Make RSS feeds more readable #410

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duxovni merged 2 commits from nicer-rss into master

2021-12-29 20:27:47 -05:00

duxovni commented

2021-07-21 19:14:45 -04:00

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The tweets retrieved by Nitter use literal newline characters rather than HTML  or   tags. When these are included verbatim in RSS feeds, some RSS readers will just concatenate all the lines together, which can make tweets difficult to understand. The pre-wrap attribute used by the Nitter UI won't necessarily be respected by RSS readers, so this PR inserts   tags alongside newlines as a best-effort attempt to improve readability. In addition, it shortens the titles of RSS feed items to a truncated prefix of the tweet text, rather than having an awkwardly long title that duplicates the description. I can split those into two separate PRs if that's preferable.

The tweets retrieved by Nitter use literal newline characters rather than HTML `` or ` ` tags. When these are included verbatim in RSS feeds, some RSS readers will just concatenate all the lines together, which can make tweets difficult to understand. The `pre-wrap` attribute used by the Nitter UI won't necessarily be respected by RSS readers, so this PR inserts ` ` tags alongside newlines as a best-effort attempt to improve readability. In addition, it shortens the titles of RSS feed items to a truncated prefix of the tweet text, rather than having an awkwardly long title that duplicates the description. I can split those into two separate PRs if that's preferable.

Joshndroid commented

2021-07-24 05:38:07 -04:00

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I have been looking for a solution to the comically long titles in my rss reader for feeds, this could be it.

zedeus commented

2021-12-29 20:27:53 -05:00

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I don't use Nitter's RSS feature myself, so I have no strong opinions on this, but it looks good to me. Thank you!