TwiTalker - Tweet it Easy with your Gtalk

FAQ

How to start using TwiTalker ?
How do I control my Twitter ?  NEW
What is self-mode ?
What is live-mode ?  NEW
What is id-mode ?  NEW
How do I retweet or add tweet to my favorites ?
How do I reply a priticular tweet ?
What is Oauth ? Should I give my twitter passwords ?
How do I remove TwiTalker ?
More questions ?

How to start using TwiTalker ?

First,you need a Twitter account and a Google Talk(GTalk) account.Then verify and bind to your account.There are three steps to finish the binding：
Step one: Click the button to login in with Twitter and allow TwiTalker access your account.Get your Access Key and Access Secret

Step Two: Add the robot account that you have been recommended to your contact list on GTalk

Step Three: Send your binding command(correct formats:-v AccessKey AccessSecret) to the robot in order to connect with your GTalk account. If there is no response from the robot.Please doublecheck your binding command and sent it again.

Now you can start using TwiTalker.Type "-help" to get help.

How do I control my Twitter ?

To updates your timeline in Twitter,just type your message to TwiTalker.Besides,TwiTalker provides several commands to control your Twitter:
Post a tweet: Just type the message and send (less than 140 characters)
Get help and command list: -help
List all commands: -all Bind to account: -v AccessKey AccessSecret
Remove binding: -remove
Get status of your account: -status or -st
Get useful tools: -tool
Set on-mode (receive tweets and DM from your friends): -on
Set self-mode (only received mentioned tweets and DM)：-self
Set live-mode(receive tweets from the default list): -live
Set default list：-live owner list (eg:-live kavin_gray test)
Set off-mode(never receive tweets)：-off
Set refresh rate.Should be set 1 to 5 mins(1 & 5 included): -time minutes
Retrieve favorites: -fav or -fav page(optional) (Be sure to add 'p' before the page num.eg:-fav p2)
Retrieve direct messages: -d or -d page(optional) (Be sure to add 'p' before the page num.eg:-d p2)
Retrieve mentioned tweets: -@ or -@ page(optional) (Be sure to add 'p' before the page num.eg:-@ p2)
Retrieve Retweets by friends:-rt or -rt page(optional) (Be sure to add 'p' before the page num.eg:-rt p2)
Retrieve tweets of you: -me or -me page(optional) (Be sure to add 'p' before the page num.eg:-me p2)
Retrieve tweets fome home timeline：-home or -ho or -ho page(optional) (Be sure to add 'p' before the page num.eg:-ho p2)
Retrieve tweets from list：-list owner list page(optional) or -lt owner list page (Be sure to add 'p' before the page num.eg:-lt twi_talker test p2)
Retrieve tweets from lists you create：-mlist next/pre or -mt next/pre (next and pre is optional.eg:*-mt next* get next page)
Retrieve tweets from lists you follow：-list next/pre or -lt next/pre (next and pre is optional.eg:*-lt pre* get previous page)
Retrieve tweets from lists following you: -listed next/pre or -ld next/pre (next and pre is optional.eg:*-ld pre* get previous page)
Reply a priticular tweet: -@ id content
Get tweet conversations: -msg id
Delete your latest update: -del
Delete an update: -del id
Send a direct message: -d username content
Add a tweet to favorites: -fav id
Retweet a tweet(Old Style): -rt id or -rt id content
Retweet a tweet(Offical Style): -r id
Retrieve status about someone: -status username or -st username
Follow someone: -follow username or -fo username
Unfollow someone: -unfollow username or -uf username
If some following you: -if username
id-mode on(attach an id to each tweet):-idon
id-mode off(never attach an id to each tweet):-idoff

What is self-mode ?

If you followed too much people and the sea of tweets disturbed you.You can turn on the self-mode. It's a notification filter mode which makes you only receive mentioned tweets and direct messages.

What is live-mode ?

You can receive tweets from the default list by setting the live mode. To use live mode,you got to set the default list with the following format for the first time: -live owner list.(eg. -live twi_taker test)

What is id-mode ?

While you set id-mode on.An message id will be attached to each tweets you have recieved. With these message id you can reply or rt tweets

How do I retweet or add tweet to my favorites ?

Set id-mode on.Each tweet will show up with a message id,like [id: 000001] appended. Just type "-r 000001" to retweet it.Type "-fav 000001" to add this tweet into your favorites.

How do I reply a priticular tweet ?

Simply type @username content to reply someone.If you want to reply a priticular tweet.You can get the tweet's id which you want to reply and tweet it with the following commands: -@ id content. If you want to check out the tweets which the target tweet in reply to.Just type -msg id and it will show you a grasp of the conversation before the target tweet. (Still dont get it?)

What is Oauth ? Should I give my twitter passwords ?

OAuth is an authentication protocol that allows users to approve application to act on their behalf without sharing their password. TwiTalker use Oauth to connect your account,therefore password is not required to control your Twitter account using

How do I remove TwiTalker ?

Just type "-remove" to the TwiTalker robot and delete the TwiTalker contact from your contact list.