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toot - Mastodon CLI & TUI
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Timelines and read status #396

Open ffaf1 opened 1 year ago

ffaf1 commented 1 year ago

When I browse my timeline (toot tui) I sometimes would like a “those toots are new” or “you have already read this” or “you have read until here ←” marker.

My workaround as now is to slap a ★ on the first message after each toot tui session, so I know what is new next time I invoke toot tui.

I wonder if I am using mastodon correctly — rather, whether I correctly understood mastodon timeline metaphor: maybe I should live with the flow and not aim for inbox zero, unlike what I do with a mail client or feed reader?

Consider a user question, and if the need is valid, a feature request.

danschwarz commented 1 year ago

The Mastodon API has supported the concept of "markers" since version 3.0.0. Basically these allow you to save and restore your position in the home or notifications timeline. And this should work across Mastodon clients, as long as all the clients support the marker API.

toot tui does not yet support the marker API. So this would be a feature request. Not sure what it would take to implement support, but I'll look into it when I have time.