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1<chapter id="commands">
2        <title>Bitlbee commands</title>
3
4        <command-list/>
5
6        <bitlbee-command name="account">
7                <short-description>IM-account list maintenance</short-description>
8                <syntax>account [&lt;account id&gt;] &lt;action&gt; [&lt;arguments&gt;]</syntax>
9
10                <description>
11
12                        <para>
13                                Available actions: add, del, list, on, off and set. See <emphasis>help account &lt;action&gt;</emphasis> for more information.
14                        </para>
15
16                </description>
17
18                <bitlbee-command name="add">
19                        <syntax>account add &lt;protocol&gt; &lt;username&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
20
21                        <description>
22                                <para>
23                                        Adds an account on the given server with the specified protocol, username and password to the account list. Supported protocols right now are: Jabber, MSN, OSCAR (AIM/ICQ), Yahoo and Twitter. For more information about adding an account, see <emphasis>help account add &lt;protocol&gt;</emphasis>.
24                                </para>
25
26                                <para>
27                                        You can omit the password and enter it separately using the IRC /OPER command. This lets you enter your password without your IRC client echoing it on screen or recording it in logs.
28                                </para>
29                        </description>
30                       
31                        <bitlbee-command name="jabber">
32                                <syntax>account add jabber &lt;handle@server.tld&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
33
34                                <description>
35                                        <para>
36                                                The handle should be a full handle, including the domain name. You can specify a servername if necessary. Normally BitlBee doesn't need this though, since it's able to find out the server by doing DNS SRV lookups.
37                                        </para>
38
39                                        <para>
40                                                In previous versions it was also possible to specify port numbers and/or SSL in the server tag. This is deprecated and should now be done using the <emphasis>account set</emphasis> command. This also applies to specifying a resource in the handle (like <emphasis>wilmer@bitlbee.org/work</emphasis>).
41                                        </para>
42                                </description>
43                        </bitlbee-command>
44
45                        <bitlbee-command name="msn">
46                                <syntax>account add msn &lt;handle@server.tld&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
47
48                                <description>
49                                        <para>
50                                                For MSN connections there are no special arguments.
51                                        </para>
52                                </description>
53                        </bitlbee-command>
54                       
55                        <bitlbee-command name="oscar">
56                                <syntax>account add oscar &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
57
58                                <description>
59                                        <para>
60                                                OSCAR is the protocol used to connect to AIM and/or ICQ. The servers will automatically detect if you're using a numeric or non-numeric username so there's no need to tell which network you want to connect to.
61                                        </para>
62                                </description>
63
64                                <ircexample>
65                                        <ircline nick="wilmer">account add oscar 72696705 hobbelmeeuw</ircline>
66                                        <ircline nick="root">Account successfully added</ircline>
67                                </ircexample>
68                        </bitlbee-command>
69                       
70                        <bitlbee-command name="twitter">
71                                <syntax>account add twitter &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
72
73                                <description>
74                                        <para>
75                                                This module gives you simple access to Twitter and Twitter API compatible services.
76                                        </para>
77                                       
78                                        <para>
79                                                By default all your Twitter contacts will appear in a new channel called #twitter_yourusername. You can change this behaviour using the <emphasis>mode</emphasis> setting (see <emphasis>help set mode</emphasis>).
80                                        </para>
81                                       
82                                        <para>
83                                                To send tweets yourself, send them to the twitter_(yourusername) contact, or just write in the groupchat channel if you enabled that option.
84                                        </para>
85
86                                        <para>
87                                                Since Twitter now requires OAuth authentication, you should not enter your Twitter password into BitlBee. Just type a bogus password. The first time you log in, BitlBee will start OAuth authentication. (See <emphasis>help set oauth</emphasis>.)
88                                        </para>
89                                       
90                                        <para>
91                                                To use a non-Twitter service, change the <emphasis>base_url</emphasis> setting. For identi.ca, you can simply use <emphasis>account add identica</emphasis>.
92                                        </para>
93                                </description>
94                        </bitlbee-command>
95                       
96                        <bitlbee-command name="identica">
97                                <syntax>account add identica &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
98
99                                <description>
100                                        <para>
101                                                Same protocol as <emphasis>twitter</emphasis>, but defaults to a <emphasis>base_url</emphasis> pointing at identi.ca, and with OAuth disabled.
102                                        </para>
103                                </description>
104                        </bitlbee-command>
105
106                        <bitlbee-command name="yahoo">
107                                <syntax>account add yahoo &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
108
109                                <description>
110                                        <para>
111                                                For Yahoo! connections there are no special arguments.
112                                        </para>
113                                </description>
114                        </bitlbee-command>
115
116                </bitlbee-command>
117
118                <bitlbee-command name="del">
119                        <syntax>account &lt;account id&gt; del</syntax>
120
121                        <description>
122                                <para>
123                                        This commands deletes an account from your account list. You should signoff the account before deleting it.
124                                </para>
125
126
127                                <para>
128                                        The account ID can be a number/tag (see <emphasis>account list</emphasis>), the protocol name or (part of) the screenname, as long as it matches only one connection.
129                                </para>
130                        </description>
131                </bitlbee-command>
132
133                <bitlbee-command name="on">
134                        <syntax>account [&lt;account id&gt;] on</syntax>
135
136                        <description>
137                                <para>
138                                        This command will try to log into the specified account. If no account is specified, BitlBee will log into all the accounts that have the auto_connect flag set.
139                                </para>
140
141                                <para>
142                                        The account ID can be a number/tag (see <emphasis>account list</emphasis>), the protocol name or (part of) the screenname, as long as it matches only one connection.
143                                </para>
144                        </description>
145
146                </bitlbee-command>
147
148                <bitlbee-command name="off">
149                        <syntax>account [&lt;account id&gt;] off</syntax>
150
151                        <description>
152                                <para>
153                                        This command disconnects the connection for the specified account. If no account is specified, BitlBee will deactivate all active accounts and cancel all pending reconnects.
154                                </para>
155
156                                <para>
157                                        The account ID can be a number/tag (see <emphasis>account list</emphasis>), the protocol name or (part of) the screenname, as long as it matches only one connection.
158                                </para>
159                        </description>
160                </bitlbee-command>
161
162                <bitlbee-command name="list">
163                        <syntax>account list</syntax>
164
165                        <description>
166                                <para>
167                                        This command gives you a list of all the accounts known by BitlBee.
168                                </para>
169                        </description>
170                </bitlbee-command>
171
172                <bitlbee-command name="set">
173                        <syntax>account &lt;account id&gt; set</syntax>
174                        <syntax>account &lt;account id&gt; set &lt;setting&gt;</syntax>
175                        <syntax>account &lt;account id&gt; set &lt;setting&gt; &lt;value&gt;</syntax>
176                        <syntax>account &lt;account id&gt; set -del &lt;setting&gt;</syntax>
177
178                        <description>
179                                <para>
180                                        This command can be used to change various settings for IM accounts. For all protocols, this command can be used to change the handle or the password BitlBee uses to log in and if it should be logged in automatically. Some protocols have additional settings. You can see the settings available for a connection by typing <emphasis>account &lt;account id&gt; set</emphasis>.
181                                </para>
182                               
183                                <para>
184                                        For more infomation about a setting, see <emphasis>help set &lt;setting&gt;</emphasis>.
185                                </para>
186                               
187                                <para>
188                                        The account ID can be a number/tag (see <emphasis>account list</emphasis>), the protocol name or (part of) the screenname, as long as it matches only one connection.
189                                </para>
190                        </description>
191                </bitlbee-command>
192        </bitlbee-command>
193
194        <bitlbee-command name="channel">
195                <short-description>Channel list maintenance</short-description>
196                <syntax>channel [&lt;account id&gt;] &lt;action&gt; [&lt;arguments&gt;]</syntax>
197
198                <description>
199                        <para>
200                                Available actions: del, list, set. See <emphasis>help channel &lt;action&gt;</emphasis> for more information.
201                        </para>
202                       
203                        <para>
204                                There is no <emphasis>channel add</emphasis> command. To create a new channel, just use the IRC <emphasis>/join</emphasis> command. See also <emphasis>help channels</emphasis> and <emphasis>help groupchats</emphasis>.
205                        </para>
206                </description>
207
208                <bitlbee-command name="del">
209                        <syntax>channel &lt;channel id&gt; del</syntax>
210
211                        <description>
212                                <para>
213                                        Remove a channel and forget all its settings. You can only remove channels you're not currently in, and can't remove the main control channel. (You can, however, leave it.)
214                                </para>
215                        </description>
216
217                </bitlbee-command>
218
219                <bitlbee-command name="list">
220                        <syntax>channel list</syntax>
221
222                        <description>
223                                <para>
224                                        This command gives you a list of all the channels you configured.
225                                </para>
226                        </description>
227
228                </bitlbee-command>
229
230                <bitlbee-command name="set">
231                        <syntax>channel [&lt;channel id&gt;] set</syntax>
232                        <syntax>channel [&lt;channel id&gt;] set &lt;setting&gt;</syntax>
233                        <syntax>channel [&lt;channel id&gt;] set &lt;setting&gt; &lt;value&gt;</syntax>
234                        <syntax>channel [&lt;channel id&gt;] set -del &lt;setting&gt;</syntax>
235
236                        <description>
237                                <para>
238                                        This command can be used to change various settings for channels. Different channel types support different settings. You can see the settings available for a channel by typing <emphasis>channel &lt;channel id&gt; set</emphasis>.
