twitter.rb

Installation

1. git clone git://github.com/jjb/twitter.rb.git
2. Edit the top line of the script to use your username.
3. `ln -s twitter.rb/twitter ~/bin/twitter``
4. chmod 755 ~/bin/twitter

or

1. Copy the script from the web rendering
2. paste it into a text editor and save it as ~/bin/twitter
3. chmod 755 ~/bin/twitter

Usage

$ twitter 'I am tweating from the command line!'

Keychain will ask you for permission for the script to access your twitter password. Click "Allow" or "Always Allow".

Problem: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/ tells me that basic authentication is being discontinued June 2010 (this month!). I've done twitter oauth authentication, but how does the typical Twitter password-requesting desktop app authenticate? I guess they all got xAuth permission? See lower right here.

It somehow seems unlikely that ALL desktop apps do this, since it's described as "least desirable".

If anyone knows, let me know. Thanks!