Display gemtext file from stdin

[mke21]

Is it possible for Amfora to read from stdin? I would like to pipe html2gmi directly into amfora if possible.

[makew0rld]

Amfora currently doesn't do this, but I can add it. For now your best bet would be to write to a file and then open that file like this: amfora file:///absolute/path/to/file.gmi.

Also if you're trying to browse the web with Amfora, I suggest you read this wiki page, and check out Duckling Proxy

[mke21]

I'm actually trying to use this in combination with newsboat, an rss reader. Currently I use lynx after first piping through the readability tool. This works, but I much prefer gmi and the way amfora renders it. Setting up a proxy seems a bit overkill, but if that's the only way, then I will do that.. Thanks.

[makew0rld]

Well if you're writing some script I'd suggest writing the output to a temporary file, and then opening that file in Amfora on the next line. That's the only way to do it for now, but I will add this feature eventually.

[dvejmz]

I wrote a quick proof-of-concept to see how this could work. Invoking this build of amfora with the following command renders the Gemtext file supplied via stdin to a new tab.

cat sample-gemtext.gmi  | ./amfora

I'd be happy to iterate on this and properly integrate this feature with the rest of the application.

[makew0rld]

Closed by #242.