239                                </para>
240                               
241                                <para>
242                                        For more infomation about a setting, see <emphasis>help set &lt;setting&gt;</emphasis>.
243                                </para>
244                               
245                                <para>
246                                        The channel ID can be a number (see <emphasis>channel list</emphasis>), or (part of) its name, as long as it matches only one channel. If you want to change settings of the current channel, you can omit the channel ID.
247                                </para>
248                        </description>
249                </bitlbee-command>
250
251        </bitlbee-command>
252
253        <bitlbee-command name="chat">
254                <short-description>Chatroom list maintenance</short-description>
255                <syntax>chat &lt;action&gt; [&lt;arguments&gt;]</syntax>
256
257                <description>
258
259                        <para>
260                                Available actions: add, with. See <emphasis>help chat &lt;action&gt;</emphasis> for more information.
261                        </para>
262
263                </description>
264
265                <bitlbee-command name="add">
266                        <syntax>chat add &lt;account id&gt; &lt;room&gt; [&lt;channel&gt;]</syntax>
267
268                        <description>
269                                <para>
270                                        Add a chatroom to the list of chatrooms you're interested in. BitlBee needs this list to map room names to a proper IRC channel name.
271                                </para>
272
273                                <para>
274                                        After adding a room to your list, you can simply use the IRC /join command to enter the room. Also, you can tell BitlBee to automatically join the room when you log in. (See <emphasis>chat set</emphasis>)
275                                </para>
276
277                                <para>
278                                        Password-protected rooms work exactly like on IRC, by passing the password as an extra argument to /join.
279                                </para>
280                        </description>
281
282                </bitlbee-command>
283
284                <bitlbee-command name="with">
285                        <syntax>chat with &lt;nickname&gt;</syntax>
286
287                        <description>
288                                <para>
289                                        While most <emphasis>chat</emphasis> subcommands are about named chatrooms, this command can be used to open an unnamed groupchat with one or more persons. This command is what <emphasis>/join #nickname</emphasis> used to do in older BitlBee versions.
290                                </para>
291                        </description>
292                </bitlbee-command>
293        </bitlbee-command>
294
295        <bitlbee-command name="add">
296                <short-description>Add a buddy to your contact list</short-description>
297                <syntax>add &lt;account id&gt; &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;nick&gt;]</syntax>
298                <syntax>add -tmp &lt;account id&gt; &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;nick&gt;]</syntax>
299
300                <description>
301                        <para>
302                                Adds the given buddy at the specified connection to your buddy list. The account ID can be a number (see <emphasis>account list</emphasis>), the protocol name or (part of) the screenname, as long as it matches only one connection.
303                        </para>
304
305                        <para>
306                                If you want, you can also tell BitlBee what nick to give the new contact. The -tmp option adds the buddy to the internal BitlBee structures only, not to the real contact list (like done by <emphasis>set handle_unknown add</emphasis>). This allows you to talk to people who are not in your contact list. This normally won't show you any presence notifications.
307                        </para>
308
309                        <para>
310                                If you use this command in a control channel containing people from only one group, the new contact will be added to that group automatically.
311                        </para>
312                </description>
313
314                <ircexample>
315                        <ircline nick="ctrlsoft">add 3 gryp@jabber.org grijp</ircline>
316                        <ircaction nick="grijp" hostmask="gryp@jabber.org">has joined <emphasis>&amp;bitlbee</emphasis></ircaction>
317                </ircexample>
318        </bitlbee-command>
319
320        <bitlbee-command name="info">
321                <short-description>Request user information</short-description>
322                <syntax>info &lt;connection&gt; &lt;handle&gt;</syntax>
323                <syntax>info &lt;nick&gt;</syntax>
324
325                <description>
326                        <para>
327                                Requests IM-network-specific information about the specified user. The amount of information you'll get differs per protocol. For some protocols (ATM Yahoo! and MSN) it'll give you an URL which you can visit with a normal web browser to get the information.
328                        </para>
329                </description>
330
331                <ircexample>
332                        <ircline nick="ctrlsoft">info 0 72696705</ircline>
333                        <ircline nick="root">User info - UIN: 72696705   Nick: Lintux   First/Last name: Wilmer van der Gaast   E-mail: lintux@lintux.cx</ircline>
334                </ircexample>
335
336        </bitlbee-command>
337
338        <bitlbee-command name="remove">
339                <short-description>Remove a buddy from your contact list</short-description>
340                <syntax>remove &lt;nick&gt;</syntax>
341
342                <description>
343                        <para>
344                                Removes the specified nick from your buddy list.
345                        </para>
346                </description>
347
348                <ircexample>
349                        <ircline nick="ctrlsoft">remove gryp</ircline>
350                        <ircaction nick="gryp" hostmask="gryp@jabber.jabber.org">has quit <emphasis>[Leaving...]</emphasis></ircaction>
351                </ircexample>
352
353        </bitlbee-command>
354
355        <bitlbee-command name="block">
356                <short-description>Block someone</short-description>
357                <syntax>block &lt;nick&gt;</syntax>
358                <syntax>block &lt;connection&gt; &lt;handle&gt;</syntax>
359                <syntax>block &lt;connection&gt;</syntax>
360
361                <description>
362                        <para>
363                                Puts the specified user on your ignore list. Either specify the user's nick when you have him/her in your contact list or a connection number and a user handle.
364                        </para>
365                       
366                        <para>
367                                When called with only a connection specification as an argument, the command displays the current block list for that connection.
368                        </para>
369                </description>
370        </bitlbee-command>
371
372        <bitlbee-command name="allow">
373                <short-description>Unblock someone</short-description>
374                <syntax>allow &lt;nick&gt;</syntax>
375                <syntax>allow &lt;connection&gt; &lt;handle&gt;</syntax>
376
377                <description>
378                        <para>
379                                Reverse of block. Unignores the specified user or user handle on specified connection.
380                        </para>
381                       
382                        <para>
383                                When called with only a connection specification as an argument, the command displays the current allow list for that connection.
384                        </para>
385                </description>
386        </bitlbee-command>
387       
388        <bitlbee-command name="otr">
389                <short-description>Off-the-Record encryption control</short-description>
390                <syntax>otr &lt;subcommand&gt; [&lt;arguments&gt;]</syntax>
391
392                <description>
393
394                        <para>
395                                Available subcommands: connect, disconnect, reconnect, smp, smpq, trust, info, keygen, and forget. See <emphasis>help otr &lt;subcommand&gt;</emphasis> for more information.
396                        </para>
397
398                </description>
399               
400                <bitlbee-command name="connect">
401                        <syntax>otr connect &lt;nick&gt;</syntax>
402                       
403                        <description>
404                       
405                                <para>
406                                        Attempts to establish an encrypted connection with the specified user by sending a magic string.
407                                </para>
408                               
409                        </description>
410               
411                </bitlbee-command>
412               
413                <bitlbee-command name="disconnect">
414                        <syntax>otr disconnect &lt;nick&gt;</syntax>
415                       
416                        <description>
417                       
418                                <para>
419                                        Resets the connection with the specified user to cleartext.
420                                </para>
421                               
422                        </description>
423               
424                </bitlbee-command>
425               
426                <bitlbee-command name="reconnect">
427                        <syntax>otr reconnect &lt;nick&gt;</syntax>
428                       
429                        <description>
430                       
431                                <para>
432                                        Breaks and re-establishes the encrypted connection with the specified user. Useful if something got desynced.
433                                </para>
434                               
435                                <para>
436                                        Equivalent to <emphasis>otr disconnect</emphasis> followed by <emphasis>otr connect</emphasis>.
437                                </para>
438                               
439                        </description>
440               
441                </bitlbee-command>
442               
443                <bitlbee-command name="smp">
444                        <syntax>otr smp &lt;nick&gt; &lt;secret&gt;</syntax>
445                       
446                        <description>
447                       
448                                <para>
449                                        Attempts to authenticate the given user's active fingerprint via the Socialist Millionaires' Protocol.
450                                </para>
451                               
452                                <para>
453                                        If an SMP challenge has been received from the given user, responds with the specified secret/answer. Otherwise, sends a challenge for the given secret.
454                                </para>
455                               
456                                <para>
457                                        Note that there are two flavors of SMP challenges: "shared-secret" and "question &amp; answer". This command is used to respond to both of them, or to initiate a shared-secret style exchange. Use the <emphasis>otr smpq</emphasis> command to initiate a "Q&amp;A" session.
458                                </para>
459                               
460                                <para>
461                                        When responding to a "Q&amp;A" challenge, the local trust value is not altered. Only the <emphasis>asking party</emphasis> sets trust in the case of success. Use <emphasis>otr smpq</emphasis> to pose your challenge. In a shared-secret exchange, both parties set their trust according to the outcome.
