From: martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 01:27:43 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: README updates
X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/twitter-archiver.git/commitdiff_plain/9d55b847bb4dce26b495e8e4ef614acacb358665

README updates
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,17 +10,35 @@ These are a set of scripts allowing you to keep a copy of your Twitter life:
 
 All of this is very hackish, but if it's of any use to you, then great!
 
+## Getting started
+
+I think it's just running the scripts. For instance, I have the following
+entries in crontab:
+
+```
+*/6 * * * * $HOME/twitter/fetch_tweets.sh 2>/dev/null
+*/15 * * * * $HOME/twitter/track_followers.sh >/dev/null
+2 7 * * * $HOME/twitter/report_followers.sh
+```
+
+Warning: I have not tested this as a means to extract past tweets. You might
+well hit limits of Twitter. However, Twitter does let you export your entire
+history to a Zip file. I've done that, and so should you. Then please write
+a translator to squeeze all those data into the archive created with my
+scripts, and submit a patch.
+
 ## Patches
 
-Patches welcome, please send them to madduck@madduck.net using
+Speaking of: patches welcome, please send them to madduck@madduck.net using
 git-format-patch and git-send-email.
 
 ## Wishlist
 
 0. Setup instructions
-1. Dumping favourites/starred tweets
-2. Dumping bookmarks
-3. Exporting parameters (such as email address) to configuration
+1. Better handling of target directories, i.e. don't make them subdirectories
+2. Exporting parameters (such as email address) to configuration
+3. Dumping favourites/starred tweets
+4. Dumping bookmarks
 
 ## Copyright