crossposting via client?

[cimorene]

I use LogJam for updating all the journaling services, and it seems to be okay here, too. But I don't suppose there's any Linux-friendly way of managing simultaneous cross-posting?

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[sixbeforelunch]

AFAIK, there's no Linux client that offers cross-posting functionality. (I am thisclose to learning C just so I can make one...) One person suggested to me the idea of posting to DW though LogJam, then loading the last entry back into LogJam and posting to LJ/IJ/DJ/whatever. I haven't tried it yet, though.

DW has plans for a built-in cross-poster. I'm looking forward to checking that out.

[cimorene]

I think that should work. It's not exactly simultaneous, but I suppose it only adds about ten seconds or so.

[zvi]

Um, I would offer you icons or something to make this happen. (I know they're not the same, but they're what I've got.) Well, I could write a heroic story about you battling the monsters of C or something, if you would like to be in Real Person Fiction.

[sixbeforelunch]

I am so very tempted. And also a bit terrified of the idea. But, it never hurts to try...

[cimorene]

SRSLY, it would be wonderful. *.*

[brownbetty]

slightly easier than what you suggest:

Logjam > Preferences > allow multiple instances of logjam & automatically save drafts

Then compose entry, and open a second instance, you will be asked if you want to load saved draft, say yes. Change user to whichever one you haven't got chosen, then post and close both instances.

...looking at it like that, I'm not convinced it is actually *easier*, but it seemed easier to me.

[cimorene]

That sounds like about the same number of clicks, but the command-line method has promise...

[ac1d6urn.livejournal.com]

Not quite through a client, but I was checking into ping.fm recently for cross-posting via online service... you can set it up to update LJ, but they are missing the rest. I wonder if you can add IJ/DW as a custom URL.

"Settings / Custom URL
Put in your custom URL. This URL needs to point to a script that can accept Ping.fm messages."

That's where I'm stuck at the moment... If this custom url exists for dreamwidth, then it'll make me one happy ping.fm nerd tonight.

[brownbetty]

charm almost works; once you post, it archives your post to .ljarchive/postname, and outputs it, and then you can crosspost from the command line with

$charm -u USERNAME -q -x ARCHIVEFILE

In practice, I have to use

$charm -f CONFIGFILE -q -x ARCHIVEFILE

because I haven't managed to figure out how to get my accounts to share a config file peaceably, but it's still much easier than the next-most easy.

Not sure if this helps but...

[faintdreams]

When posting from DW (not via client) there is now an option to crosspost to any other added DW or LJ platform.!

:D

Re: Not sure if this helps but...

[cimorene]

Thanks! Glad they got that up so fast, so I didn't have to get serious about looking for another solution.

You're welcome :D

[faintdreams]

I'm not on any of the volunteer teams but I am impressed how features are being implimented regularly and done right FIRST time.

it's nice to get the code updates :D

[kerravonsen]

I just joined this community, and I know it's rather late to be commenting on this, not to mention that Dreamwidth's own client's crossposting now works, but...
Before it did work, I ended up writing myself a crossposting perl script (using the LJ::Simple perl module) which crossposts an entry to multiple LJ-based journals at the same time. I did it because I found charm's crossposting ability left somewhat to be desired.

Would anyone be interested in me polishing it up and releasing it on CPAN as a proper script?

[cimorene]

That'd be awesome!

The crossposter DOES work, but there are no Linux clients that are capable of using it as yet - so only entries made at the site interface crosspost right now.