Changeset bedad20 for doc

Timestamp:

2010-11-24T22:32:12Z (13 years ago)

Author:

Wilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@…>

Branches:

master

Children:

b11b781

Parents:

9564e55

Message:

Some polishing/documentation for the "account add" without password hack.

File:

• doc/user-guide/commands.xml (modified) (6 diffs)

doc/user-guide/commands.xml

@@ -17 +17 @@
 
                 <bitlbee-command name="add">
-                        <syntax>account add &lt;protocol&gt; &lt;username&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
+                        <syntax>account add &lt;protocol&gt; &lt;username&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
 
                         <description>
@@ -23 +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>.
                                 </para>
+
+                                <para>
+                                        If you omit the password, you should use the IRC /OPER command to enter it separately. The advantage of this approach is that most IRC clients will not show OPER passwords on screen/save them in logs.
+                                </para>
                         </description>
                         
                         <bitlbee-command name="jabber">
-                                <syntax>account add jabber &lt;handle@server.tld&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
+                                <syntax>account add jabber &lt;handle@server.tld&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
 
                                 <description>
@@ -40 +44 @@
 
                         <bitlbee-command name="msn">
-                                <syntax>account add msn &lt;handle@server.tld&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
+                                <syntax>account add msn &lt;handle@server.tld&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
 
                                 <description>
@@ -50 +54 @@
                         
                         <bitlbee-command name="oscar">
-                                <syntax>account add oscar &lt;handle&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
+                                <syntax>account add oscar &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
 
                                 <description>
@@ -65 +69 @@
                         
                         <bitlbee-command name="twitter">
-                                <syntax>account add twitter &lt;handle&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
+                                <syntax>account add twitter &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
 
                                 <description>
@@ -87 +91 @@
 
                         <bitlbee-command name="yahoo">
-                                <syntax>account add yahoo &lt;handle&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
+                                <syntax>account add yahoo &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
 
                                 <description>