'''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.
======none
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!
======

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 libraries for: <<br>> — Parsing twtxt (Tcl 8.5+ with partial support for [Jim Tcl]); <<br>> — Displaying 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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