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TWBlue
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[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/fml5fu7h1fj8vf6l?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/manuelcortez/twblue)
![Release status badge](https://github.com/mcv-software/twblue/actions/workflows/release.yml/badge.svg)
TWBlue is a free and open source application that allows you to interact with the main features of mastodon from the comfort of a windows software, with 2 different interfaces specially designed for screen reader users.
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#### Dependencies packaged in windows installers
* [Python,](https://python.org) version 3.10.8
If you want to build both x86 and x64 binaries, you can install python x64 to C:\python310 and python x86 to C:\python310-32, for example.
#### Dependencies that must be installed using pip
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You can also add the scripts folder to your path environment variable or choose the corresponding option when installing Python.
Note: pip and setuptools are included in the Python installer since version 2.7.9.
Note: If you are using Python for 32-bit systems, you will need to install WXPython for 32-bits before running the command for installing everything else. You can do so by running the following command:
`pip install --upgrade https://github.com/josephsl/wxpy32whl/blob/main/wxPython-4.2.0-cp310-cp310-win32.whl?raw=true`
Pip is able to install packages listed in a special text file, called the requirements file. To install all remaining dependencies, perform the following command:
`pip install -r requirements.txt`
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`python main.py`
If necessary, change the first part of the command to reflect the location of your python executable. You can run TW Blue using python x86 and x64.
If necessary, change the first part of the command to reflect the location of your python executable.
### Generating the documentation
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If you want to install TWBlue on your computer, you must create the installer first. Follow these steps:
* Navigate to the src directory, and create a binary version for x86: C:\python37\python setup.py build
* Move the dist directory to the scripts folder in this repo, and rename it to twblue
* Repeat these steps with Python for x64: C:\python37x64\python setup.py build
* Move the new dist directory to the scripts folder, and rename it to twblue64
* Navigate to the src directory, and create a binary version: C:\python310\python setup.py build
* Move the dist directory to the scripts folder in this repo, and rename it to twblue64
* Go to the scripts folder, right click on the twblue.nsi file, and choose compyle unicode NSIS script
* This may take a while. After the process, you will find the installer in the scripts folder
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To manage translations in TWBlue, you can install the [Babel package.](https://pypi.org/project/Babel/) You can extract message catalogs and generate the main template file with the following command:
```bash
pybabel extract -o twblue.pot --msgid-bugs-address "manuel@manuelcortez.net" --copyright-holder "MCV software" --input-dirs ..\src
```
Take into account, though, that we use [weblate](https://weblate.mcvsoftware.com) to track translation work for TWBlue. If you wish to be part of our translation team, please open an issue so we can create an account for you in Weblate.