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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;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) and Yahoo. For more information about adding an account, see <emphasis>help account add &lt;protocol&gt;</emphasis>.
24                                </para>
25                        </description>
26                       
27                        <bitlbee-command name="jabber">
28                                <syntax>account add jabber &lt;handle@server.tld&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
29
30                                <description>
31                                        <para>
32                                                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.
33                                        </para>
34
35                                        <para>
36                                                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>).
37                                        </para>
38                                </description>
39                        </bitlbee-command>
40
41                        <bitlbee-command name="msn">
42                                <syntax>account add msn &lt;handle@server.tld&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
43
44                                <description>
45                                        <para>
46                                                For MSN connections there are no special arguments.
47                                        </para>
48                                </description>
49                        </bitlbee-command>
50                       
51                        <bitlbee-command name="oscar">
52                                <syntax>account add oscar &lt;handle&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
53
54                                <description>
55                                        <para>
56                                                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.
57                                        </para>
58                                </description>
59
60                                <ircexample>
61                                        <ircline nick="wilmer">account add oscar 72696705 hobbelmeeuw</ircline>
62                                        <ircline nick="root">Account successfully added</ircline>
63                                </ircexample>
64                        </bitlbee-command>
65
66                        <bitlbee-command name="yahoo">
67                                <syntax>account add yahoo &lt;handle&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
68
69                                <description>
70                                        <para>
71                                                For Yahoo! connections there are no special arguments.
72                                        </para>
73                                </description>
74                        </bitlbee-command>
75
76                </bitlbee-command>
77
78                <bitlbee-command name="del">
79                        <syntax>account del &lt;account id&gt;</syntax>
80
81                        <description>
82                                <para>
83                                        This commands deletes an account from your account list. You should signoff the account before deleting it.
84                                </para>
85
86
87                                <para>
88                                        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.
89                                </para>
90                        </description>
91                </bitlbee-command>
92
93                <bitlbee-command name="on">
94                        <syntax>account on [&lt;account id&gt;]</syntax>
95
96                        <description>
97                                <para>
98                                        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.
99                                </para>
100
101                                <para>
102                                        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.
103                                </para>
104                        </description>
105
106                </bitlbee-command>
107
108                <bitlbee-command name="off">
109                        <syntax>account off [&lt;account id&gt;]</syntax>
110
111                        <description>
112                                <para>
113                                        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.
114                                </para>
115
116                                <para>
117                                        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.
118                                </para>
119                        </description>
120                </bitlbee-command>
121
122                <bitlbee-command name="list">
123                        <syntax>account list</syntax>
124
125                        <description>
126                                <para>
127                                        This command gives you a list of all the accounts known by BitlBee.
128                                </para>
129                        </description>
130                </bitlbee-command>
131
132                <bitlbee-command name="set">
133                        <syntax>account set &lt;account id&gt;</syntax>
134                        <syntax>account set &lt;account id&gt;/&lt;setting&gt;</syntax>
135                        <syntax>account set &lt;account id&gt;/&lt;setting&gt; &lt;value&gt;</syntax>
136                        <syntax>account set -del &lt;account id&gt;/&lt;setting&gt;</syntax>
137
138                        <description>
139                                <para>
140                                        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 set &lt;account id&gt;</emphasis>.
141                                </para>
142                               
143                                <para>
144                                        For more infomation about a setting, see <emphasis>help set &lt;setting&gt;</emphasis>.
145                                </para>
146                               
147                                <para>
148                                        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.
149                                </para>
150                        </description>
151                </bitlbee-command>
152        </bitlbee-command>
153
154        <bitlbee-command name="chat">
155                <short-description>Chatroom list maintenance</short-description>
156                <syntax>chat &lt;action&gt; [&lt;arguments&gt;]</syntax>
157
158                <description>
159
160                        <para>
161                                Available actions: add, del, list, with and set. See <emphasis>help chat &lt;action&gt;</emphasis> for more information.
162                        </para>
163
164                </description>
165
166                <bitlbee-command name="add">
167                        <syntax>chat add &lt;account&gt; &lt;room&gt; [&lt;channel&gt;]</syntax>
168
169                        <description>
170                                <para>
171                                        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.
