tut(7)

📦 version 2.0.1, in alpine 3.24, opensuse-leap 16.0

🎀 NAME 🎀

tut — keys and commands inside of tut(1). Okay so this is tut(7), bestie, and it's literally the guide to the keys and commands you can use in tut(1). Slay.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

This page contains information for some of the keys and all the commands you can use in tut(1). It's giving "manual but make it useful." 💅

Wanna change the keys? Look at tut(5) under the INPUT section. That's where the key remix lives, no cap.

🦋 KEYS 🦋

💖 Keys without description in tut 💖

  • c — compose a new toot.
  • j or Down arrow — navigate down in the feed list or toot.
  • k or Up arrow — navigate up in the feed list or toot.
  • h or Left arrow — cycle back in open timelines.
  • l or Right arrow — cycle forward in open timelines.
  • g or Home — go to top in the feed list or toot.
  • G or End — go to bottom in the feed list or toot.
  • ? — view help.
  • q — go back or quit.
  • Esc — go back.

🌸 Explanation of the non obvious keys when viewing a toot 🌸

  • v — view. In this mode you can scroll through the text of the toot if it doesn't fit the screen. Iconic scrolling moment.
  • o — open. Gives you a list of all URLs in the toot. Opens them in your default browser; if it's a user or a tag, they will be opened in tut. So convenient, honestly.
  • m — media. Opens the media with xdg-open.

👑 Commands 👑

Command time, bestie. These all start with : and they're ready to do the most.

  • :quit — exit tut.
  • :q — shorter form of the former command.
  • :timeline home|local|federated|direct|notifications|mentions|favorited|special-all|special-boosts|special-replies — open the selected timeline.
  • :tl h|l|f|d|n|m|fav|sa|sb|sr — shorter form of the former command.
  • :blocking — lists users that you have blocked.
  • :boosts — lists users that have boosted the toot.
  • :bookmarks — list all your bookmarks.
  • :clear-notifications — remove all of your notifications.
  • :clear-temp — remove all of your media files that have been downloaded. Only needed if you have set delete-temp-files to false under [media] in your config.
  • :close-pane — closes the current pane, including all the timelines in said pane.
  • :compose — compose a new toot.
  • :edit — edit one of your toots.
  • :favorited — lists toots you've favorited.
  • :favorites — lists users that favorited the toot.
  • :follow-tag <tag> — follow a hashtag named <tag>.
  • :followers — list of people the account are following. It only works on profiles.
  • :following — list of people following the account. It only works on profiles.
  • :help — show help for how to use tut.
  • :h — shorter form of the former command.
  • :history — show edits of a toot.
  • :lists — show a list of your lists.
  • :list-placement top|right|bottom|left — place the list in chosen placement.
  • :list-split row|column — split the timelines by row or column.
  • :login — login to one more account.
  • :move-pane left|right|up|down|home|end — moves the pane in chosen direction.
  • :mp l|r|u|d|h|e — shorter form of the former command.
  • :muting — lists users that you've muted.
  • :newer — force load newer toots in the current timeline.
  • :next-acct — go to the next account if you're logged in to multiple.
  • :preferences — update your profile and some other settings.
  • :prev-acct — go to the prev account if you're logged in to multiple.
  • :profile — go to your profile.
  • :proportions [int] [int] — sets the proportions of the panes and the content. The first integer is your panes and the other for content, e.g. :proportions 1 3.
  • :refetch — refetches the current item that you're viewing. Can be used to update poll results.
  • :saved — alias for bookmarks.
  • :stick-to-top — toggle the stick-to-top setting that always shows the latest toot in all timelines.
  • :tag <tag> — shows toots tagged with <tag>, e.g. :tag linux. You can input multiple tags if you want to show them in the same timeline.
  • :tags — list of tags that you're following.
  • :unfollow-tag <tag> — unfollow the hashtag named <tag>, e.g. :unfollow-tag tut.
  • :user <username> — search for users named <username>, e.g. :user rasmus. To narrow a search include the instance like this: :user rasmus@mastodon.acc.sunet.se.
  • :pane <int> — switch pane by index (zero indexed), e.g. :pane 0 for the left/top pane.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

💜 AUTHORS 💜

Rasmus Lindroth. The icon behind the whole thing. 🫶

💖 Cute little sign-off: this page is tut 2.0.0, dated 2023-01-24, and yes, it's tut(7). Bye bestie! 💅✨

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