'''https://twtxt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/twtxtfile.html%|%twtxt%|%''' is a minimalist news feed file format and protocol for sharing status updates. You can compare it to [RSS], https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_protocol%|%Finger%|%, and a decentralized [Twitter].
A twtxt '''feed''' is a text file that looks like this.
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2016-02-04T13:30:00+01:00 You can really go crazy here! ┐(ﾟ∀ﾟ)┌
2016-02-03T23:05:00+01:00 @<example http://example.org/twtxt.txt> welcome to twtxt!
2016-02-01T11:00:00+01:00 This is just another example.
2015-12-12T12:00:00+01:00 Fiat lux!
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twtxt feeds often include [emoji], which can cause problems for standard builds of Tcl 8.
** Tcl library **
&| What | twtxt.tcl |&
&| Where | https://gitlab.com/dbohdan/twtxt.tcl |&&| Description | This repository contains a basic [Tk]-based viewer for twtxt feeds, and twtxt parser libraryies for: <<br>> — Parsing twtxt (Tcl 8.5+ (with partial support for [Jim Tcl]),; and a li<<brary>> for— dDisplaying emoji in a [text] widget in Tcl/Tk builds that do not support them natively (Tcl 8.6.10+); <<br>> — Reading files from the local filesystem and [HTTP%|%HTTP(S)], [Gopher], and [Gemini] servers in a uniform manner (Tcl 8.5+). |&
&| License | MIT |&
** Competition **
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub%|%ActivityPub%|%
* https://www.jsonfeed.org/%|%JSON Feed%|%
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OStatus%|%OStatus%|%
* [RSS] and Atom
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