172                                </para>
173
174                                <para>
175                                        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>)
176                                </para>
177
178                                <para>
179                                        Password-protected rooms work exactly like on IRC, by passing the password as an extra argument to /join.
180                                </para>
181                        </description>
182
183                </bitlbee-command>
184
185                <bitlbee-command name="del">
186                        <syntax>chat del &lt;chat id&gt;</syntax>
187
188                        <description>
189                                <para>
190                                        This commands deletes an chatroom from your list.
191                                </para>
192
193                                <para>
194                                        The room ID can be a number (see <emphasis>chat list</emphasis>), or (part of) the name of the room/channel.
195                                </para>
196                        </description>
197                </bitlbee-command>
198
199                <bitlbee-command name="list">
200                        <syntax>chat list</syntax>
201
202                        <description>
203                                <para>
204                                        This command gives you a list of all the chatrooms known by BitlBee.
205                                </para>
206                        </description>
207                </bitlbee-command>
208
209                <bitlbee-command name="with">
210                        <syntax>chat with &lt;nickname&gt;</syntax>
211
212                        <description>
213                                <para>
214                                        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.
215                                </para>
216                        </description>
217                </bitlbee-command>
218
219                <bitlbee-command name="set">
220                        <syntax>chat set &lt;chat id&gt;</syntax>
221                        <syntax>chat set &lt;chat id&gt;/&lt;setting&gt;</syntax>
222                        <syntax>chat set &lt;chat id&gt;/&lt;setting&gt; &lt;value&gt;</syntax>
223                        <syntax>chat set -del &lt;chat id&gt;/&lt;setting&gt;</syntax>
224
225                        <description>
226                                <para>
227                                        This command can be used to change various settings for chatrooms.
228                                </para>
229                               
230                                <para>
231                                        For more infomation about a setting, see <emphasis>help set &lt;setting&gt;</emphasis>.
232                                </para>
233                               
234                                <para>
235                                        The room ID can be a number (see <emphasis>chat list</emphasis>), or (part of) the name of the room/channel.
236                                </para>
237                        </description>
238                </bitlbee-command>
239        </bitlbee-command>
240
241        <bitlbee-command name="add">
242                <short-description>Add a buddy to your contact list</short-description>
243                <syntax>add &lt;connection&gt; &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;nick&gt;]</syntax>
244                <syntax>add -tmp &lt;connection&gt; &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;nick&gt;]</syntax>
245
246                <description>
247                        <para>
248                                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.
249                        </para>
250
251                        <para>
252                                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.
253                        </para>
254                </description>
255
256                <ircexample>
257                        <ircline nick="ctrlsoft">add 3 gryp@jabber.org grijp</ircline>
258                        <ircaction nick="grijp" hostmask="gryp@jabber.org">has joined <emphasis>&amp;bitlbee</emphasis></ircaction>
259                </ircexample>
260        </bitlbee-command>
261
262        <bitlbee-command name="info">
263                <short-description>Request user information</short-description>
264                <syntax>info &lt;connection&gt; &lt;handle&gt;</syntax>
265                <syntax>info &lt;nick&gt;</syntax>
266
267                <description>
268                        <para>
269                                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.
270                        </para>
271                </description>
272
273                <ircexample>
274                        <ircline nick="ctrlsoft">info 0 72696705</ircline>
275                        <ircline nick="root">User info - UIN: 72696705   Nick: Lintux   First/Last name: Wilmer van der Gaast   E-mail: lintux@lintux.cx</ircline>
276                </ircexample>
277
278        </bitlbee-command>
279
280        <bitlbee-command name="remove">
281                <short-description>Remove a buddy from your contact list</short-description>
282                <syntax>remove &lt;nick&gt;</syntax>
283
284                <description>
285                        <para>
286                                Removes the specified nick from your buddy list.
287                        </para>
288                </description>
289
290                <ircexample>
291                        <ircline nick="ctrlsoft">remove gryp</ircline>
292                        <ircaction nick="gryp" hostmask="gryp@jabber.jabber.org">has quit <emphasis>[Leaving...]</emphasis></ircaction>
293                </ircexample>
294
295        </bitlbee-command>
296
297        <bitlbee-command name="block">
298                <short-description>Block someone</short-description>
299                <syntax>block &lt;nick&gt;</syntax>
300                <syntax>block &lt;connection&gt; &lt;handle&gt;</syntax>
301                <syntax>block &lt;connection&gt;</syntax>
302
303                <description>
304                        <para>
305                                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.
