tweeper.php: support host-specific methods for preprocessing the HTML data

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@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Some services came up to overcome this "problem":
 
   http://twss.55uk.net/
   http://twitter-rss.com/ (now redirecting to google.com)
 
   http://twss.55uk.net/
   http://twitter-rss.com/ (now redirecting to google.com)

+  http://rssitfor.me

 
 However these solutions are still shady and let no control to the user about
 who collects the information about the visited user timelines.
 
 However these solutions are still shady and let no control to the user about
 who collects the information about the visited user timelines.


@@ -23,17 +24,33 @@ whom you are friend to.
 
 [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TWEEPER&defid=3743173
 
 
 [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TWEEPER&defid=3743173
 

+Tweeper can easily scrape sites other than Twitter, it is just a matter of
+writing an xsl stylesheet for the transformation; an example for pump.io
+activity stream is provided in rss_converter_pump.io.xsl
+
+The currently supported sites are:
+
+  * Twitter.com
+  * Pump.io based websites, like Identi.ca
+  * Dilbert.com
+  * Howtoons.com
+  * Instagram.com
+

 Tweeper can be used via web or as a command line program, for example as
 Tweeper can be used via web or as a command line program, for example as

-a filter in your feed reader, by passing the user's "screen name" (without the
-'@') as the first argument.
+a filter in your feed reader, by passing the URL of the user's public timeline
+as the first argument.

 
 Example of use on the command line:
 
 
 Example of use on the command line:
 

-  $ php tweeper.php NSACareers
+  $ php tweeper.php http://twitter.com/NSACareers

 
 Example of use as a Liferea[2] filter:
 
 
 Example of use as a Liferea[2] filter:
 

-  $ liferea-add-feed  "|php .../path_to_tweeper/tweeper.php NSAcareers"
+  $ liferea-add-feed  "|php .../path_to_tweeper/tweeper.php http://twitter.com/NSAcareers"
+
+Example of use with identi.ca:
+
+  $ liferea-add-feed  "|php .../path_to_tweeper/tweeper.php http://identi.ca/evan"

 
 [2] http://lzone.de/liferea/
 
 
 [2] http://lzone.de/liferea/