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| author | Mikael Berthe <mikael@lilotux.net> |
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| date | Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:27:00 +0100 |
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| 20 .TH "MCABBER" 1 "" "" "" | |
| 21 .SH NAME | |
| 22 mcabber \- a simple Jabber console client | |
| 23 .SH "SYNOPSIS" | |
| 24 | |
| 25 | |
| 26 mcabber [ \-f configfile ] [ --help | \-h ] | |
| 27 | |
| 28 .SH "DESCRIPTION" | |
| 29 | |
| 30 | |
| 227 | 31 mcabber(1) is a small Jabber console client\&. For now it needs a configuration file to start, so please copy the sample mcabberrc file and adapt your connection settings\&. |
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34 You also need to have an existing Jabber account to use this software, as it cannot (un)register accounts yet\&. |
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| 227 | 37 The mcabber(1) screen is divided into 4 regions\&. The \fIroster\fR, alias \fIbuddylist\fR, is on the left\&. The \fIchat window\fR, or chat buffer, is on the right\&. The \fIinput line\fR lies at the bottom of the screen, under a small \fIlog window\fR\&. |
| 226 | 38 |
| 39 | |
| 229 | 40 To display buddies chat buffers, you will have to enter \fIchat mode\fR\&. You can enter chat mode by pressing enter, and leave chat mode with the ESC key\&. Simply sending a message will also enable chat mode\&. |
| 226 | 41 |
| 42 | |
| 43 Here are some of the features of mcabber: | |
| 44 | |
| 45 .TP 3 | |
| 46 \(bu | |
| 47 SSL support\&. | |
| 48 .TP | |
| 49 \(bu | |
| 467 | 50 MUC support (Multi\-User Chat)\&. |
| 51 .TP | |
| 52 \(bu | |
| 432 | 53 History logging: If enabled (see the CONFIGURATION FILE section), mcabber can save discussions to history log files\&. |
| 226 | 54 .TP |
| 55 \(bu | |
| 432 | 56 Commands completion: If possible, mcabber will try to complete your command line if you hit the Tab key\&. |
| 226 | 57 .TP |
| 58 \(bu | |
| 618 | 59 Input line history: Any message or command entered is in the input line history and can be reused easily\&. |
| 60 .TP | |
| 61 \(bu | |
| 432 | 62 External actions: Some events (like receiving a message) can trigger an external action, for example a shell script (you need to enable it in your configuration file)\&. A sample events script ("eventcmd") is provided with mcabber source code, in the contrib directory\&. |
| 226 | 63 .LP |
| 64 | |
| 65 .SH "OPTIONS" | |
| 66 | |
| 67 .TP | |
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68 \-\-help, \-h |
| 226 | 69 Quick help usage message |
| 70 | |
| 71 .TP | |
| 72 \-f configfile | |
| 73 Use configuration file configfile | |
| 74 | |
| 75 .SH "KEYS" | |
| 76 | |
| 77 | |
| 229 | 78 Text typing occurs in the \fIinput line\fR; basic operations are supported (left arrow, right arrow, home/end keys, insert, delete, backspace...)\&. |
| 226 | 79 |
| 80 | |
| 81 PageUp and PageDown keys are used to move in the roster\&. | |
| 82 | |
| 83 | |
| 618 | 84 Up and Down arrow keys can be used to move in the input line history; they jump to the previous/next line from the history beginning with the same string (from first column to the cursor column)\&. |
| 85 | |
| 86 | |
| 226 | 87 To send a message, move to the choosen buddy in the buddylist, type your message and hit enter\&. If the line begins with a slash, this will be interpreted as a command (see the COMMAND section below)\&. Hit escape to leave the chat mode\&. |
| 88 | |
| 89 Here is a quick description of the key bindings: | |
| 90 | |
| 229 | 91 Ctrl\-a Go to the beginning of the input line |
| 226 | 92 |
| 229 | 93 Ctrl\-e Go to the end of the input line |
| 226 | 94 |
| 618 | 95 Ctrl\-l Force a refresh |
| 96 | |
| 97 Up/Down Move in the input line history | |
| 226 | 98 |
| 229 | 99 PgUp/PgDown Move inside the roster (buddylist) |
| 226 | 100 |
| 618 | 101 Tab Complete current word, in the input line |
| 226 | 102 |
| 229 | 103 Ctrl\-g Cancel completion / ctrl\-g |
| 226 | 104 |
| 229 | 105 Ctrl\-p/Ctrl\-n Scroll up/down half a screen in the buffer window (chat mode) |
| 226 | 106 |
| 229 | 107 Ctrl\-u Delete from beginning of the line to the cursor |
| 226 | 108 |