306                        </para>
307                       
308                        <para>
309                                When called with only a connection specification as an argument, the command displays the current block list for that connection.
310                        </para>
311                </description>
312        </bitlbee-command>
313
314        <bitlbee-command name="allow">
315                <short-description>Unblock someone</short-description>
316                <syntax>allow &lt;nick&gt;</syntax>
317                <syntax>allow &lt;connection&gt; &lt;handle&gt;</syntax>
318
319                <description>
320                        <para>
321                                Reverse of block. Unignores the specified user or user handle on specified connection.
322                        </para>
323                       
324                        <para>
325                                When called with only a connection specification as an argument, the command displays the current allow list for that connection.
326                        </para>
327                </description>
328        </bitlbee-command>
329
330        <bitlbee-command name="set">
331                <short-description>Miscellaneous settings</short-description>
332                <syntax>set</syntax>
333                <syntax>set &lt;variable&gt;</syntax>
334                <syntax>set &lt;variable&gt; &lt;value&gt;</syntax>
335                <syntax>set -del &lt;variable&gt;</syntax>
336
337                <description>
338
339                        <para>
340                                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.
341                        </para>
342
343                        <para>
344                                To get more help information about a setting, try:
345                        </para>
346
347                </description>
348
349                <ircexample>
350                        <ircline nick="ctrlsoft">help set private</ircline>
351                </ircexample>
352
353        </bitlbee-command>
354
355        <bitlbee-command name="help">
356                <short-description>BitlBee help system</short-description>
357
358                <syntax>help [subject]</syntax>
359
360                <description>
361                        <para>
362                                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.
363                        </para>
364                </description>
365        </bitlbee-command>
366
367        <bitlbee-command name="save">
368                <short-description>Save your account data</short-description>
369                <syntax>save</syntax>
370
371                <description>
372                        <para>
373                                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... ;-)
374                        </para>
375                </description>
376        </bitlbee-command>
377
378        <bitlbee-setting name="auto_connect" type="boolean" scope="both">
379                <default>true</default>
380
381                <description>
382                        <para>
383                                With this option enabled, when you identify BitlBee will automatically connect to your accounts, with this disabled it will not do this.
384                        </para>
385                       
386                        <para>
387                                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!)
388                        </para>
389                </description>
390        </bitlbee-setting>
391
392        <bitlbee-setting name="auto_join" type="boolean" scope="chat">
393                <default>false</default>
394
395                <description>
396                        <para>
397                                With this option enabled, BitlBee will automatically join this chatroom when you log in.
398                        </para>
399                </description>
400        </bitlbee-setting>
401
402        <bitlbee-setting name="auto_reconnect" type="boolean" scope="both">
403                <default>false</default>
404
405                <description>
406                        <para>
407                                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.
408                        </para>
409
410                        <para>
411                                See also the <emphasis>auto_reconnect_delay</emphasis> setting.
412                        </para>
413
414                        <para>
415                                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!)
416                        </para>
417                </description>
418        </bitlbee-setting>
419
420        <bitlbee-setting name="auto_reconnect_delay" type="string" scope="global">
421                <default>5*3&lt;900</default>
422
423                <description>
424                        <para>
425                                Tell BitlBee after how many seconds it should attempt to bring a broken IM-connection back up.
426                        </para>
427
428                        <para>
429                                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.
430                        </para>
431
432                        <para>
433                                See also the <emphasis>auto_reconnect</emphasis> setting.
434                        </para>
435                </description>
436        </bitlbee-setting>
437
438        <bitlbee-setting name="away_devoice" type="boolean" scope="global">
439                <default>true</default>
440
441                <description>
442                        <para>
443                                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.
444                        </para>
445                </description>
446        </bitlbee-setting>
447
448        <bitlbee-setting name="buddy_sendbuffer" type="boolean" scope="global">
449                <default>false</default>
450
451                <description>
452                        <para>
453                                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.
