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To use this program you need:
- Lua 5.1 or higher
- LuaSocket 2.0 or higher (luarocks install luasocket)
- JSON4Lua 0.9.40 or higher (luarocks install json4lua)
To install:
- Put the twitter.lua file (or a symbolic link to it) in your LUA_PATH (usually /usr/share/lua/5.1/)
To set up the TweetStreamer:
- Run the following command in the luatwitter directory:
$ lua -e 'require("luatwitter") _,t = twitter.getFollowing("*YOUR USERNAME*") s = "" for _,v in pairs(t) do s = s..","..v.id end print(s:sub(2))'
- You'll get a long string with the people you're following's id's.
- Now run the following command:
$ screen ./stream.lua *YOUR USERNAME* *YOUR PASSWORD* *FOLLOWER STRING* 'notify-send -u normal -t 10000 -i info "Mentioned on Twitter" "%s"'
- Press Ctrl+A+D.
- You now have an instant tweet-alert!