> (defvar *feedbot*
(make-instance 'feedbot:feedbot))
> (feedbot:feedbot-start-checker-thread *feedbot*)
+> (feedbot:feedbot-get-or-create-feed
+ *feedbot* "http://thetarpit.org/rss.xml")
~~~~
+then sit back and relax.
+
[^1]: Achtung! Spoilers below:
At the moment of writing, Feedbot is supposed to comprise three
~~~~
$ wc -l *.lisp
- 294 feedbot.lisp
+ 296 feedbot.lisp
28 feedbot-utils.lisp
26 package.lisp
- 348 total
+ 350 total
$ grep '^ *;' *.lisp | wc -l
- 101
+ 103
~~~~
- Translating this: about one third of the code is made up of
- comments.
+ That is, comments comprise about one third of the code. This is
+ roughly similar to [other republican code][ffa-comments]
[^3]: These so-called "recipients" are for now completely meaningless
and thus useless. So why add them? Let's explore the possibilities;
although experience shows "better" tends to arrive at the problem of
"worse" [after a while][worse-is-better].
-[^4]: For now, the announcer is a stub code that prints to standard
- output whenever new entries are posted.
+[^4]: This "so-called" announcer is supposed to notify recipients of new
+ content whenever it's posted. For now, the announcer is a stub that
+ prints new entries to standard output.
[feedbot]: http://btcbase.org/log-search?q=feedbot
[botworks]: /posts/y05/080-botworks-regrind.html
[manual]: /posts/y05/081-feedbot-manual.html
[feedbot-checker.vpatch]: TODO
[feedbot-checker.vpatch.spyked.sig]: TODO
+[ffa-comments]: http://btcbase.org/log/2019-01-29#1890573
[worse-is-better]: http://btcbase.org/log-search?q=%22worse+is+better%22