462                                </para>
463                               
464                        </description>
465               
466                </bitlbee-command>
467               
468                <bitlbee-command name="smpq">
469                        <syntax>otr smpq &lt;nick&gt; &lt;question&gt; &lt;answer&gt;</syntax>
470                       
471                        <description>
472                       
473                                <para>
474                                        Attempts to authenticate the given user's active fingerprint via the Socialist Millionaires' Protocol, Q&amp;A style.
475                                </para>
476
477                                <para>
478                                        Initiates an SMP session in "question &amp; answer" style. The question is transmitted with the initial SMP packet and used to prompt the other party. You must be confident that only they know the answer. If the protocol succeeds (i.e. they answer correctly), the fingerprint will be trusted. Note that the answer must be entered exactly, case and punctuation count!
479                                </para>
480                               
481                                <para>
482                                        Note that this style of SMP only affects the trust setting on your side. Expect your opponent to send you their own challenge. Alternatively, if you and the other party have a shared secret, use the <emphasis>otr smp</emphasis> command.
483                                </para>
484                               
485                        </description>
486               
487                </bitlbee-command>
488               
489                <bitlbee-command name="trust">
490                        <syntax>otr trust &lt;nick&gt; &lt;fp1&gt; &lt;fp2&gt; &lt;fp3&gt; &lt;fp4&gt; &lt;fp5&gt;</syntax>
491                       
492                        <description>
493                       
494                                <para>
495                                        Manually affirms trust in the specified fingerprint, given as five blocks of precisely eight (hexadecimal) digits each.
496                                </para>
497                               
498                        </description>
499               
500                </bitlbee-command>
501               
502                <bitlbee-command name="info">
503                        <syntax>otr info</syntax>
504                        <syntax>otr info &lt;nick&gt;</syntax>
505                       
506                        <description>
507                       
508                                <para>
509                                        Shows information about the OTR state. The first form lists our private keys and current OTR contexts. The second form displays information about the connection with a given user, including the list of their known fingerprints.
510                                </para>
511                               
512                        </description>
513               
514                </bitlbee-command>
515               
516                <bitlbee-command name="keygen">
517                        <syntax>otr keygen &lt;account-no&gt;</syntax>
518                       
519                        <description>
520                       
521                                <para>
522                                        Generates a new OTR private key for the given account.
523                                </para>
524                               
525                        </description>
526               
527                </bitlbee-command>
528               
529                <bitlbee-command name="forget">
530                        <syntax>otr forget &lt;thing&gt; &lt;arguments&gt;</syntax>
531                       
532                        <description>
533                       
534                                <para>
535                                        Forgets some part of our OTR userstate. Available things: fingerprint, context, and key. See <emphasis>help otr forget &lt;thing&gt;</emphasis> for more information.
536                                </para>
537                       
538                        </description>
539                       
540                        <bitlbee-command name="fingerprint">
541                                <syntax>otr forget fingerprint &lt;nick&gt; &lt;fingerprint&gt;</syntax>
542                               
543                                <description>
544                               
545                                        <para>
546                                                Drops the specified fingerprint from the given user's OTR connection context. It is allowed to specify only a (unique) prefix of the desired fingerprint.
547                                        </para>
548                                       
549                                </description>
550                               
551                        </bitlbee-command>
552                               
553                        <bitlbee-command name="context">
554                                <syntax>otr forget context &lt;nick&gt;</syntax>
555                               
556                                <description>
557                               
558                                        <para>
559                                                Forgets the entire OTR context associated with the given user. This includes current message and protocol states, as well as any fingerprints for that user.
560                                        </para>
561                                       
562                                </description>
563                               
564                        </bitlbee-command>
565
566                        <bitlbee-command name="key">
567                                <syntax>otr forget key &lt;fingerprint&gt;</syntax>
568                               
569                                <description>
570                               
571                                        <para>
572                                                Forgets an OTR private key matching the specified fingerprint. It is allowed to specify only a (unique) prefix of the fingerprint.
573                                        </para>
574                                       
575                                </description>
576                               
577                        </bitlbee-command>
578               
579                </bitlbee-command>
580               
581        </bitlbee-command>
582
583        <bitlbee-command name="set">
584                <short-description>Miscellaneous settings</short-description>
585                <syntax>set</syntax>
586                <syntax>set &lt;variable&gt;</syntax>
587                <syntax>set &lt;variable&gt; &lt;value&gt;</syntax>
588                <syntax>set -del &lt;variable&gt;</syntax>
589
590                <description>
591
592                        <para>
593                                Without any arguments, this command lists all the set variables. You can also specify a single argument, a variable name, to get that variable's value. To change this value, specify the new value as the second argument. With <emphasis>-del</emphasis> you can reset a setting to its default value.
594                        </para>
595
596                        <para>
597                                To get more help information about a setting, try:
598                        </para>
599
600                </description>
601
602                <ircexample>
603                        <ircline nick="ctrlsoft">help set private</ircline>
604                </ircexample>
605
606        </bitlbee-command>
607
608        <bitlbee-command name="help">
609                <short-description>BitlBee help system</short-description>
610
611                <syntax>help [subject]</syntax>
612
613                <description>
614                        <para>
615                                This command gives you the help information you're reading right now. If you don't give any arguments, it'll give a short help index.
616                        </para>
617                </description>
618        </bitlbee-command>
619
620        <bitlbee-command name="save">
621                <short-description>Save your account data</short-description>
622                <syntax>save</syntax>
623
624                <description>
625                        <para>
626                                This command saves all your nicks and accounts immediately. Handy if you have the autosave functionality disabled, or if you don't trust the program's stability... ;-)
627                        </para>
628                </description>
629        </bitlbee-command>
630
631        <bitlbee-setting name="account" type="string" scope="channel">
632
633                <description>
634                        <para>
635                                For control channels with <emphasis>fill_by</emphasis> set to <emphasis>account</emphasis>: Set this setting to the account id (numeric, or part of the username) of the account containing the contacts you want to see in this channel.
636                        </para>
637                </description>
638        </bitlbee-setting>
639
640        <bitlbee-setting name="allow_takeover" type="boolean" scope="global">
641                <default>true</default>
642
643                <description>
644                        <para>
645                                When you're already connected to a BitlBee server and you connect (and identify) again, BitlBee will offer to migrate your existing session to the new connection. If for whatever reason you don't want this, you can disable this setting.
646                        </para>
647                </description>
648        </bitlbee-setting>
649
650        <bitlbee-setting name="auto_connect" type="boolean" scope="account,global">
651                <default>true</default>
652
653                <description>
654                        <para>
655                                With this option enabled, when you identify BitlBee will automatically connect to your accounts, with this disabled it will not do this.
656                        </para>
657                       
658                        <para>
659                                This setting can also be changed for specific accounts using the <emphasis>account set</emphasis> command. (However, these values will be ignored if the global <emphasis>auto_connect</emphasis> setting is disabled!)
660                        </para>
661                </description>
662        </bitlbee-setting>
663
664        <bitlbee-setting name="auto_join" type="boolean" scope="channel">
665                <default>false</default>
666
667                <description>
668                        <para>
669                                With this option enabled, BitlBee will automatically join this channel when you log in.
670                        </para>
671                </description>
672        </bitlbee-setting>
673
674        <bitlbee-setting name="auto_reconnect" type="boolean" scope="account,global">
675                <default>true</default>
676
677                <description>
678                        <para>
679                                If an IM-connections breaks, you're supposed to bring it back up yourself. Having BitlBee do this automatically might not always be a good idea, for several reasons. If you want the connections to be restored automatically, you can enable this setting.
680                        </para>
681
682                        <para>
683                                See also the <emphasis>auto_reconnect_delay</emphasis> setting.
684                        </para>
685
686                        <para>
687                                This setting can also be changed for specific accounts using the <emphasis>account set</emphasis> command. (However, these values will be ignored if the global <emphasis>auto_reconnect</emphasis> setting is disabled!)
688                        </para>
689                </description>
690        </bitlbee-setting>
691
692        <bitlbee-setting name="auto_reconnect_delay" type="string" scope="global">
693                <default>5*3&lt;900</default>
694
695                <description>
696                        <para>
697                                Tell BitlBee after how many seconds it should attempt to bring a broken IM-connection back up.
698                        </para>
699
700                        <para>
701                                This can be one integer, for a constant delay. One can also set it to something like &quot;10*10&quot;, which means wait for ten seconds on the first reconnect, multiply it by ten on every failure. Once successfully connected, this delay is re-set to the initial value. With &lt; you can give a maximum delay.
702                        </para>
703
704                        <para>
705                                See also the <emphasis>auto_reconnect</emphasis> setting.
706                        </para>
707                </description>
708        </bitlbee-setting>
709
710        <bitlbee-setting name="auto_reply_timeout" type="integer" scope="account">
711                <default>10800</default>
712
713                <description>
714                        <para>
715                                For Twitter accounts: If you respond to Tweets IRC-style (like "nickname: reply"), this will automatically be converted to the usual Twitter format ("@screenname reply").