454                        </para>
455
456                        <para>
457                                Using the <emphasis>buddy_sendbuffer_delay</emphasis> setting you can specify the number of seconds BitlBee should wait for more data before the complete message is sent.
458                        </para>
459
460                        <para>
461                                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.
462                        </para>
463                </description>
464        </bitlbee-setting>
465
466        <bitlbee-setting name="buddy_sendbuffer_delay" type="integer" scope="global">
467                <default>200</default>
468
469                <description>
470
471                        <para>
472                                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.
473                        </para>
474
475                        <para>
476                                See also the <emphasis>buddy_sendbuffer</emphasis> setting.
477                        </para>
478                </description>
479        </bitlbee-setting>
480
481        <bitlbee-setting name="charset" type="string" scope="global">
482                <default>utf-8</default>
483                <possible-values>you can get a list of all possible values by doing 'iconv -l' in a shell</possible-values>
484
485                <description>
486                        <para>
487                                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.
488                        </para>
489
490                        <para>
491                                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
492                        </para>
493                </description>
494
495        </bitlbee-setting>
496
497        <bitlbee-setting name="debug" type="boolean" scope="global">
498                <default>false</default>
499
500                <description>
501                        <para>
502                                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.
503                        </para>
504                </description>
505        </bitlbee-setting>
506
507        <bitlbee-setting name="default_target" type="string" scope="global">
508                <default>root</default>
509                <possible-values>root, last</possible-values>
510
511                <description>
512                        <para>
513                                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>.
514                        </para>
515                </description>
516        </bitlbee-setting>
517
518        <bitlbee-setting name="display_name" type="string" scope="account">
519                <description>
520                        <para>
521                                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.
522                        </para>
523                </description>
524        </bitlbee-setting>
525
526        <bitlbee-setting name="display_namechanges" type="boolean" scope="global">
527                <default>false</default>
528
529                <description>
530                        <para>
531                                With this option enabled, root will inform you when someone in your buddy list changes his/her "friendly name".
532                        </para>
533                </description>
534        </bitlbee-setting>
535
536        <bitlbee-setting name="handle_unknown" type="string" scope="global">
537                <default>root</default>
538                <possible-values>root, add, add_private, add_channel, ignore</possible-values>
539
540                <description>
541                        <para>
542                                Messages from unknown users are echoed like this by default:
543                        </para>
544
545                        <ircexample>
546                                <ircline nick="root">Unknown message from handle 3137137:</ircline>
547                                <ircline nick="root">j0000! 1 4m l33t h4x0r! kill me!</ircline>
548                        </ircexample>
549
550                        <para>
551                                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.
552                        </para>
553
554                        <note>
555                                <para>
556                                        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.
557                                </para>
558                        </note>
559                </description>
560
561        </bitlbee-setting>
562
563        <bitlbee-setting name="lcnicks" type="boolean" scope="global">
564                <default>true</default>
565
566                <description>
567                        <para>
568                                Hereby you can change whether you want all lower case nick names or leave the case as it intended by your peer.
569                        </para>
570                </description>
571
572        </bitlbee-setting>
573
574        <bitlbee-setting name="mail_notifications" type="boolean" scope="account">
575                <default>false</default>
576
577                <description>
578                        <para>
579                                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.
580                        </para>
581                </description>
582
583        </bitlbee-setting>
584
585        <bitlbee-setting name="nick" type="string" scope="chat">
586
587                <description>
588                        <para>
589                                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.
590                        </para>
591                </description>
592        </bitlbee-setting>
593
594        <bitlbee-setting name="ops" type="string" scope="global">
595                <default>both</default>
596                <possible-values>both, root, user, none</possible-values>
597
598                <description>
599                        <para>
600                                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.
601                        </para>
602
603                        <para>
604                                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.
605                        </para>
606                </description>
607        </bitlbee-setting>
608
609        <bitlbee-setting name="password" type="string" scope="both">
610                <description>
611                        <para>
612                                Use this global setting to change your "NickServ" password.
613                        </para>
614                       
615                        <para>
616                                This setting is also available for all IM accounts to change the password BitlBee uses to connect to the service.
