From ec0503ce9bf5705910f6e1b7303e00a15396312b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Antoine=20Beaupr=C3=A9?= Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 10:13:41 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] explain better what Bookie is and why it's useful --- bookie.py | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bookie.py b/bookie.py index 14148e3..6e7af0a 100644 --- a/bookie.py +++ b/bookie.py @@ -7,7 +7,18 @@ instance. It needs to be configured with a username/key to be functional, per-channel configs are possible. -Also, this uses only a tiny part of the Bookie API, we could expand +Bookie is an open-source bookmarking application that is hosted on +http://bookie.io/ and can also be self-hosted. It is similar in +functionality to the http://del.icio.us/ commercial service. + +Bookie can be useful to store a cached copy of links mentionned on +IRC. It will also generate an RSS feed of those links automatically, +and more! The author, for example, turns those RSS feeds into ePUB +e-books that are then transfered on his e-book reader so in effect, +Bookie and this plugin create a way to read links mentionned on IRC on +his ebook reader, offline. + +This plugin uses only a tiny part of the Bookie API, we could expand functionalities here significantly: https://github.com/bookieio/Bookie/blob/develop/docs/api/user.rst