| 229 | 109 Ctrl\-k Delete from the cursor to the end of line |
| 226 | 110 |
| 229 | 111 Ctrl\-w Backward kill word |
| 226 | 112 |
| 229 | 113 Ctrl\-t Transpose chars |
| 226 | 114 |
| 263 | 115 Ctrl\-o Accept line and put the next history line in the input line (accept\-line\-and\-down\-history) |
| 116 | |
| 236 | 117 Ctrl\-q Jump to the next unread message |
| 226 | 118 |
| 119 | |
| 120 .SH "COMMANDS" | |
| 121 | |
| 122 .TP | |
| 639 | 123 \fB/add\fR [jid [nickname]] |
| 660 | 124 Add the "jid" Jabber user to our roster (default group), and send a notification request to this buddy\&. If no nickname is specified, the jid is used\&. If no jid (or an empty string "") is provided or if jid is "\&.", the current buddy is used\&. |
| 226 | 125 |
| 126 .TP | |
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127 \fB/alias\fR name = command line |
| 450 | 128 Add "name" as an alias for "command line"\&. |
| 129 | |
| 130 Aliases are expanded only once, thus they can not be chained\&. "/alias name" displays the value associated with the "name" alias; "/alias name =" unsets the "name" alias\&. | |
| 131 | |
| 132 Example: "/alias away = status away"\&. | |
| 289 | 133 |
| 134 .TP | |
| 618 | 135 \fB/authorization\fR allow|cancel|request [jid] |
| 136 Manage the presence subscriptions\&. | |
| 137 | |
| 138 If no jid is provided, the current buddy is used\&. | |
| 139 | |
| 140 \fBallow\fR allow the buddy to receive your presence updates | |
| 141 \fBcancel\fR cancel the buddy' subscription to your presence updates | |
| 142 \fBrequest\fR request a subscription to the buddy's presence updates | |
| 143 | |
| 144 .TP | |
| 289 | 145 \fB/bind\fR keycode = command line |
| 450 | 146 Bind a command line to the key with the "keycode" code number\&. |
| 147 | |
| 148 Keycodes of unused keys are displayed by mcabber in the log window when pressing the key, for example "Unknown key=265"\&. "/bind keycode" displays the command line bound to the given keycode; "/bind keycode" unbinds the given keycode\&. | |
| 149 | |
| 150 Note: aliases can be used in key bindings\&. | |
| 151 | |
| 152 Example: "/bind 265 = status online" (265 is F1 for me, but it may depend on your ncurses installation)\&. | |
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154 .TP |
| 618 | 155 \fB/buffer\fR clear|top|bottom|date|%|search_backward|search_forward |
| 226 | 156 The buffer command manipulates the current buddy's buffer (chat window)\&. |
| 157 | |
| 618 | 158 \fBclear\fR clear the current buddy chat window |
| 159 \fBbottom\fR jump to the bottom of the current buddy chat buffer | |
| 160 \fBtop\fR jump to the top of the current buddy chat buffer | |
| 161 \fBup\fR [n] scroll the buffer up n lines (default: half a screen) | |
| 162 \fBdown\fR [n] scroll the buffer down n lines (default: half a screen) | |
| 163 \fBdate\fR date jump to the first line after the specified date in the chat buffer (date format: "YYYY\-mm\-dd[THH:MM:SS]", "\-" and ":" are optional) | |
| 164 \fB%\fR n jump to position %n of the buddy chat buffer | |
| 491 | 165 \fBsearch_backward\fR text search for "text" in the current buddy chat buffer |
| 166 \fBsearch_forward\fR text search for "text" in the current buddy chat buffer | |
| 226 | 167 |
| 168 .TP | |
| 229 | 169 \fB/clear\fR |
| 227 | 170 The clear command is actually an alias for "/buffer clear"\&. |
| 171 | |
| 172 .TP | |
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173 \fB/connect\fR |
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174 Establish connection to the Jabber server\&. |
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176 .TP |
| 229 | 177 \fB/del\fR |
| 227 | 178 Delete the current buddy from our roster, unsubscribe from its presence notification and unsubscribe it from ours\&. |
| 226 | 179 |
| 180 .TP | |
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181 \fB/disconnect\fR |
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182 Terminate connection to the Jabber server\&. Note: the roster is only available when the connection to the server is active, so the buddylist is empty when disconnected\&. |
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184 .TP |
| 240 | 185 \fB/group\fR fold|unfold|toggle |