617                        </para>
618                       
619                        <para>
620                                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.
621                        </para>
622                </description>
623        </bitlbee-setting>
624       
625        <bitlbee-setting name="port" type="integer" scope="account">
626                <description>
627                        <para>
628                                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.
629                        </para>
630                </description>
631        </bitlbee-setting>
632
633        <bitlbee-setting name="priority" type="integer" scope="account">
634                <default>0</default>
635
636                <description>
637                        <para>
638                                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).
639                        </para>
640
641                        <para>
642                                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).
643                        </para>
644                </description>
645        </bitlbee-setting>
646
647        <bitlbee-setting name="private" type="boolean" scope="global">
648                <default>true</default>
649
650                <description>
651                        <para>
652                                If value is true, messages from users will appear in separate query windows. If false, messages from users will appear in the control channel.
653                        </para>
654
655                        <para>
656                                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.
657                        </para>
658                </description>
659        </bitlbee-setting>
660
661        <bitlbee-setting name="query_order" type="string" scope="global">
662                <default>lifo</default>
663                <possible-values>lifo, fifo</possible-values>
664
665                <description>
666                        <para>
667                                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.
668                        </para>
669
670                        <para>
671                                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).
672                        </para>
673                </description>
674        </bitlbee-setting>
675
676        <bitlbee-setting name="resource" type="string" scope="account">
677                <default>BitlBee</default>
678
679                <description>
680                        <para>
681                                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.
682                        </para>
683                </description>
684        </bitlbee-setting>
685
686        <bitlbee-setting name="resource_select" type="string" scope="account">
687                <default>priority</default>
688                <possible-values>priority, activity</possible-values>
689
690                <description>
691                        <para>
692                                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.
693                        </para>
694
695                        <para>
696                                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).
697                        </para>
698                </description>
699        </bitlbee-setting>
700
701        <bitlbee-setting name="root_nick" type="string" scope="global">
702                <default>root</default>
703
704                <description>
705                        <para>
706                                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.
707                        </para>
708                </description>
709        </bitlbee-setting>
710
711        <bitlbee-setting name="save_on_quit" type="boolean" scope="global">
712                <default>true</default>
713
714                <description>
715                        <para>
716                                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.
717                        </para>
718                </description>
719        </bitlbee-setting>
720
721        <bitlbee-setting name="server" type="string" scope="account">
722                <description>
723                        <para>
724                                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.
725                        </para>
726                </description>
727        </bitlbee-setting>
728
729        <bitlbee-setting name="simulate_netsplit" type="boolean" scope="global">
730                <default>true</default>
731
732                <description>
733                        <para>
734                                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.
735                        </para>
736                </description>
737        </bitlbee-setting>
738
739        <bitlbee-setting name="ssl" type="boolean" scope="account">
740                <default>false</default>
741
742                <description>
743                        <para>
744                                Currently only available for Jabber connections. Set this to true if the server accepts SSL connections.
745                        </para>
746                </description>
747        </bitlbee-setting>
748
749        <bitlbee-setting name="strip_html" type="boolean" scope="global">
750                <default>true</default>
751
752                <description>
753                        <para>
754                                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.
755                        </para>
756                        <para>
757                                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.
758                        </para>
759                </description>
760        </bitlbee-setting>
761
762        <bitlbee-setting name="tls" type="boolean" scope="account">
763                <default>try</default>
764
765                <description>
766                        <para>
767                                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.
768                        </para>
769
770                        <para>
771                                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.
772                        </para>
773                </description>
774        </bitlbee-setting>
775
776        <bitlbee-setting name="to_char" type="string" scope="global">
777                <default>": "</default>
778
779                <description>
780                        <para>
781                                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>.
782                        </para>
783
784                        <para>
785                                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.
786                        </para>
787                </description>
788        </bitlbee-setting>
789
790        <bitlbee-setting name="typing_notice" type="boolean" scope="global">
791                <default>false</default>
792
793                <description>
794                        <para>
795                                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.
796                        </para>
797                </description>
798        </bitlbee-setting>
799
800        <bitlbee-setting name="web_aware" type="string" scope="account">
801                <default>false</default>
802
803                <description>
804                        <para>
805                                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.