716                        </para>
717
718                        <para>
719                                By default, BitlBee will then also add a reference to that person's most recent Tweet, unless that message is older than the value of this setting in seconds.
720                        </para>
721
722                        <para>
723                                If you want to disable this feature, just set this to 0. Alternatively, if you want to write a message once that is <emphasis>not</emphasis> a reply, use the Twitter reply syntax (@screenname).
724                        </para>
725                </description>
726        </bitlbee-setting>
727
728        <bitlbee-setting name="away" type="string" scope="account,global">
729                <description>
730                        <para>
731                                To mark yourself as away, it is recommended to just use <emphasis>/away</emphasis>, like on normal IRC networks. If you want to mark yourself as away on only one IM network, you can use this per-account setting.
732                        </para>
733
734                        <para>
735                                You can set it to any value and BitlBee will try to map it to the most appropriate away state for every open IM connection, or set it as a free-form away message where possible.
736                        </para>
737
738                        <para>
739                                Any per-account away setting will override globally set away states. To un-set the setting, use <emphasis>set -del away</emphasis>.
740                        </para>
741                </description>
742        </bitlbee-setting>
743
744        <bitlbee-setting name="away_devoice" type="boolean" scope="global">
745                <default>true</default>
746
747                <description>
748                        <para>
749                                With this option enabled, the root user devoices people when they go away (just away, not offline) and gives the voice back when they come back. You might dislike the voice-floods you'll get if your contact list is huge, so this option can be disabled.
750                        </para>
751                       
752                        <para>
753                                Replaced with the <emphasis>show_users</emphasis> setting. See <emphasis>help show_users</emphasis>.
754                        </para>
755                </description>
756        </bitlbee-setting>
757
758        <bitlbee-setting name="away_reply_timeout" type="integer" scope="global">
759                <default>3600</default>
760
761                <description>
762                        <para>
763                                Most IRC servers send a user's away message every time s/he gets a private message, to inform the sender that they may not get a response immediately. With this setting set to 0, BitlBee will also behave like this.
764                        </para>
765
766                        <para>
767                                Since not all IRC clients do an excellent job at suppressing these messages, this setting lets BitlBee do it instead. BitlBee will wait this many seconds (or until the away state/message changes) before re-informing you that the person's away.
768                        </para>
769                </description>
770        </bitlbee-setting>
771
772        <bitlbee-setting name="base_url" type="string" scope="account">
773                <default>http://api.twitter.com/1</default>
774
775                <description>
776                        <para>
777                                There are more services that understand the Twitter API than just Twitter.com. BitlBee can connect to all Twitter API implementations.
778                        </para>
779
780                        <para>
781                                For example, set this setting to <emphasis>http://identi.ca/api</emphasis> to use Identi.ca.
782                        </para>
783
784                        <para>
785                                Keep two things in mind: When not using Twitter, you <emphasis>must</emphasis> also disable the <emphasis>oauth</emphasis> setting as it currently only works with Twitter. If you're still having issues, make sure there is <emphasis>no</emphasis> slash at the end of the URL you enter here.
786                        </para>
787                </description>
788        </bitlbee-setting>
789
790        <bitlbee-setting name="charset" type="string" scope="global">
791                <default>utf-8</default>
792                <possible-values>you can get a list of all possible values by doing 'iconv -l' in a shell</possible-values>
793
794                <description>
795                        <para>
796                                This setting tells BitlBee what your IRC client sends and expects. It should be equal to the charset setting of your IRC client if you want to be able to send and receive non-ASCII text properly.
797                        </para>
798
799                        <para>
800                                Most systems use UTF-8 these days. On older systems, an iso8859 charset may work better. For example, iso8859-1 is the best choice for most Western countries. You can try to find what works best for you on http://www.unicodecharacter.com/charsets/iso8859.html
801                        </para>
802                </description>
803
804        </bitlbee-setting>
805
806        <bitlbee-setting name="color_encrypted" type="boolean" scope="global">
807                <default>true</default>
808
809                <description>
810                        <para>
811                                If set to true, BitlBee will color incoming encrypted messages according to their fingerprint trust level: untrusted=red, trusted=green.
812                        </para>
813                </description>
814        </bitlbee-setting>
815
816        <bitlbee-setting name="control_channel" type="string" scope="global">
817                <default>&amp;bitlbee</default>
818
819                <description>
820                        <para>
821                                Normally the control channel where you can see all your contacts is called "&amp;bitlbee". If you don't like this name, you can rename it to anything else using the <emphasis>rename</emphasis> command, or by changing this setting.
822                        </para>
823                </description>
824        </bitlbee-setting>
825
826        <bitlbee-setting name="chat_type" type="string" scope="channel">
827                <default>groupchat</default>
828                <possible-values>groupchat, room</possible-values>
829
830                <description>
831                        <para>
832                                There are two kinds of chat channels: simple groupchats (basically normal IM chats with more than two participants) and names chatrooms, more similar to IRC channels.
833                        </para>
834                       
835                        <para>
836                                BitlBee supports both types. With this setting set to <emphasis>groupchat</emphasis> (the default), you can just invite people into the room and start talking.
837                        </para>
838                       
839                        <para>
840                                For setting up named chatrooms, it's currently easier to just use the <emphasis>chat add</emphasis> command.
841                        </para>
842                </description>
843        </bitlbee-setting>
844
845        <bitlbee-setting name="commands" type="boolean" scope="account">
846                <default>true</default>
847
848                <description>
849                        <para>
850                                With this setting enabled, you can use some commands in your Twitter channel/query. The commands are simple and not documented in too much detail:
851                        </para>
852
853                        <variablelist>
854                                <varlistentry><term>undo #[&lt;id&gt;]</term><listitem><para>Delete your last Tweet (or one with the given ID)</para></listitem></varlistentry>
855                                <varlistentry><term>rt &lt;screenname|#id&gt;</term><listitem><para>Retweet someone's last Tweet (or one with the given ID)</para></listitem></varlistentry>
856                                <varlistentry><term>reply &lt;screenname|#id&gt;</term><listitem><para>Reply to a Tweet (with a reply-to reference)</para></listitem></varlistentry>
857                                <varlistentry><term>follow &lt;screenname&gt;</term><listitem><para>Start following a person</para></listitem></varlistentry>
858                                <varlistentry><term>unfollow &lt;screenname&gt;</term><listitem><para>Stop following a person</para></listitem></varlistentry>
859                                <varlistentry><term>post &lt;message&gt;</term><listitem><para>Post a tweet</para></listitem></varlistentry>
860                        </variablelist>
861
862                        <para>
863                                Anything that doesn't look like a command will be treated as a tweet. Watch out for typos! :-)
864                        </para>
865                </description>
866        </bitlbee-setting>
867
868        <bitlbee-setting name="debug" type="boolean" scope="global">
869                <default>false</default>
870
871                <description>
872                        <para>
873                                Some debugging messages can be sent to the control channel if you wish. They're probably not really useful for you, unless you're doing some development on BitlBee.
874                        </para>
875                </description>
876        </bitlbee-setting>
877
878        <bitlbee-setting name="default_target" type="string" scope="global">
879                <default>root</default>
880                <possible-values>root, last</possible-values>
881
882                <description>
883                        <para>
884                                With this value set to <emphasis>root</emphasis>, lines written in the control channel without any nickname in front of them will be interpreted as commands. If you want BitlBee to send those lines to the last person you addressed in the control channel, set this to <emphasis>last</emphasis>.
885                        </para>
886                </description>
887        </bitlbee-setting>
888
889        <bitlbee-setting name="display_name" type="string" scope="account">
890                <description>
891                        <para>
892                                Currently only available for MSN connections. This setting allows you to read and change your "friendly name" for this connection. Since this is a server-side setting, it can't be changed when the account is off-line.
893                        </para>
894                </description>
895        </bitlbee-setting>
896
897        <bitlbee-setting name="display_namechanges" type="boolean" scope="global">
898                <default>false</default>
899
900                <description>
901                        <para>
902                                With this option enabled, root will inform you when someone in your buddy list changes his/her "friendly name".
903                        </para>
904                </description>
905        </bitlbee-setting>
906
907        <bitlbee-setting name="display_timestamps" type="boolean" scope="global">
908                <default>true</default>
909
910                <description>
911                        <para>
912                                When incoming messages are old (i.e. offline messages and channel backlogs), BitlBee will prepend them with a timestamp. If you find them ugly or useless, you can use this setting to hide them.
913                        </para>
914                </description>
915        </bitlbee-setting>
916
917        <bitlbee-setting name="fill_by" type="string" scope="channel">
918                <default>all</default>
919                <possible-values>all, group, account, protocol</possible-values>
920
921                <description>
922                        <para>
923                                For control channels only: This setting determines which contacts the channel gets populated with.
924                        </para>
925
926                        <para>
927                                By default, control channels will contain all your contacts. You instead select contacts by buddy group, IM account or IM protocol.
928                        </para>
929                       
930                        <para>
931                                Change this setting and the corresponding <emphasis>account</emphasis>/<emphasis>group</emphasis>/<emphasis>protocol</emphasis> setting to set up this selection.
