recent++

Python rewrite of the venerable 'recent' utility for RTC

usage: recent++ [-h] [-c] [-e] [-m] [-u USER | -U USER] [-s SERVICE | -S SERVICE] [--since TIME]

optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -c, --compatible Emulates behaviour of the standard 'recent' -e, --exitcode Returns RC>1 if no changes since the last check. No display. -m, --mark Set 'read' marker to current time.

filtering: -u USER, --user USER Comma separated list of usernames to include in the report -U USER, --exclude-user USER Comma separated list of usernames to exclude in the report -s SERVICE, --service SERVICE Comma separated list of services to include in the report -S SERVICE, --exclude-service SERVICE Comma separated list of services to exclude in the report --since TIME Show items newer than TIME, provided in Unix time format

Supported services:

• gab
  • channels
• iris
• linkulator
• shlog
• who-is
• project
• plan
• oneliner
• sl
• train
• web
• gemini
• gopher
• library
• cspc
• gitbbs
• poll
• fortunes
• email (only the emails of the current user)
• botany (tilde.cafe)
• local wiki (RTC)
• capitali$t scores (RTC)

Hacks

• only the channels a user takes active part in discussions (ones where a respective $HOME/.gab-{channel} file exists) are displayed. To see activity in channels one only lurks in - create a dummy file Example for 'furry-hell' gab chat:

echo '1600000000|' > .gab-furry-hell

Timing

$ time /usr/local/bin/recent > /dev/null
real	0m1.333s
user	0m0.927s
sys	0m0.343s

$ time ~/bin/recent > /dev/null
real	0m1.024s
user	0m0.723s
sys	0m0.272s

$ time ~/bin/recent.py > /dev/null
real	0m0.239s
user	0m0.169s
sys	0m0.064s