blitterstudio/amidon

A Mastodon client for Amiga computers

amidon

A Mastodon client for Amiga computers

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Amidon is a Mastodon native client for computers (or emulators) running AmigaOS 3.x. It allows the user to connect and authenticate with a Mastodon server instance, post new toots and interact with the various aspects of Mastodon (replies, favourites, bookmarks, etc.).

Requirements

• AmigaOS 3.x
• AmiSSL 5.x
• MUI 3.9 or newer (but see known issues for newer versions)
• The following MUI classes:
  • TextEditor.mcc
  • BetterString.mcc (required by TextEditor)
  • HTMLview.mcc
• codesets.library
• guigfx.library
• render.library (required by guigfx.library)
• 68020+ CPU
• 8MB of RAM
• An internet connection and a TCP/IP stack running (cURL will check for bsdsocket.library on startup). AmiTCP 4, Roadshow or emulators with the bsdsocket.library option enabled will work.
• A web browser will be needed once, for the first time you authenticate your account

Installation

Amidon is designed to be a portable application. Just place the binary in any directory you want and run it from there. It will generate it's own settings and cache directory on startup.

Known issues

• It's slow to start-up on a real Amiga. I counted about 13 seconds on an 060/50 MHz from the moment you double-click on the icon. However, it's rather usable afterwards, so please be patient!
• HTMLview, the MUI class used to display HTML content in Amidon, has issues with some versions of MUI on AmigaOS 3.x. It will not show any content on MUI 4 or 5, so it only works properly on MUI 3.9 currently. If you don't care about that functionality, you can of course use MUI 4 or 5 normally otherwise.
• HTMLview seems to have issues showing images.
• MUI 3.8 also works, but it has several rendering issues with the content in the listviews, so it's not recommended.
• Due to Hollywood issues, it requires RTG or you may run into a bug, where the window is shown but does not respond.

amidon's Issues

TODO: Add own Profile view

Amidon is currently missing the view for the user's own profile.
It would be nice to include that as well, with as much of the information shown in the website as possible.

There should be user information, any websites (as hyperlinks), total number of posts, following and followers.
And below that, a few tabs for Posts, Posts and Replies and Media.

Error Creating MOAI object "Hyperlink"! (CaffeineOS on Pistorm32Lite)

Hi,
I had this error on my A1200 Pistorm32Lite + Rpi3b + CaffeineOS #918
Wifi PCMCIA Connection active and working.

Amidon hangs after displaying "Login to Mastodon" dialog

To repro:

1. Get Amiga Forever
2. Start the Workbench 3.X image
3. Copy TextEditor.mcc, BetterString.mcc, HTMLview.mcc , and codesets.library to the correct locations
4. Upgrade MUI to 3.9
5. Install AmiSSL 4.12
6. Launch Amidon 1.1
7. Enter "mastodon.social" as the server URL, then click "Login"

EXPECTED
A functional dialog, where buttons respond to clicks

ACTUAL
The entire dialog renders, but the application then immediately locks up. I can type in the textbox but buttons in the view don't reflect pressed state and don't do anything in response to being clicked. Clicking the "Close" and "Iconify" gadgets in the title bar reflects pressed state, but then does nothing. Anything invalidating the dialog's visuals, like resizing, causes that part of the dialog to be blank.

NOTES

• I have the same problem on real hardware running AmigaOS 3.2.2 and MUI 5.0-20210831
• I also have AmiSSL 5.8 installed. I understand Amidon doesn't use AmiSSL 5, but installing AmiSSL 5 updates the shared certificates also used by AmiSSL 4, so it's worth noting.

TODO: Add application icons

Amidon currently comes with a PNG icon.
However, since that will not work on all systems, it would be best to add some more icon options:

• simple 4-color icon
• MagicWB icon
• OS 3.5+ standard icon

Deserilization Error when using anonymous mode

Issue:
When I try to connect to a server (tested with nrw.social and mastodon.social) directly after installation, I first get the code screen for authorisation. When trying to connect to the server, I get the following error message:

After selecting ok, amidon dies w/o further messagages.

System Config:

A1000 with pistorm/emu68
AmigaOS 3.2.2
MUI 3.9
Additional Classes & Libs (codesets) as required
AmiSSL 4 & 5

Edit: Typos