932                        </para>
933                       
934                        <para>
935                                Note that, when creating a new channel, BitlBee will try to preconfigure the channel for you, based on the channel name. See <emphasis>help channels</emphasis>.
936                        </para>
937                </description>
938        </bitlbee-setting>
939
940        <bitlbee-setting name="group" type="string" scope="channel">
941
942                <description>
943                        <para>
944                                For control channels with <emphasis>fill_by</emphasis> set to <emphasis>group</emphasis>: Set this setting to the name of the group containing the contacts you want to see in this channel.
945                        </para>
946                </description>
947        </bitlbee-setting>
948
949        <bitlbee-setting name="handle_unknown" type="string" scope="global">
950                <default>add_channel</default>
951                <possible-values>root, add, add_private, add_channel, ignore</possible-values>
952
953                <description>
954                        <para>
955                                Messages from unknown users are echoed like this by default:
956                        </para>
957
958                        <ircexample>
959                                <ircline nick="root">Unknown message from handle 3137137:</ircline>
960                                <ircline nick="root">j0000! 1 4m l33t h4x0r! kill me!</ircline>
961                        </ircexample>
962
963                        <para>
964                                If you want this lame user to be added automatically, you can set this setting to "add". If you prefer to ignore messages from people you don't know, you can set this one to "ignore". "add_private" and "add_channel" are like add, but you can use them to make messages from unknown buddies appear in the channel instead of a query window.
965                        </para>
966
967                        <note>
968                                <para>
969                                        Auto-added users aren't added to your real contact list. This is because you don't want the user to get authorization requests. So when you restart BitlBee, the auto-added user will be gone. If you want to keep the person in your buddy-list, you have to fixate the add using the <emphasis>add</emphasis> command.
970                                </para>
971                        </note>
972                </description>
973
974        </bitlbee-setting>
975
976        <bitlbee-setting name="ignore_auth_requests" type="boolean" scope="account">
977                <default>false</default>
978
979                <description>
980                        <para>
981                                Only supported by OSCAR so far, you can use this setting to ignore ICQ authorization requests, which are hardly used for legitimate (i.e. non-spam) reasons anymore.
982                        </para>
983                </description>
984
985        </bitlbee-setting>
986
987        <bitlbee-setting name="lcnicks" type="boolean" scope="global">
988                <default>true</default>
989
990                <description>
991                        <para>
992                                Hereby you can change whether you want all lower case nick names or leave the case as it intended by your peer.
993                        </para>
994                </description>
995
996        </bitlbee-setting>
997
998        <bitlbee-setting name="local_display_name" type="boolean" scope="account">
999                <default>false</default>
1000
1001                <description>
1002                        <para>
1003                                Mostly meant to work around a bug in MSN servers (forgetting the display name set by the user), this setting tells BitlBee to store your display name locally and set this name on the MSN servers when connecting.
1004                        </para>
1005                </description>
1006
1007        </bitlbee-setting>
1008
1009        <bitlbee-setting name="mail_notifications" type="boolean" scope="account">
1010                <default>false</default>
1011
1012                <description>
1013                        <para>
1014                                Some protocols (MSN, Yahoo!) can notify via IM about new e-mail. Since most people use their Hotmail/Yahoo! addresses as a spam-box, this is disabled default. If you want these notifications, you can enable this setting.
1015                        </para>
1016                </description>
1017
1018        </bitlbee-setting>
1019
1020        <bitlbee-setting name="message_length" type="integer" scope="account">
1021                <default>140</default>
1022
1023                <description>
1024                        <para>
1025                                Since Twitter rejects messages longer than 140 characters, BitlBee can count message length and emit a warning instead of waiting for Twitter to reject it.
1026                        </para>
1027
1028                        <para>
1029                                You can change this limit here but this won't disable length checks on Twitter's side. You can also set it to 0 to disable the check in case you believe BitlBee doesn't count the characters correctly.
1030                        </para>
1031                </description>
1032
1033        </bitlbee-setting>
1034
1035        <bitlbee-setting name="mode" type="string" scope="account">
1036                <possible-values>one, many, chat</possible-values>
1037                <default>chat</default>
1038
1039                <description>
1040                        <para>
1041                                By default, BitlBee will create a separate channel (called #twitter_yourusername) for all your Twitter contacts/messages.
1042                        </para>
1043
1044                        <para>
1045                                If you don't want an extra channel, you can set this setting to "one" (everything will come from one nick, twitter_yourusername), or to "many" (individual nicks for everyone).
1046                        </para>
1047                       
1048                        <para>
1049                                With modes "chat" and "many", you can send direct messages by /msg'ing your contacts directly. Note, however, that incoming DMs are not fetched yet.
1050                        </para>
1051                       
1052                        <para>
1053                                With modes "many" and "one", you can post tweets by /msg'ing the twitter_yourusername contact. In mode "chat", messages posted in the Twitter channel will also be posted as tweets.
1054                        </para>
1055                </description>
1056
1057        </bitlbee-setting>
1058
1059        <bitlbee-setting name="mobile_is_away" type="boolean" scope="global">
1060                <default>false</default>
1061
1062                <description>
1063                        <para>
1064                                Most IM networks have a mobile version of their client. People who use these may not be paying that much attention to messages coming in. By enabling this setting, people using mobile clients will always be shown as away.
1065                        </para>
1066                </description>
1067
1068        </bitlbee-setting>
1069
1070        <bitlbee-setting name="nick" type="string" scope="chat">
1071                <description>
1072                        <para>
1073                                You can use this option to set your nickname in a chatroom. You won't see this nickname yourself, but other people in the room will. By default, BitlBee will use your username as the chatroom nickname.
1074                        </para>
1075                </description>
1076        </bitlbee-setting>
1077
1078        <bitlbee-setting name="nick_format" type="string" scope="account,global">
1079                <default>%-@nick</default>
1080
1081                <description>
1082                        <para>
1083                                By default, BitlBee tries to derive sensible nicknames for all your contacts from their IM handles. In some cases, IM modules (ICQ for example) will provide a nickname suggestion, which will then be used instead. This setting lets you change this behaviour.
1084                        </para>
1085
1086                        <para>
1087                                Whenever this setting is set for an account, it will be used for all its contacts. If it's not set, the global value will be used.
1088                        </para>
1089
1090                        <para>
1091                                It's easier to describe this setting using a few examples:
1092                        </para>
1093
1094                        <para>
1095                                FB-%full_name will make all nicknames start with "FB-", followed by the person's full name. For example you can set this format for your Facebook account so all Facebook contacts are clearly marked.
1096                        </para>
1097
1098                        <para>
1099                                [%group]%-@nick will make all nicknames start with the group the contact is in between square brackets, followed by the nickname suggestions from the IM module if available, or otherwise the handle. Because of the "-@" part, everything from the first @ will be stripped.
1100                        </para>
1101
1102                        <para>
1103                                See <emphasis>help nick_format</emphasis> for more information.
1104                        </para>
1105                </description>
1106        </bitlbee-setting>
1107
1108        <bitlbee-setting name="nick_source" type="string" scope="account">
1109                <default>handle</default>
1110                <possible-values>handle, full_name, first_name</possible-values>
1111
1112                <description>
1113                        <para>
1114                                By default, BitlBee generates a nickname for every contact by taking its handle and chopping off everything after the @. In some cases, this gives very inconvenient nicknames. The Facebook XMPP server is a good example, as all Facebook XMPP handles are numeric.
1115                        </para>
1116
1117                        <para>
1118                                With this setting set to <emphasis>full_name</emphasis>, the person's full name is used to generate a nickname. Or if you don't like long nicknames, set this setting to <emphasis>first_name</emphasis> instead and only the first word will be used. Note that the full name can be full of non-ASCII characters which will be stripped off.
1119                        </para>
1120                </description>
1121        </bitlbee-setting>
1122
1123        <bitlbee-setting name="oauth" type="boolean" scope="account">
1124                <default>true</default>
1125
1126                <description>
1127                        <para>
1128                                This enables OAuth authentication for Twitter accounts. From June 2010 this will be mandatory.
1129                        </para>
1130
1131                        <para>
1132                                With OAuth enabled, you shouldn't tell BitlBee your Twitter password. Just add your account with a bogus password and type <emphasis>account on</emphasis>. BitlBee will then give you a URL to authenticate with Twitter. If this succeeds, Twitter will return a PIN code which you can give back to BitlBee to finish the process.
1133                        </para>
1134
1135                        <para>
1136                                The resulting access token will be saved permanently, so you have to do this only once.
1137                        </para>
1138                </description>
1139
1140        </bitlbee-setting>
1141
1142        <bitlbee-setting name="ops" type="string" scope="global">
1143                <default>both</default>
1144                <possible-values>both, root, user, none</possible-values>
1145
1146                <description>
1147                        <para>
1148                                Some people prefer themself and root to have operator status in &amp;bitlbee, other people don't. You can change these states using this setting.
