finish up a bit more manual
Ted Unangst tedu@tedunangst.com
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.Xr honk 8 . .Pp This manual is very incomplete. -Refer to the text files. +It'll get there eventually. .Ss Following -In order to receive posts from other users, one must follow them. +In order to receive regular updates from other users, one must first follow them. Begin at the .Pa honkers tab.@@ -58,30 +58,63 @@ The special combo name of one hyphen
.Sq - will remove a honker's posts from the primary feed. .Ss Viewing -The primary feed is accessed via the home tab, labelled -.Pa honk . +The primary feed is accessed via the home tab. It will contain posts from all followed honkers. Posts mentioning the user, both followed and not, are collected under the .Pa @me tab. .Pp -.Lk screenshot-honk.png screen of one honk +Individual honks contain a visual representation of the honker's ID, +their name, the activity (with a link back to origin), a link to the +parent post if applicable, and the convoy (thread) identifier. +.Pp +.Lk screenshot-honk.png screenshot of one honk .Ss Honking -On the home page and most other pages, there will be a button marked +Begin by pressin button marked .Dq it's honking time -which activates the honk form. -.Pp -The in reply to field is an advanced feature. +to activate the honk form. .Pp One may attach a file to a post. Images are automatically rescaled and reduced in size for federation. +A description, or caption, is encouraged. +Text files are also supported as attachments. .Pp -A limited subset of markdown is supported. -Bold, italics, and code blocks. -Mentioning a specfic user +One may also check in to a location. +The available fields, all optional, are +.Ar name , +.Ar url , +.Ar latitude , +and +.Ar longitude . +By default, location data is rounded to approximately 1/500 decimal degree +accuracy. +Pressing the check in button a second time will refine this to more a +precise location. +.Pp +A limited subset of markdown is supported, including bold, italics, quotes, +and code blocks. +Mentioning a specfic user such as .Pq @user@example.social will send a copy of the message to them. When replying, the author of the parent post is automatically mentioned. +.Pp +Threads from the tiny bird site may be included as quotes in a post via the +.Ar hoot +operator. +.Dl hoot: https://twitter.com/tedunangst/status/835172824734175234 +.Pp +Custom emoji may included via colon wrapping +.Pq :hellsyeah: . +A meme (sticker, reacion gif) may be included with the +.Ar meme +operator. +.Dl meme: honk.mp4 +A full list of emoji and memes may be found in the +.Pa funzone . +.Pp +When everything is at last ready to go, press the +.Dq it's gonna be honked +button. .Ss zonkzone Sometimes other users of the federation can get unruly. The zonkzone can be of great use to restore order to one's timeline.