rtv

TLDR

Open the front page

$ /front

Open a subreddit

$ /r/[subreddit_name]

Expand/collapse comments

$ [space]

Open link

$ o

Log in

$ u

Open the help screen

$ ?

DESCRIPTION

RTV (Reddit Terminal Viewer) is a terminal interface to view and interact with reddit.

OPTIONS

URL: [optional] Full URL of a submission to open
-h, --help: show this help message and exit
-s SUBREDDIT: Name of the subreddit that will be loaded on start
--log FILE: Log HTTP requests to the given file
--config FILE: Load configuration settings from the given file
--ascii: Enable ascii-only mode
--monochrome: Disable color
--theme FILE: Color theme to use, see --list-themes for valid options
--list-themes: List all of the available color themes
--non-persistent: Forget the authenticated user when the program exits
--no-autologin: Do not authenticate automatically on startup
--clear-auth: Remove any saved user data before launching
--copy-config: Copy the default configuration to {HOME}/.config/rtv/rtv.cfg
--copy-mailcap: Copy an example mailcap configuration to {HOME}/.mailcap
--enable-media: Open external links using programs defined in the mailcap config
-V, --version: show program's version number and exit
--no-flash: Disable screen flashing
--debug-info: Show system and environment information and exit

Move the cursor using the arrow keys or vim style movement.
Press up and down to scroll through submissions.
Press right to view the selected submission and left to return.
Press ? to open the help screen.

FILES

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rtv/rtv.cfg: The configuration file can be used to customize default program settings.
$XDG_DATA_HOME/rtv/refresh-token: After you login to reddit, your most recent OAuth refresh token will be stored for future sessions.
$XDG_DATA_HOME/rtv/history.log: This file stores URLs that have been recently opened in order to visually highlight them as "seen".

ENVIRONMENT

RTV_EDITOR: Text editor to use when editing comments and submissions. Will fallback to $EDITOR.
RTV_URLVIEWER: Url viewer to use to extract links from comments. Requires a compatible program to be installed.
RTV_BROWSER: Web browser to use when opening links. Will fallback to $BROWSER.