1149                        </para>
1150
1151                        <para>
1152                                The value "both" means both user and root get ops. "root" means, well, just root. "user" means just the user. "none" means nobody will get operator status.
1153                        </para>
1154                </description>
1155        </bitlbee-setting>
1156
1157        <bitlbee-setting name="otr_policy" type="string" scope="global">
1158                <default>opportunistic</default>
1159                <possible-values>never, opportunistic, manual, always</possible-values>
1160
1161                <description>
1162                        <para>
1163                                This setting controls the policy for establishing Off-the-Record connections.
1164                        </para>
1165                        <para>
1166                                A value of "never" effectively disables the OTR subsystem. In "opportunistic" mode, a magic whitespace pattern will be appended to the first message sent to any user. If the peer is also running opportunistic OTR, an encrypted connection will be set up automatically. On "manual", on the other hand, OTR connections must be established explicitly using <emphasis>otr connect</emphasis>. Finally, the setting "always" enforces encrypted communication by causing BitlBee to refuse to send any cleartext messages at all.
1167                        </para>
1168                </description>
1169        </bitlbee-setting>
1170
1171        <bitlbee-setting name="password" type="string" scope="account,global">
1172                <description>
1173                        <para>
1174                                Use this global setting to change your "NickServ" password.
1175                        </para>
1176                       
1177                        <para>
1178                                This setting is also available for all IM accounts to change the password BitlBee uses to connect to the service.
1179                        </para>
1180                       
1181                        <para>
1182                                Note that BitlBee will always say this setting is empty. This doesn't mean there is no password, it just means that, for security reasons, BitlBee stores passwords somewhere else so they can't just be retrieved in plain text.
1183                        </para>
1184                </description>
1185        </bitlbee-setting>
1186
1187        <bitlbee-setting name="paste_buffer" type="boolean" scope="global">
1188                <default>false</default>
1189
1190                <description>
1191                        <para>
1192                                By default, when you send a message to someone, BitlBee forwards this message to the user immediately. When you paste a large number of lines, the lines will be sent in separate messages, which might not be very nice to read. If you enable this setting, BitlBee will buffer your messages and wait for more data.
1193                        </para>
1194
1195                        <para>
1196                                Using the <emphasis>paste_buffer_delay</emphasis> setting you can specify the number of seconds BitlBee should wait for more data before the complete message is sent.
1197                        </para>
1198
1199                        <para>
1200                                Please note that if you remove a buddy from your list (or if the connection to that user drops) and there's still data in the buffer, this data will be lost. BitlBee will not try to send the message to the user in those cases.
1201                        </para>
1202                </description>
1203        </bitlbee-setting>
1204
1205        <bitlbee-setting name="paste_buffer_delay" type="integer" scope="global">
1206                <default>200</default>
1207
1208                <description>
1209
1210                        <para>
1211                                Tell BitlBee after how many (mili)seconds a buffered message should be sent. Values greater than 5 will be interpreted as miliseconds, 5 and lower as seconds.
1212                        </para>
1213
1214                        <para>
1215                                See also the <emphasis>paste_buffer</emphasis> setting.
1216                        </para>
1217                </description>
1218        </bitlbee-setting>
1219       
1220        <bitlbee-setting name="port" type="integer" scope="account">
1221                <description>
1222                        <para>
1223                                Currently only available for Jabber connections. Specifies the port number to connect to. Usually this should be set to 5222, or 5223 for SSL-connections.
1224                        </para>
1225                </description>
1226        </bitlbee-setting>
1227
1228        <bitlbee-setting name="priority" type="integer" scope="account">
1229                <default>0</default>
1230
1231                <description>
1232                        <para>
1233                                Can be set for Jabber connections. When connecting to one account from multiple places, this priority value will help the server to determine where to deliver incoming messages (that aren't addressed to a specific resource already).
1234                        </para>
1235
1236                        <para>
1237                                According to RFC 3921 servers will always deliver messages to the server with the highest priority value. Mmessages will not be delivered to resources with a negative priority setting (and should be saved as an off-line message if all available resources have a negative priority value).
1238                        </para>
1239                </description>
1240        </bitlbee-setting>
1241
1242        <bitlbee-setting name="private" type="boolean" scope="global">
1243                <default>true</default>
1244
1245                <description>
1246                        <para>
1247                                If value is true, messages from users will appear in separate query windows. If false, messages from users will appear in the control channel.
1248                        </para>
1249
1250                        <para>
1251                                This setting is remembered (during one session) per-user, this setting only changes the default state. This option takes effect as soon as you reconnect.
1252                        </para>
1253                </description>
1254        </bitlbee-setting>
1255
1256        <bitlbee-setting name="protocol" type="string" scope="channel">
1257
1258                <description>
1259                        <para>
1260                                For control channels with <emphasis>fill_by</emphasis> set to <emphasis>protocol</emphasis>: Set this setting to the name of the IM protocol of all contacts you want to see in this channel.
1261                        </para>
1262                </description>
1263        </bitlbee-setting>
1264
1265        <bitlbee-setting name="query_order" type="string" scope="global">
1266                <default>lifo</default>
1267                <possible-values>lifo, fifo</possible-values>
1268
1269                <description>
1270                        <para>
1271                                This changes the order in which the questions from root (usually authorization requests from buddies) should be answered. When set to <emphasis>lifo</emphasis>, BitlBee immediately displays all new questions and they should be answered in reverse order. When this is set to <emphasis>fifo</emphasis>, BitlBee displays the first question which comes in and caches all the others until you answer the first one.
1272                        </para>
1273
1274                        <para>
1275                                Although the <emphasis>fifo</emphasis> setting might sound more logical (and used to be the default behaviour in older BitlBee versions), it turned out not to be very convenient for many users when they missed the first question (and never received the next ones).
1276                        </para>
1277                </description>
1278        </bitlbee-setting>
1279
1280        <bitlbee-setting name="resource" type="string" scope="account">
1281                <default>BitlBee</default>
1282
1283                <description>
1284                        <para>
1285                                Can be set for Jabber connections. You can use this to connect to your Jabber account from multiple clients at once, with every client using a different resource string.
1286                        </para>
1287                </description>
1288        </bitlbee-setting>
1289
1290        <bitlbee-setting name="resource_select" type="string" scope="account">
1291                <default>activity</default>
1292                <possible-values>priority, activity</possible-values>
1293
1294                <description>
1295                        <para>
1296                                Because the IRC interface makes it pretty hard to specify the resource to talk to (when a buddy is online through different resources), this setting was added.
1297                        </para>
1298
1299                        <para>
1300                                Normally it's set to <emphasis>priority</emphasis> which means messages will always be delivered to the buddy's resource with the highest priority. If the setting is set to <emphasis>activity</emphasis>, messages will be delivered to the resource that was last used to send you a message (or the resource that most recently connected).
1301                        </para>
1302                </description>
1303        </bitlbee-setting>
1304
1305        <bitlbee-setting name="root_nick" type="string" scope="global">
1306                <default>root</default>
1307
1308                <description>
1309                        <para>
1310                                Normally the "bot" that takes all your BitlBee commands is called "root". If you don't like this name, you can rename it to anything else using the <emphasis>rename</emphasis> command, or by changing this setting.
1311                        </para>
1312                </description>
1313        </bitlbee-setting>
1314
1315        <bitlbee-setting name="save_on_quit" type="boolean" scope="global">
1316                <default>true</default>
1317
1318                <description>
1319                        <para>
1320                                If enabled causes BitlBee to save all current settings and account details when user disconnects. This is enabled by default, and these days there's not really a reason to have it disabled anymore.
1321                        </para>
1322                </description>
1323        </bitlbee-setting>
1324
1325        <bitlbee-setting name="server" type="string" scope="account">
1326                <description>
1327                        <para>
1328                                Can be set for Jabber- and OSCAR-connections. For Jabber, you might have to set this if the servername isn't equal to the part after the @ in the Jabber handle. For OSCAR this shouldn't be necessary anymore in recent BitlBee versions.
1329                        </para>
1330                </description>
1331        </bitlbee-setting>
1332
1333        <bitlbee-setting name="show_ids" type="boolean" scope="account">
1334                <default>false</default>
1335
1336                <description>
1337                        <para>
1338                                Enable this setting on a Twitter account to have BitlBee include a two-digit "id" in front of every message. This id can then be used for replies and retweets.
1339                        </para>
1340                </description>
1341        </bitlbee-setting>
1342
1343        <bitlbee-setting name="show_offline" type="boolean" scope="global">
1344                <default>false</default>
1345
1346                <description>
1347                        <para>
1348                                If enabled causes BitlBee to also show offline users in Channel. Online-users will get op, away-users voice and offline users none of both. This option takes effect as soon as you reconnect.
1349                        </para>
1350                       
1351                        <para>
1352                                Replaced with the <emphasis>show_users</emphasis> setting. See <emphasis>help show_users</emphasis>.
