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Add documentation for new shrink_host feature in bti-shrink-urls.
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Document the configuration of bti-shrink-urls in bti-shrink-urls.xml,
bti.xml, and add a commented out example to bti.example.
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gregoa committed Dec 17, 2010
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36 changes: 35 additions & 1 deletion bti-shrink-urls.xml
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bti-shrink-urls converts URLs to a shorter form using a web service.
</para>
<para>
Currently only http://2tu.us/ is supported.
Currently http://2tu.us/ (default) and http://bit.ly / http://j.mp are supported.
</para>
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</variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1><title>CONFIGURATION</title>
<para>
bti-shrink-urls is configured by setting some values in ~/.bti:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>shrink_host</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Possible values: 2tu.us (default), bit.ly, j.mp
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>shrink_bitly_login</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
API login for bit.ly, j.mp, required if shrink_host is set to bit.ly or j.mp.
See https://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>shrink_bitly_key</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
API key for bit.ly, j.mp, required if shrink_host is set to bit.ly or j.mp.
See https://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
<para>Written by Bart Trojanowski <email>bart@jukie.net</email>.</para>
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions bti.example
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#user=gregkh
#proxy=http://localhost:8080
#shrink-urls=yes
# Example of using bit.ly in bti-shrink-urls
#shrink_host=bit.ly
#shrink_bitly_login=bitlyuser
#shrink_bitly_key=R_deadbeef
6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion bti.xml
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more suitable for micro-blogging.
</para>
<para>
Currently, only http://2tu.us/ is used as a URL shrinking service.
The following URL shrinking services are available:
http://2tu.us/ (default) and http://bit.ly / http://j.mp
</para>
<para>
See the documentation for bti-shrink-urls for the configuration options.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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