboard objects
define general window
adding button to panned area
time to show the window
pixbufs loaded for Monochrome theme
pixbufs loaded for Monochrome theme
running tasks: 1
getting tweets with Raghukannan
base url = https://twitter.com/
base url of api object = https://twitter.com/
refreshing since21893788404
fetching tweets from https://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.json
running tasks: 2
getting dms
refreshing since21973876763
running tasks: 3
getting mentions
refreshing since21973876763
end refresh setup
setting never rotate
trigger landscape orientation
getting profile info
quitting
reply to RaghuKannan
None
2010-08-24 10:14:31
running tasks: 1
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/threading.py", line 486, in __bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/threading.py", line 446, in run
self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
File "/home/user/src/witter/fremantle/src/opt/witter/witter/refresh_thread.py", line 41, in _start
File "/opt/witter/witter.py", line 907, in getTweetsWrapper
self.activeAccount.getTweets(auto=autoval, older=get_older, get_count=more)
File "/home/user/src/witter/fremantle/src/opt/witter/account/account.py", line 263, in getTweets
File "/home/user/src/witter/fremantle/src/opt/witter/twitter.py", line 1471, in GetFriendsTimeline
return [Status.NewFromJsonDict(x) for x in data]
File "/home/user/src/witter/fremantle/src/opt/witter/twitter.py", line 421, in NewFromJsonDict
if 'user' in data:
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable

hey. Witter fails to load the timeline.