1353                        </para>
1354                </description>
1355        </bitlbee-setting>
1356
1357        <bitlbee-setting name="show_users" type="string" scope="channel">
1358                <default>online+,away</default>
1359
1360                <description>
1361                        <para>
1362                                Comma-separated list of statuses of users you want in the channel,
1363                                and any modes they should have. The following statuses are currently
1364                                recognised: <emphasis>online</emphasis> (i.e. available, not
1365                                away), <emphasis>away</emphasis>, and <emphasis>offline</emphasis>.
1366                        </para>
1367                       
1368                        <para>
1369                                If a status is followed by a valid channel mode character
1370                                (@, % or +), it will be given to users with that status.
1371                                For example, <emphasis>online@,away+,offline</emphasis> will
1372                                show all users in the channel. Online people will
1373                                have +o, people who are online but away will have +v,
1374                                and others will have no special modes.
1375                        </para>
1376                </description>
1377        </bitlbee-setting>
1378
1379        <bitlbee-setting name="simulate_netsplit" type="boolean" scope="global">
1380                <default>true</default>
1381
1382                <description>
1383                        <para>
1384                                Some IRC clients parse quit messages sent by the IRC server to see if someone really left or just disappeared because of a netsplit. By default, BitlBee tries to simulate netsplit-like quit messages to keep the control channel window clean. If you don't like this (or if your IRC client doesn't support this) you can disable this setting.
1385                        </para>
1386                </description>
1387        </bitlbee-setting>
1388
1389        <bitlbee-setting name="ssl" type="boolean" scope="account">
1390                <default>false</default>
1391
1392                <description>
1393                        <para>
1394                                Currently only available for Jabber connections. Set this to true if the server accepts SSL connections.
1395                        </para>
1396                </description>
1397        </bitlbee-setting>
1398
1399        <bitlbee-setting name="status" type="string" scope="account,global">
1400                <description>
1401                        <para>
1402                                Most IM protocols support status messages, similar to away messages. They can be used to indicate things like your location or activity, without showing up as away/busy.
1403                        </para>
1404
1405                        <para>
1406                                This setting can be used to set such a message. It will be available as a per-account setting for protocols that support it, and also as a global setting (which will then automatically be used for all protocols that support it).
1407                        </para>
1408
1409                        <para>
1410                                Away states set using <emphasis>/away</emphasis> or the <emphasis>away</emphasis> setting will override this setting. To clear the setting, use <emphasis>set -del status</emphasis>.
1411                        </para>
1412                </description>
1413        </bitlbee-setting>
1414
1415        <bitlbee-setting name="strip_html" type="boolean" scope="global">
1416                <default>true</default>
1417
1418                <description>
1419                        <para>
1420                                Determines what BitlBee should do with HTML in messages. Normally this is turned on and HTML will be stripped from messages, if BitlBee thinks there is HTML.
1421                        </para>
1422                        <para>
1423                                If BitlBee fails to detect this sometimes (most likely in AIM messages over an ICQ connection), you can set this setting to <emphasis>always</emphasis>, but this might sometimes accidentally strip non-HTML things too.
1424                        </para>
1425                </description>
1426        </bitlbee-setting>
1427
1428        <bitlbee-setting name="switchboard_keepalives" type="boolean" scope="account">
1429                <default>false</default>
1430
1431                <description>
1432                        <para>
1433                                Turn on this flag if you have difficulties talking to offline/invisible contacts.
1434                        </para>
1435                       
1436                        <para>
1437                                With this setting enabled, BitlBee will send keepalives to MSN switchboards with offline/invisible contacts every twenty seconds. This should keep the server and client on the other side from shutting it down.
1438                        </para>
1439                       
1440                        <para>
1441                                This is useful because BitlBee doesn't support MSN offline messages yet and the MSN servers won't let the user reopen switchboards to offline users. Once offline messaging is supported, this flag might be removed.
1442                        </para>
1443                </description>
1444        </bitlbee-setting>
1445
1446        <bitlbee-setting name="tag" type="string" scope="account">
1447                <description>
1448                        <para>
1449                                For every account you have, you can set a tag you can use to uniquely identify that account. This tag can be used instead of the account number (or protocol name, or part of the screenname) when using commands like <emphasis>account</emphasis>, <emphasis>add</emphasis>, etc. You can't have two accounts with one and the same account tag.
1450                        </para>
1451
1452                        <para>
1453                                By default, it will be set to the name of the IM protocol. Once you add a second account on an IM network, a numeric suffix will be added, starting with 2.
1454                        </para>
1455                </description>
1456        </bitlbee-setting>
1457
1458        <bitlbee-setting name="timezone" type="string" scope="global">
1459                <default>local</default>
1460                <possible-values>local, utc, gmt, timezone-spec</possible-values>
1461
1462                <description>
1463                        <para>
1464                                If message timestamps are available for offline messages or chatroom backlogs, BitlBee will display them as part of the message. By default it will use the local timezone. If you're not in the same timezone as the BitlBee server, you can adjust the timestamps using this setting.
1465                        </para>
1466
1467                        <para>
1468                                Values local/utc/gmt should be self-explanatory. timezone-spec is a time offset in hours:minutes, for example: -8 for Pacific Standard Time, +2 for Central European Summer Time, +5:30 for Indian Standard Time.
1469                        </para>
1470                </description>
1471        </bitlbee-setting>
1472
1473        <bitlbee-setting name="tls" type="boolean" scope="account">
1474                <default>try</default>
1475
1476                <description>
1477                        <para>
1478                                Newer Jabber servers allow clients to convert a plain-text session to a TLS/SSL-encrypted session. Normally (with this setting set to <emphasis>try</emphasis>) BitlBee will do this, if possible.
1479                        </para>
1480
1481                        <para>
1482                                If you want to force BitlBee to use TLS sessions only (and to give up if that doesn't seem to be possible) you can set this setting to <emphasis>true</emphasis>. Set it to <emphasis>false</emphasis> if you want the session to remain plain-text.
1483                        </para>
1484                </description>
1485        </bitlbee-setting>
1486
1487        <bitlbee-setting name="to_char" type="string" scope="global">
1488                <default>": "</default>
1489
1490                <description>
1491                        <para>
1492                                It's customary that messages meant for one specific person on an IRC channel are prepended by his/her alias followed by a colon ':'. BitlBee does this by default. If you prefer a different character, you can set it using <emphasis>set to_char</emphasis>.
1493                        </para>
1494
1495                        <para>
1496                                Please note that this setting is only used for incoming messages. For outgoing messages you can use ':' (colon) or ',' to separate the destination nick from the message, and this is not configurable.
1497                        </para>
1498                </description>
1499        </bitlbee-setting>
1500
1501        <bitlbee-setting name="translate_to_nicks" type="boolean" scope="channel">
1502                <default>true</default>
1503
1504                <description>
1505                        <para>
1506                                IRC's nickname namespace is quite limited compared to most IM protocols. Not any non-ASCII characters are allowed, in fact nicknames have to be mostly alpha-numeric. Also, BitlBee has to add underscores sometimes to avoid nickname collisions.
1507                        </para>
1508
1509                        <para>
1510                                While normally the BitlBee user is the only one seeing these names, they may be exposed to other chatroom participants for example when addressing someone in the channel (with or without tab completion). By default BitlBee will translate these stripped nicknames back to the original nick. If you don't want this, disable this setting.
1511                        </para>
1512                </description>
1513        </bitlbee-setting>
1514
1515        <bitlbee-setting name="type" type="string" scope="channel">
1516                <default>control</default>
1517                <possible-values>control, chat</possible-values>
1518
1519                <description>
1520                        <para>
1521                                BitlBee supports two kinds of channels: control channels (usually with a name starting with a &amp;) and chatroom channels (name usually starts with a #).
1522                        </para>
1523
1524                        <para>
1525                                See <emphasis>help channels</emphasis> for a full description of channel types in BitlBee.
1526                        </para>
1527                </description>
1528        </bitlbee-setting>
1529
1530        <bitlbee-setting name="typing_notice" type="boolean" scope="global">
1531                <default>false</default>
1532
1533                <description>
1534                        <para>
1535                                Sends you a /notice when a user starts typing a message (if supported by the IM protocol and the user's client). To use this, you most likely want to use a script in your IRC client to show this information in a more sensible way.
1536                        </para>
1537                </description>
1538        </bitlbee-setting>
1539
1540        <bitlbee-setting name="user_agent" type="string" scope="account">
1541                <default>BitlBee</default>
1542
1543                <description>
1544                        <para>
1545                                Some Jabber servers are configured to only allow a few (or even just one) kinds of XMPP clients to connect to them.
1546                        </para>
1547                       
1548                        <para>
1549                                You can change this setting to make BitlBee present itself as a different client, so that you can still connect to these servers.
1550                        </para>
1551                </description>
1552        </bitlbee-setting>
1553
1554        <bitlbee-setting name="web_aware" type="string" scope="account">
1555                <default>false</default>
1556
1557                <description>
1558                        <para>
1559                                ICQ allows people to see if you're on-line via a CGI-script. (http://status.icq.com/online.gif?icq=UIN) This can be nice to put on your website, but it seems that spammers also use it to see if you're online without having to add you to their contact list. So to prevent ICQ spamming, recent versions of BitlBee disable this feature by default.
