   (interactive "r")
   (let ((post (buffer-substring start end)))
     (if (> (length post) 140)
-	(error twit-too-long-error)
+	(error twit-too-long-msg)
       (if (twit-post-function twit-update-url post)
 		  (twit-alert twit-success-msg)))))
 

(defvar twit-rate-limit-timer
  nil
  "Timer object to poll the rate-limiting.")

;; Most of this will be used in the yet-to-be-written twitter
;; reading functions.


(defun twit-stop-following-tweets ()
  "When you want to stop following tweets, you can use this function to turn off the timer."
  (interactive)
  (if (featurep 'todochiku)
	  (todochiku-message "Twit.el" "Twit.el Stopped Following Tweets" (todochiku-icon 'social)))
  (cancel-timer twit-timer))

;;;###autoload
