# Sample ~/.mcabber/mcabberrc file # Note about this file syntax: # - Leading and trailing spaces are ignored. # - Empty lines and lines beginning with a '#' are ignored. # The jid will be the following: username@server # If your jid's domain name is different from the server name, # you can specify your complete jid as username. # # If password is not given, it will be interactively asked for. # If port is not given, default Jabber port will be used. # Use ssl = 1 to enable SSL set username = yourusername # Note: if the password contains leading or trailing spaces, you must # enclose it with quotes: set password = " example password " #set password = yourpassword set server = your.jabber.server #set port = 5222 set ssl = 0 # If you don't know what a resource is, you can leave "mcabber" here. set resource = mcabber #set priority = 3 # Conference nickname # This nickname is used when joining a room, when no nick is explicitly # specified by the user. Note that when the nickname option is not set, # the username variable can be used. #set nickname = Abitbol # Proxy # mcabber can use a proxy if it supports the CONNECT method # The proxy_user/proxy_pass variables are optional. #set proxy_host = "proxy-hostname" #set proxy_port = 3128 #set proxy_user = "username" #set proxy_pass = "password" # Keepalive # If you need a ping/keepalive to leave your connection open, you # can use the pinginterval. Setting this option to 0 disables the ping. # Default value is 40 seconds. #set pinginterval = 40 # Set hide_offline_buddies to 1 to display only connected buddies # in the roster. #set hide_offline_buddies = 0 # History logging # You can save the messages history: set logging = 1 # You can load (read) the messages history: set load_logs = 1 # Default logging directory (logging_dir) is $HOME/.mcabber/histo/ # Defaults for logging, load_logs are 0 (disabled) # Note: the logging directory must exist if you enable logging, mcabber # will not create it. #set logging = 1 #set load_logs = 1 #set logging_dir = /home/mikael/.mcabber/histo/ # Set log_muc_conf to 1 to enable MUC chatrooms logging (default = 0) #set log_muc_conf = 1 # Set load_muc_logs to 1 to read MUC chatrooms logs (default = 0). These # logs will be displayed in the buffer window _before_ any history received # from the server. #set load_muc_logs = 0 # IQ settings # Set iq_version_hide_os to 1 if you do not want to allow people to retrieve # your OS version #set iq_version_hide_os = 0 # Beep # Set beep_on_message to 1 if you want mcabber to beep when receiving # a new message (except in chatrooms). If you want a more sophisticated # system (e.g. play a sound), have a look at 'events_command' below. #set beep_on_message = 0 # External command for events # You can specify a script or process to be launched when an event occurs. # # If 'event_log_files' is set, a file is created and contains the body of # the message (incoming messages only); the file name is the last parameter. # If you enable this, you can specify the directory mcabber will use to # create these messages with the 'event_log_dir' variable (default is the # system temp dir, or MCABBERTMPDIR environment variable). Please note # that mcabber won't delete these files, it's your script's job. # # The command is called the following way: # $events_command MSG IN jabber@id [file] (when receiving a message) # $events_command MSG OUT jabber@id (when sending a message) # $events_command MSG MUC room_id [file] (when receiving a MUC message) # $events_command STATUS X jabber@id (new buddy status is X) # See sample script in contrib/ directory. #set events_command = /home/mikael/.mcabber/eventcmd # #set event_log_files = 0 #set event_log_dir = /home/mikael/.mcabber/event_files # External command status check # You can request mcabber to inspect exit status value after each # events_command. If this option is set, mcabber will beep if the # exit value is 2. #set eventcmd_checkstatus = 0 # Traces logging # If you want advanced traces, please specify a file and a level here. # There are currently 2 traceloglog levels: # lvl 1: most events of the log window are written to the file # lvl 2: debug logging (XML, etc.) # Default is level 0, no trace logging #set tracelog_level = 1 #set tracelog_file = /home/mikael/mcabber.log # Set the auto-away timeout, in seconds. If set to a value >0, # mcabber will change your status to away if no real activity is detected # (command, message, move in the buddylist...). Note: auto-away only changes # the status when it is "available" (online) or "free_for_chat". # See 'message_autoaway' below. #set autoaway = 0 # Message blocking # Set 'block_unsubscribed' to 1 if you want to block (drop) incoming # messages from people you haven't authorized. (default: 0) #set block_unsubscribed = 0 # # Set 'delete_on_reject' to 1 if you want to delete buddies from your # roster when you reject their subscription request. (default: 0) # (See documentation for /event) # The buddy is actually deleted only if there is no other subscription, # so for example if you are subscribed to this buddy's presence updates it # won't be deleted. #set delete_on_reject = 0 # Status messages # The "message" value will override all others, take care! #set message = Unique message status #set message_avail = I'm available #set message_free = I'm free for chat #set message_dnd = Please do not disturb #set message_notavail = I'm not available #set message_away = I'm away # # The auto-away message is only used when 'autoaway' is set. The previous # message will be restored when leaving auto-away status. If this message # isn't defined, the status message will stay unchanged. set message_autoaway = Auto-away (idle) # Colors # Colors are: black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white # For text colors (i.e. not background and bg* colors) you can also use # the "bright" prefix to get a bright/bold color. Example: brightblue # You can use the "default" color, too (i.e. for transparent background) # # You can have a look at the contrib/themes/ directory to see some sample # color settings. # # background: background color of the chat window and the log window # general: text color in the chat window and the log window # msgout: text color in the chat window for outgoing messages # bgstatus: background color of the status lines # status: text color of the status lines # roster: text color of the roster (buddylist) normal items # bgrostersel: background color of the selected roster item # rostersel: text color of the selected roster item # rosterselmsg:text color of the selected roster item, if there is a new msg # rosternewmsg: text color of items with unread messages # #set color_background = black #set color_general = white #set color_msgout = cyan #set color_bgstatus = blue #set color_status = white #set color_roster = green #set color_bgrostersel = cyan #set color_rostersel = blue #set color_rosterselmsg = red #set color_rosternewmsg = red # Style # Note: the "log_win_height" and "roster_width" values below can be set # in real time when mcabber is running. Refresh the screen (Ctrl-l) to # use the new values. # # Log window height (minimum 1, default 5) #set log_win_height = 5 # Buddylist window width (minimum 2, default 24) #set roster_width=24 # # Buddy name format (in status window): # - 0: (default) "" # - 1: "name " (name is omitted if same as the jid) # - 2: "name/resource" (if the name is the same as the jid, use ) # - 3: "name" (if the name is the same as the jid, use ) #set buddy_format = 2 # # Display the status changes in the chat buffers (default: 0, never) # Values: 0: never 1: only connect/disconnect 2: all #set show_status_in_buffer = 1 # # Set "log_display_sender" to 1 to display the message sender's jid in the # log window (default: 0, no) #set log_display_sender = 0 # Aliases alias me = say /me alias online = status online alias away = status away alias dnd = status dnd alias notavail = status notavail #alias names = room names # Key bindings # Ctlr-X (24) bound to /roster alternate bind 24 = roster alternate # F5 (269) bound to /roster toggle_offline (centericq-like, IIRC) bind 269 = roster toggle_offline # F12 (276) bound to /roster toggle bind 276 = roster toggle # Ctrl-Up/Ctrl-Down bound to /buffer up/down (like Ctrl-p/Ctrl-n) bind 521 = buffer up bind 514 = buffer down # Sample alias to join mcabber channel with "/jmc" #alias jmc = room join mcabber@conf.lilotux.net