Dave Winer scripting

Universal Mentions

Universal Mentions is a simple convention for mentioning people on the open web without needing a central username system.

On Twitter/X, Bluesky, Mastodon, and similar systems, a mention is usually something like:

@davewiner

That only works because each platform controls its own user directory. On the open web, there is no single global directory of usernames.

Superman

Superman is a fictional superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, debuting in "Action Comics" #1 in June 1938. Known as a cultural icon, Superman is often hailed as the archetype of the superhero trope and has had a profound impact on American culture and beyond.

Creation and Development

Superman was conceived during the Great Depression, initially as a villain in a short story and later reimagined as a hero. Siegel and Shuster sold the character to Detective Comics, Inc., which later became DC Comics, kickstarting what is considered the Golden Age of Comic Books.

Character Overview

opmlProjectEditor Format

A reference document for working with the opmlProjectEditor format used by Dave Winer's OPML Editor and Frontier-based tools.

Overview

opmlProjectEditor is a way of storing a multi-file software project in a single OPML file. Each top-level outline node under the project headline represents a file. The file's contents are stored as child outline nodes, one node per line, with indentation representing code structure.

	//mypedia -- build a short, balanced reference page about a name, using ChatGPT.

	const name = args [0];
	if (name === undefined) {
	console.log ("Usage: belt mypedia.belt \"name\"");
	}
	else {
	//first-cut prompt -- refine the wording here.
	const prompt = "Build a short, balanced reference page about " + name + ". "
	+ "Follow the structure of a Wikipedia article but keep it brief -- an outline of the basic facts, not a long detailed treatment. "

	function addFeedsIfNecessary (urlsToCheck, callback) {
	const ctTotalFeeds = urlsToCheck.length;
	var ixNext = 0, ctInFlight = 0, ctDone = 0;
	function startMore () {
	while (true) {
	if (ctInFlight >= config.maxConcurrentFeedChecks) {
	break;
	}
	if (ixNext >= ctTotalFeeds) {
	break;

	on checkDomains () {
	«Changes
	«3/24/26; 11:39:01 AM by DW
	«Loop over all the domains that were on Palatka and see which ones still resolve to palatka's IP address.
	«tcp.dns.getdottedid ("palatka.scripting.com")
	«"161.35.120.52"
	«tcp.dns.getdomainname ("161.35.120.52")
	«"161.35.120.52"
	local (domainsFolder = nodeEditorSuite.getAllServersFolder () + "palatka:pagepark:domains:");

	{
	"idPost": 1653,
	"idSite": 237777565,
	"title": "An example for the docs",
	"guid": "http://daveverse.org/2025/07/05/an-example-for-the-docs/",
	"content": "<p>I enjoy working on the <a href=\"https://github.com/scripting/wpIdentity\">wpIdentity</a> package, esp a design-heavy, code-lite feature like the metadata. </p>\n<p>This is an example post for the docs on the metadata feature that has been added today. </p>\n<p>Here's a list of seven things whose names begin with O.</p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo\">Oreo cookies</a></li>\n<li>Optimism</li>\n<li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_food\">Organic food</a></li>\n<li>Opportunity knocks</li>\n<li>Oregon</li>\n<li>Ooops!</li>\n<li>Offred</li>\n</ol>\n",
	"type": "post",
	"categories": [
	"Uncategorized"
	],

	[
	{
	"idPost": 147,
	"idSite": 250464612,
	"title": "",
	"guid": "https://comments31.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/147/",
	"content": "<p>okay this should be a new reply to the spurlocks.</p>\n",
	"type": "post",
	"categories": [
	"comment",

	var urlOutline = opml.getHeaders ().urlPublic;
	if (urlOutline === undefined) {
	dialog.alert ("Can't publish your outline because it doesn't have an \"urlPublic\" head-level attribute.");
	}
	else { //ping the server
	http.readUrl ("https://micro.blog/ping?url=" + urlOutline); //ping the server

	http.readUrl ("http://micro.blog/ping?url=https://dave.micro.blog/feed.xml") //ask it to read the RSS feed

	var options = { //try to make the update happen immediately

	<div class="divItemSummary">
	<div class="divAvatarContainer">
	<div class="divAvatar">
	<img width="64" height="64" src="https://i0.wp.com/daveverse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/cropped-brilliantTree.png?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1">
	</div>
	</div>
	<div class="divTextContainer">
	<div class="divTopline">
	<div class="spSiteLink"></div>
	</div>