NAME
honk
—
status composition
DESCRIPTION
Status updates composed in honk
have many
features beyond just plain text.
The process begins by pressing the button marked “it's honking time” to activate the honk form.
Honks are posted publicly.
Basics
A subset of markdown is supported.
- bold
- **bold text**
- italics
- *italicized text*
- quotes
- > This text is quoted.
- code
- Inline `code fragments` with single ticks.
```c /* triple tick code blocks support syntax highlighting */ int main() { return 0; } ```
- headings
- Heading lines starting with #.
- lists
- Lists of items starting with either ‘+’ or ‘-’.
- tables
- Table cells separated by |.
- images
- Inline images with img tags.
<img alt="Lifecycle of a honk" src="https://example.com/diagram.png">
A src of a single number (1, 2, etc.) may refer to an attachment.
- links
- URLs beginning with “http” or “https” will be autolinked.
- rules
- Exactly three dashes on a line, “---”, will become a horizontal rule.
- spoilers
- Hide blocks of text between triple colon delimted regions.
::: warning text that should be hidden behind a warning :::
If the first line of a honk begins with “DZ:” (danger zone) or any other combination of two letters and a colon, it will be used a summary and the post marked sensitive.
Mentioning a specfic user such as (@user@example.social) will send
a copy of the message to them. Several forms are supported.
‘@name
’ will work using the short name
from the honkers table and be expanded
automatically. ‘@handle@domain
’ will
work for anyone.
‘@https://example.com
’ works as well.
When honking back, the author of the parent post is automatically
mentioned.
Extras
Custom emoji may be included by colon wrapping the image name. (:hellsyeah:) A meme (sticker, reaction gif) may be included with the meme operator followed by the file name.
meme: honk.mp4
Custom flag emoji may be generated on the fly by specifying comma separated hexadecimal RGB values, one for each stripe.
flag:306,002,dcf
There are no length restrictions, but remember, somebody is going to have to read this noise.
One may attach a file to a post. Images are automatically rescaled and reduced in size for federation. A description, or caption, is encouraged. Text files and PDFs are also supported as attachments. Other formats are not supported. Multiple files may be attached to the some post, but be wary of depending on a particular presentation order.
One may also live dangerously by posting assassination coordinates. The available fields, all optional, are name, url, latitude, and longitude. By default, location data is rounded to approximately 1/100 decimal degree accuracy. Pressing the check in button a second time will refine this to more a precise location.
Adding a time to a post turns it into an event. Supported formats for start time are HH:MM or YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM. A 24 hour clock is assumed, unless am or pm are specified. The duration is optional and may be specified as XdYhZm for X days, Y hours, and Z minutes (1d12h would be a 36 hour event).
Clicking the pretty circle face will open the emu peeker to add in the selection of emus.
When everything is at last ready to go, press the “it's gonna be honked” button.
Advanced
Some additional fields exist which modify the post's metadata.
cc to add a recipient without inlining their address.
link to add an http Link to the post.
name to give a title to the link.
tags to add additional hashtags without cluttering the text.
EXAMPLES
(Slightly dated screenshots.)
Composing a new honk with an attached image and location.
After posting.
SEE ALSO
CAVEATS
Markdown support is implemented with regexes. Preview is recommended.