| 186 The group command changes the current group display\&. | |
| 226 | 187 |
| 637 | 188 \fBfold\fR fold (shrink) the current group tree in the roster |
| 265 | 189 \fBunfold\fR unfold (expand) the current group tree in the roster |
| 190 \fBtoggle\fR toggle the state (fold/unfold) of the current tree | |
| 226 | 191 |
| 192 .TP | |
| 229 | 193 \fB/info\fR |
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194 Display info on the selected entry (user, agent, group...)\&. For users, resources are displayed with the status, priority and status message (if available) of each resource\&. |
| 227 | 195 |
| 196 .TP | |
| 229 | 197 \fB/move\fR [groupname] |
| 623 | 198 Move the current buddy to the requested group\&. If no group is specified, then the buddy is moved to the default group\&. Tip: if the chatmode is enabled, you can use "/roster alternate" to jump to the moved buddy\&. |
| 226 | 199 |
| 200 .TP | |
| 637 | 201 \fB/msay\fR begin|verbatim|send|send_to|abort |
| 450 | 202 Send a multi\-line message\&. To write a single message with several lines, the \fImulti\-line mode\fR should be used\&. |
| 203 | |
| 204 In multi\-line mode, each line (except command lines) typed in the input line will be added to the multi\-line message\&. Once the message is finished, it can be sent to the current selected buddy with the "/msay send" command\&. | |
| 205 | |
| 206 The \fIverbatim\fR multi\-line mode disables commands, so that it is possible to enter lines starting with a slash\&. Only the "/msay" command (with send or abort parameters) can be used to exit verbatim mode\&. | |
| 238 | 207 |
| 637 | 208 \fBbegin\fR enter multi\-line mode |
| 209 \fBverbatim\fR enter verbatim multi\-line mode | |
| 210 \fBsend\fR send the current multi\-line message to the currently selected buddy | |
| 211 \fIsend_to\fR jid send the current multi\-line message to "jid" | |
| 212 \fBabort\fR leave multi\-line mode without sending the message | |
| 226 | 213 |
| 214 .TP | |
| 436 | 215 \fB/rawxml\fR send |
| 216 \fBsend\fR string: send string (raw XML format) to the Jabber server\&. No check is done on the string provided\&. BEWARE! Use this only if you know what you are doing, or you could terminate the connection\&. | |
| 217 | |
| 218 .TP | |
| 229 | 219 \fB/rename\fR nickname |
| 450 | 220 Rename current buddy to the given nickname\&. This command does not work for groups, at the moment (but you can move the buddies to another group with the "/move" command)\&. |
| 221 | |
| 700 | 222 .TP |
| 223 \fB/request\fR time|version [jid] | |
| 224 Send a "IQ" query to the current buddy, or to the specified Jabber user\&. If the resource is not provided with the jid, mcabber will send the query to all known resources for this user\&. | |
| 450 | 225 |
| 226 .TP | |
| 573 | 227 \fB/room\fR |
| 450 | 228 The room command handles Multi\-User Chat room actions\&. |
| 229 | |
| 660 | 230 \fBjoin\fR room nick join "room", using "nick" as nickname\&. If no nickname is provided, the "nickname" option value is used (see sample configuration file) |
| 487 | 231 \fBleave\fR [message] leave the current room |
| 232 \fBnames\fR display members of the current room | |
| 233 \fBnick\fR nick change your nickname in the current room | |
| 491 | 234 \fBprivmsg\fR nick msg send private message "msg" to "nick" |
| 487 | 235 \fBremove\fR remove the current room from the roster (you must have left this room before) |
| 236 \fBtopic\fR set topic for current room | |
| 237 \fBunlock\fR unlock current room (if you are the owner) | |
| 601 | 238 \fBdestroy\fR [reason] destroy the current room (use with care!) |
| 573 | 239 \fBwhois\fR nick display MUC information about "nick" |
| 226 | 240 |
| 593 | 241 \fBinvite\fR jid [reason] invite jid to the current room |
| 242 \fBkick\fR nick [reason] kick "nick" from the current room | |
| 243 \fBban\fR jid [reason] ban jid from the current room | |
| 244 \fBrole\fR jid role [reason] change jid's role (role can be "none", "visitor", "participant", "moderator") | |
| 245 \fBaffil\fR jid affil [reason] change jid's affiliation (affil can be "none", "member", "admin", "owner") | |
| 246 | |
| 226 | 247 .TP |
| 265 | 248 \fB/roster\fR |
| 249 The roster command manipulates the roster/buddylist\&. Here are the available parameters: | |
