NEWS: add release notes for the v0.4 release

[tweeper.git] / tweeper.1.asciidoc

diff --git a/tweeper.1.asciidoc b/tweeper.1.asciidoc
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--- a/tweeper.1.asciidoc
+++ b/tweeper.1.asciidoc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ TWEEPER(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-tweeper - web scraper to convert a Twitter timeline to an RSS feed
+tweeper - web scraper to convert supported websites (e.g. Twitter.com) to RSS
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
@@ -16,24 +16,28 @@ SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-tweeper(1) is a web scraper which extracts the most recent public tweets of
-a given user from their home page on Twitter.com and formats them in RSS, so
-the information can be conveniently accessed and collected by a feed reader.
+tweeper(1) is a web scraper which can be used to conveniently follow the
+public activity of social network users without the need to log in or even be
+subscribed to the social network; tweeper converts the public information to
+RSS so that it can be accessed and collected by a feed reader.
 
 tweeper started as the TWitter fEEd scraPER but support for other web sites
 has been added.
 
 The sites that tweeper is able to scrape and convert to RSS are:
-  
+
 * Twitter.com
 * Pump.io based websites, like Identi.ca
 * Dilbert.com
+* Howtoons.com
+* Instagram.com
+* Facebook.com (public pages)
 
 tweeper can be used as:
 
 1. a command line tool;
 2. a filter for feed readers;
-3. a web based tool when PHP support is available in the web server.
+3. a web based tool when used with a PHP-enabled web server.
 
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -57,10 +61,22 @@ Using tweeper as a filter for the Liferea feed reader:
 
  liferea-add-feed  "|tweeper http://twitter.com/NSAcareers"
 
-Using tweeper via web (the symlink must be created only the very first time):
+To use tweeper via web there are two options (the examples assume the
+installation directory to be `/usr/share/php/tweeper/`):
+
+1. Using the PHP built-in web server:
+
+  php -S localhost:8000 -t /usr/share/php/tweeper/
++
+and then visit 'http://localhost:8000/tweeper.php' in the web browser.
+
+2. Using a generic web server with the document root in '/var/www':
 
   sudo ln -s /usr/share/php/tweeper/tweeper.php /var/www
   xdg-open http://localhost/tweeper.php?src_url=http://twitter.com/NSAcareers
++
+It is enough to create the symlink only the very first time tweeper is used
+this way.
 
 
 NOTES
@@ -92,7 +108,7 @@ Main web site: <http://git.ao2.it/tweeper.git>
 
 COPYING
 -------
-Copyright \(C) 2013  Antonio Ospite <ospite@studenti.unina.it>
+Copyright \(C) 2013-2015  Antonio Ospite <ao2@ao2.it>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by