1560                        </para>
1561
1562                        <para>
1563                                Unless you really intend to use this feature somewhere (on forums or maybe a website), it's probably better to keep this setting disabled.
1564                        </para>
1565                </description>
1566        </bitlbee-setting>
1567
1568        <bitlbee-setting name="xmlconsole" type="boolean" scope="account">
1569                <default>false</default>
1570
1571                <description>
1572                        <para>
1573                                The Jabber module allows you to add a buddy <emphasis>xmlconsole</emphasis> to your contact list, which will then show you the raw XMPP stream between you and the server. You can also send XMPP packets to this buddy, which will then be sent to the server.
1574                        </para>
1575                        <para>
1576                                If you want to enable this XML console permanently (and at login time already), you can set this setting.
1577                        </para>
1578                </description>
1579        </bitlbee-setting>
1580
1581        <bitlbee-command name="rename">
1582                <short-description>Rename (renick) a buddy</short-description>
1583                <syntax>rename &lt;oldnick&gt; &lt;newnick&gt;</syntax>
1584                <syntax>rename -del &lt;oldnick&gt;</syntax>
1585
1586                <description>
1587                        <para>
1588                                Renick a user in your buddy list. Very useful, in fact just very important, if you got a lot of people with stupid account names (or hard ICQ numbers).
1589                        </para>
1590                       
1591                        <para>
1592                                <emphasis>rename -del</emphasis> can be used to erase your manually set nickname for a contact and reset it to what was automatically generated.
1593                        </para>
1594                </description>
1595
1596                <ircexample>
1597                        <ircline nick="itsme">rename itsme_ you</ircline>
1598                        <ircaction nick="itsme_">is now known as <emphasis>you</emphasis></ircaction>
1599                </ircexample>
1600
1601        </bitlbee-command>
1602
1603        <bitlbee-command name="yes">
1604                <short-description>Accept a request</short-description>
1605                <syntax>yes [&lt;number&gt;]</syntax>
1606
1607                <description>
1608                        <para>
1609                                Sometimes an IM-module might want to ask you a question. (Accept this user as your buddy or not?) To accept a question, use the <emphasis>yes</emphasis> command.
1610                        </para>
1611
1612                        <para>
1613                                By default, this answers the first unanswered question. You can also specify a different question as an argument. You can use the <emphasis>qlist</emphasis> command for a list of questions.
1614                        </para>
1615                </description>
1616
1617        </bitlbee-command>
1618
1619        <bitlbee-command name="no">
1620                <short-description>Deny a request</short-description>
1621                <syntax>no [&lt;number&gt;]</syntax>
1622
1623                <description>
1624                        <para>
1625                                Sometimes an IM-module might want to ask you a question. (Accept this user as your buddy or not?) To reject a question, use the <emphasis>no</emphasis> command.
1626                        </para>
1627
1628                        <para>
1629                                By default, this answers the first unanswered question. You can also specify a different question as an argument. You can use the <emphasis>qlist</emphasis> command for a list of questions.
1630                        </para>
1631                </description>
1632        </bitlbee-command>
1633
1634        <bitlbee-command name="qlist">
1635                <short-description>List all the unanswered questions root asked</short-description>
1636                <syntax>qlist</syntax>
1637
1638                <description>
1639                        <para>
1640                                This gives you a list of all the unanswered questions from root.
1641                        </para>
1642                </description>
1643
1644        </bitlbee-command>
1645
1646        <bitlbee-command name="register">
1647                <short-description>Register yourself</short-description>
1648                <syntax>register [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
1649
1650                <description>
1651                        <para>
1652                                BitlBee can save your settings so you won't have to enter all your IM passwords every time you log in. If you want the Bee to save your settings, use the <emphasis>register</emphasis> command.
1653                        </para>
1654
1655                        <para>
1656                                Please do pick a secure password, don't just use your nick as your password. Please note that IRC is not an encrypted protocol, so the passwords still go over the network in plaintext. Evil people with evil sniffers will read it all. (So don't use your root password.. ;-)
1657                        </para>
1658
1659                        <para>
1660                                To identify yourself in later sessions, you can use the <emphasis>identify</emphasis> command. To change your password later, you can use the <emphasis>set password</emphasis> command.
1661                        </para>
1662
1663                        <para>
1664                                You can omit the password and enter it separately using the IRC /OPER command. This lets you enter your password without your IRC client echoing it on screen or recording it in logs.
1665                        </para>
1666                </description>
1667
1668        </bitlbee-command>
1669
1670        <bitlbee-command name="identify">
1671                <syntax>identify [-noload|-force] [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
1672                <short-description>Identify yourself with your password</short-description>
1673
1674                <description>
1675                        <para>
1676                                BitlBee saves all your settings (contacts, accounts, passwords) on-server. To prevent other users from just logging in as you and getting this information, you'll have to identify yourself with your password. You can register this password using the <emphasis>register</emphasis> command.
1677                        </para>
1678
1679                        <para>
1680                                Once you're registered, you can change your password using <emphasis>set password &lt;password&gt;</emphasis>.
1681                        </para>
1682
1683                        <para>
1684                                The <emphasis>-noload</emphasis> and <emphasis>-force</emphasis> flags can be used to identify when you're logged into some IM accounts already. <emphasis>-force</emphasis> will let you identify yourself and load all saved accounts (and keep the accounts you're logged into already).
1685                        </para>
1686                       
1687                        <para>
1688                                <emphasis>-noload</emphasis> will log you in but not load any accounts and settings saved under your current nickname. These will be overwritten once you save your settings (i.e. when you disconnect).
1689                        </para>
1690
1691                        <para>
1692                                You can omit the password and enter it separately using the IRC /OPER command. This lets you enter your password without your IRC client echoing it on screen or recording it in logs.
1693                        </para>
1694                </description>
1695        </bitlbee-command>
1696
1697        <bitlbee-command name="drop">
1698                <syntax>drop &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
1699                <short-description>Drop your account</short-description>
1700
1701                <description>
1702                        <para>
1703                                Drop your BitlBee registration. Your account files will be removed and your password will be forgotten. For obvious security reasons, you have to specify your NickServ password to make this command work.
1704                        </para>
1705                </description>
1706        </bitlbee-command>
1707
1708        <bitlbee-command name="blist">
1709                <syntax>blist [all|online|offline|away]</syntax>
1710                <short-description>List all the buddies in the current channel</short-description>
1711
1712                <description>
1713                        <para>
1714                                You can get a more readable buddy list using the <emphasis>blist</emphasis> command. If you want a complete list (including the offline users) you can use the <emphasis>all</emphasis> argument.
1715                        </para>
1716                </description>
1717
1718        </bitlbee-command>
1719
1720        <bitlbee-command name="group">
1721                <short-description>Contact group management</short-description>
1722                <syntax>group list</syntax>
1723
1724                <description>
1725                        <para>
1726                                Only the <emphasis>group list</emphasis> command is supported at the moment, which shows a list of all groups defined so far.
1727                        </para>
1728                       
1729                        <para>
1730                                If you want to move contacts between groups, you can use the IRC <emphasis>/invite</emphasis> command. Also, if you use the <emphasis>add</emphasis> command in a control channel configured to show just one group, the new contact will automatically be added to that group.
1731                        </para>
1732                </description>
1733        </bitlbee-command>
1734       
1735        <bitlbee-command name="transfer">
1736                <short-description>Monitor, cancel, or reject file transfers</short-description>
1737                <syntax>transfer [&lt;cancel&gt; id | &lt;reject&gt;]</syntax>
1738               
1739                <description>
1740                        <para>
1741                                Without parameters the currently pending file transfers and their status will be listed. Available actions are <emphasis>cancel</emphasis> and <emphasis>reject</emphasis>. See <emphasis>help transfer &lt;action&gt;</emphasis> for more information.
1742                        </para>
1743
1744                        <ircexample>
1745                                <ircline nick="ulim">transfer</ircline>
1746                        </ircexample>
1747                </description>
1748               
1749                <bitlbee-command name="cancel">
1750                        <short-description>Cancels the file transfer with the given id</short-description>
1751                        <syntax>transfer &lt;cancel&gt; id</syntax>
1752
1753                        <description>
1754                                <para>Cancels the file transfer with the given id</para>
1755                        </description>
1756
1757                        <ircexample>
1758                                <ircline nick="ulim">transfer cancel 1</ircline>
1759                                <ircline nick="root">Canceling file transfer for test</ircline>
1760                        </ircexample>
1761                </bitlbee-command>
1762
1763                <bitlbee-command name="reject">
1764                        <short-description>Rejects all incoming transfers</short-description>
1765                        <syntax>transfer &lt;reject&gt;</syntax>
1766
1767                        <description>
1768                                <para>Rejects all incoming (not already transferring) file transfers. Since you probably have only one incoming transfer at a time, no id is neccessary. Or is it?</para>
1769                        </description>
1770
1771                        <ircexample>
1772                                <ircline nick="ulim">transfer reject</ircline>
1773                        </ircexample>
1774                </bitlbee-command>
1775        </bitlbee-command>
1776       
1777</chapter>
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