| 229 | 250 |
| 491 | 251 \fBbottom\fR jump to the bottom of the roster |
| 252 \fBtop\fR jump to the top of the roster | |
| 253 \fBup\fR move up in the roster | |
| 254 \fBdown\fR move down in the roster | |
| 265 | 255 \fBhide_offline\fR hide offline buddies |
| 256 \fBshow_offline\fR show offline buddies | |
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257 \fBtoggle_offline\fR toggle display of offline buddies |
| 710 | 258 \fBhide\fR hide roster (full\-width chat window) |
| 259 \fBshow\fR show roster | |
| 260 \fBtoggle\fR toggle roster visibility | |
| 265 | 261 \fBsearch\fR bud search for a buddy with a name or buddy containing "bud" (only in the displayed buddylist) |
| 618 | 262 \fBalternate\fR jump to alternate buddy\&. The "alternate" buddy is the last buddy left while being in chat mode (this command is thus especially useful after commands like "/roster unread_first") |
| 265 | 263 \fBunread_first\fR jump to the first unread message |
| 264 \fBunread_next\fR jump to the next unread message | |
| 229 | 265 |
| 266 .TP | |
| 267 \fB/say\fR text | |
| 491 | 268 Send the "text" message to the currently selected buddy\&. Can be useful if you want to send a message beginning with a slash, for example\&. |
| 226 | 269 |
| 270 .TP | |
| 480 | 271 \fB/say_to\fR jid text |
| 491 | 272 Send the "text" message to the specified jid\&. Please note that this command doesn't set the default resource for a contact, so if you want to send several messages to a specific ressource you will have to use "/say_to" for each message\&. |
| 480 | 273 |
| 274 .TP | |
| 522 | 275 \fB/status\fR [online|avail|invisible|free|dnd|notavail|away [\-|StatusMessage]] |
| 276 Show or set the current status\&. | |
| 277 | |
| 278 If no status is specified, display the current status\&. | |
| 279 | |
| 280 If a status message is specified, it will overrride the message* variables (these variables can be set in the configuration file)\&. If no relevant message* variable is set and no status message provided, the current status message is kept\&. If StatusMessage is "\-", the current status message is cleared\&. | |
| 226 | 281 |
| 450 | 282 .TP |
| 283 \fB/status_to\fR jid online|avail|invisible|free|dnd|notavail|away [StatusMessage] | |
| 284 Send the requested status to the specified Jabber user\&. | |
| 285 | |
| 660 | 286 If the specified jid is "\&.", the current buddy is used\&. |
| 287 | |
| 450 | 288 Note: this status will be overridden by subsequent "/status" commands\&. If you are using the auto\-away feature, the status will overridden too\&. |
| 289 | |
| 290 Note: The jid can include a resource (i\&.e\&. user@server/resource)\&. | |
| 291 | |
| 623 | 292 .TP |
| 293 \fB/version\fR | |
| 294 Display mcabber version | |
| 295 | |
| 226 | 296 .SH "CONFIGURATION FILE" |
| 297 | |
| 298 | |
| 299 See the provided sample configuration file, which should be self\-documented\&. | |
| 300 | |
| 301 .SH "FILES" | |
| 302 | |
| 303 | |
| 304 The following files can be used by mcabber(1): | |
| 305 | |
| 306 .nf | |
| 307 | |
| 308 $HOME/\&.mcabber/mcabberrc Default configuration file | |
| 309 $HOME/\&.mcabberrc Configuration file used if no other has been found | |
| 310 $HOME/\&.mcabber/histo/ Default directory for storing chat history files, if enabled | |
| 311 | |
| 312 .fi | |
| 313 | |
| 314 .SH "BUGS" | |
| 315 | |
| 316 | |
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317 Certainly\&. Please tell me if you find one! :\-) |
| 226 | 318 |
| 319 .SH "AUTHOR" | |
| 320 | |
| 321 | |
| 229 | 322 Written by Mikael BERTHE <\fImcabber@lilotux.net\fR>\&. |
| 323 Originally based on cabber (Cabber homepage: <\fIhttp://cabber.sourceforge.net\fR>), please consult the AUTHORS file for details\&. | |
| 226 | 324 |
| 325 .SH "RESOURCES" | |
| 326 | |
| 327 | |
| 229 | 328 Main web site: <\fIhttp://www.lilotux.net/~mikael/mcabber/\fR> |
| 226 | 329 |
| 330 .SH "COPYING" | |
| 331 | |
| 332 | |
| 700 | 333 Copyright � 2005, 2006 Mikael Berthe\&. |
| 229 | 334 |
| 700 | 335 Some portions are Copyright � 2002\-2004 <cabber@ajmacias\&.com>\&. |
| 226 | 336 |
| 337 | |
| 338 Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)\&. | |
| 339 |