make char configurable

config.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type GeneralConfig struct {
 	StartTimeline    TimelineType
 	NotificationFeed bool
 	QuoteReply       bool
+	CharLimit        int
 }
 
 type StyleConfig struct {
@@ -236,8 +237,8 @@ func parseGeneral(cfg *ini.File) GeneralConfig {
 	}
 
 	general.NotificationFeed = cfg.Section("general").Key("notification-feed").MustBool(true)
-
 	general.QuoteReply = cfg.Section("general").Key("quote-reply").MustBool(false)
+	general.CharLimit = cfg.Section("general").Key("char-limit").MustInt(500)
 
 	return general
 }
@@ -462,6 +463,10 @@ notification-feed=true
 # default=false
 quote-reply=false
 
+# If you're on an instance with a custom character limit you can set it here 
+# default=500
+char-limit=500
+
 [media]
 # Your image viewer
 # default=xdg-open

main.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2"
 )
 
-const version string = "0.0.24"
+const version string = "0.0.25"
 
 func main() {
 	newUser := false

messagebox.go

@@ -114,13 +114,6 @@ func (m *MessageBox) Down() {
 }
 
 func (m *MessageBox) Post() {
-	charsLeft := m.TootLength()
-
-	if charsLeft < 0 {
-		m.app.UI.CmdBar.ShowError(fmt.Sprintf("Reached char limit, make your toot shorter. Length %d\n", charsLeft))
-		return
-	}
-
 	toot := m.currentToot
 	send := mastodon.Toot{
 		Status: strings.TrimSpace(toot.Text),
@@ -172,7 +165,7 @@ func (m *MessageBox) TootLength() int {
 	if m.currentToot.Sensitive {
 		totalCount += spoilerCount
 	}
-	charsLeft := 500 - totalCount
+	charsLeft := m.app.Config.General.CharLimit - totalCount
 	return charsLeft
 }