806                        </para>
807
808                        <para>
809                                Unless you really intend to use this feature somewhere (on forums or maybe a website), it's probably better to keep this setting disabled.
810                        </para>
811                </description>
812        </bitlbee-setting>
813
814        <bitlbee-setting name="xmlconsole" type="boolean" scope="account">
815                <default>false</default>
816
817                <description>
818                        <para>
819                                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.
820                        </para>
821                        <para>
822                                If you want to enable this XML console permanently (and at login time already), you can set this setting.
823                        </para>
824                </description>
825        </bitlbee-setting>
826
827        <bitlbee-command name="rename">
828                <short-description>Rename (renick) a buddy</short-description>
829                <syntax>rename &lt;oldnick&gt; &lt;newnick&gt;</syntax>
830
831                <description>
832                        <para>
833                                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).
834                        </para>
835                </description>
836
837                <ircexample>
838                        <ircline nick="itsme">rename itsme_ you</ircline>
839                        <ircaction nick="itsme_">is now known as <emphasis>you</emphasis></ircaction>
840                </ircexample>
841
842        </bitlbee-command>
843
844        <bitlbee-command name="yes">
845                <short-description>Accept a request</short-description>
846                <syntax>yes [&lt;number&gt;]</syntax>
847
848                <description>
849                        <para>
850                                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.
851                        </para>
852
853                        <para>
854                                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.
855                        </para>
856                </description>
857
858        </bitlbee-command>
859
860        <bitlbee-command name="no">
861                <short-description>Deny a request</short-description>
862                <syntax>no [&lt;number&gt;]</syntax>
863
864                <description>
865                        <para>
866                                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.
867                        </para>
868
869                        <para>
870                                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.
871                        </para>
872                </description>
873        </bitlbee-command>
874
875        <bitlbee-command name="qlist">
876                <short-description>List all the unanswered questions root asked</short-description>
877                <syntax>qlist</syntax>
878
879                <description>
880                        <para>
881                                This gives you a list of all the unanswered questions from root.
882                        </para>
883                </description>
884
885        </bitlbee-command>
886
887        <bitlbee-command name="register">
888                <short-description>Register yourself</short-description>
889                <syntax>register &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
890
891                <description>
892                        <para>
893                                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.
894                        </para>
895
896                        <para>
897                                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.. ;-)
898                        </para>
899
900                        <para>
901                                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.
902                        </para>
903                </description>
904
905        </bitlbee-command>
906
907        <bitlbee-command name="identify">
908                <syntax>identify &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
909                <short-description>Identify yourself with your password</short-description>
910
911                <description>
912                        <para>
913                                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.
914                        </para>
915
916                        <para>
917                                Once you're registered, you can change your password using <emphasis>set password &lt;password&gt;</emphasis>.
918                        </para>
919                </description>
920        </bitlbee-command>
921
922        <bitlbee-command name="drop">
923                <syntax>drop &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
924                <short-description>Drop your account</short-description>
925
926                <description>
927                        <para>
928                                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.
929                        </para>
930                </description>
931        </bitlbee-command>
932
933        <bitlbee-command name="blist">
934                <syntax>blist [all|online|offline|away]</syntax>
935                <short-description>List all the buddies in your contact list</short-description>
936
937                <description>
938                        <para>
939                                You can get a better 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.
940                        </para>
941                </description>
942
943        </bitlbee-command>
944
945        <bitlbee-command name="nick">
946                <short-description>Change friendly name, nick</short-description>
947                <syntax>nick &lt;connection&gt; [&lt;new nick&gt;]</syntax>
948                <syntax>nick &lt;connection&gt;</syntax>
949
950                <description>
951                        <para>
952                                Deprecated: Use the per-account <emphasis>display_name</emphasis> setting to read and change this information.
953                        </para>
954                </description>
955
956                <ircexample>
957                        <ircline nick="wouter">account set 1/display_name "The majestik møøse"</ircline>
958                        <ircline nick="root">display_name = `The majestik møøse'</ircline>
959                </ircexample>
960
961        </bitlbee-command>
962</chapter>
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