2010-07-09 Add Identica Account to Bitlbee

I’m using IRC via Bitlbee to do instant messaging in Emacs. I’ve been using the ui-fix branch of Bitlbee. Here’s how to add an Identi.ca account:

=> Bitlbee

account add twitter kensanata foo
account list
account 6 set base_url http://identi.ca/api
account 6 set mode chat
account 6 set oauth false
save
account 6 on

Instead of “6” you need to use the correct account number.

If you already have a Twitter account with the same handle, one of the two will be called ​#chat\ 000 instead of ​#identica\ kensanata – join us on ​#bitlbee @ freenode and help us fix it. 😄

• Update*: I’ve been working on a patch attached to ticket ​#648 (using Twitter and Identica accounts with the same username) to add support for an Identica protocol.

=> using Twitter and Identica accounts with the same username

account add identica kensanata foo
account identica set mode chat
save
account identica on

• Update*: A modified form of my patch has been applied. ✌

​#IRC ​#Bitlbee ​#Emacs

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Hmm. I’m using the Bitlbee package that ships with Debian Sid. Doesn’t appear to have your patch applied. So, using the Twitter hack by changing the base_url works, but then only 13-14 of the accounts I’m following join the chat, rather than the 100+ that I’m following. Any ideas? Or, do you know when native identi.ca support will be added to upstream Bitlbee? Anyway, I’m digging the native Twitter support at least. Tab-completed nicks in Irssi. Finally! 😄

– Aaron Toponce 2010-09-29 20:00 UTC

=> Aaron Toponce

Sorry, no idea. I think this only got added to the ui-fix branch, but your best bet would be to contact the author on the ​#bitlbee IRC channel (Freenode). Good luck!

– Alex Schroeder 2010-09-29 20:33 UTC

=> Alex Schroeder