Changeset f537044


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Timestamp:
2010-07-04T14:31:50Z (14 years ago)
Author:
Wilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@…>
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Message:

Documentation update. I think this covers most of the channel-related ui-fix
changes.

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  • doc/user-guide/commands.xml

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    160160                        <description>
    161161                                <para>
    162                                         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>.
     162                                        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>.
    163163                                </para>
    164164                               
     
    172172                        </description>
    173173                </bitlbee-command>
     174        </bitlbee-command>
     175
     176        <bitlbee-command name="channel">
     177                <short-description>Channel list maintenance</short-description>
     178                <syntax>channel [&lt;account id&gt;] &lt;action&gt; [&lt;arguments&gt;]</syntax>
     179
     180                <description>
     181                        <para>
     182                                Available actions: del, list, set. See <emphasis>help chat &lt;action&gt;</emphasis> for more information.
     183                        </para>
     184                       
     185                        <para>
     186                                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>.
     187                        </para>
     188                </description>
     189
     190                <bitlbee-command name="del">
     191                        <syntax>channel &lt;channel id&gt; del</syntax>
     192
     193                        <description>
     194                                <para>
     195                                        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.)
     196                                </para>
     197                        </description>
     198
     199                </bitlbee-command>
     200
     201                <bitlbee-command name="list">
     202                        <syntax>channel list</syntax>
     203
     204                        <description>
     205                                <para>
     206                                        This command gives you a list of all the channels you configured.
     207                                </para>
     208                        </description>
     209
     210                </bitlbee-command>
     211
     212                <bitlbee-command name="set">
     213                        <syntax>channel &lt;channel id&gt; set</syntax>
     214                        <syntax>channel &lt;channel id&gt; set &lt;setting&gt;</syntax>
     215                        <syntax>channel &lt;channel id&gt; set &lt;setting&gt; &lt;value&gt;</syntax>
     216                        <syntax>channel &lt;channel id&gt; set -del &lt;setting&gt;</syntax>
     217
     218                        <description>
     219                                <para>
     220                                        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>.
     221                                </para>
     222                               
     223                                <para>
     224                                        For more infomation about a setting, see <emphasis>help set &lt;setting&gt;</emphasis>.
     225                                </para>
     226                               
     227                                <para>
     228                                        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.
     229                                </para>
     230                        </description>
     231                </bitlbee-command>
     232
    174233        </bitlbee-command>
    175234
     
    353412        </bitlbee-command>
    354413
     414        <bitlbee-setting name="account" type="string" scope="channel">
     415
     416                <description>
     417                        <para>
     418                                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.
     419                        </para>
     420                </description>
     421        </bitlbee-setting>
     422
    355423        <bitlbee-setting name="auto_connect" type="boolean" scope="both">
    356424                <default>true</default>
     
    367435        </bitlbee-setting>
    368436
    369         <bitlbee-setting name="auto_join" type="boolean" scope="chat">
     437        <bitlbee-setting name="auto_join" type="boolean" scope="channel">
    370438                <default>false</default>
    371439
    372440                <description>
    373441                        <para>
    374                                 With this option enabled, BitlBee will automatically join this chatroom when you log in.
     442                                With this option enabled, BitlBee will automatically join this channel when you log in.
    375443                        </para>
    376444                </description>
     
    479547        </bitlbee-setting>
    480548
     549        <bitlbee-setting name="chat_type" type="string" scope="channel">
     550                <default>groupchat</default>
     551                <possible-values>groupchat, room</possible-values>
     552
     553                <description>
     554                        <para>
     555                                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.
     556                        </para>
     557                       
     558                        <para>
     559                                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.
     560                        </para>
     561                       
     562                        <para>
     563                                For setting up named chatrooms, it's currently easier to just use the <emphasis>chat add</emphasis> command.
     564                        </para>
     565                </description>
     566        </bitlbee-setting>
     567
    481568        <bitlbee-setting name="debug" type="boolean" scope="global">
    482569                <default>false</default>
     
    524611                        <para>
    525612                                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.
     613                        </para>
     614                </description>
     615        </bitlbee-setting>
     616
     617        <bitlbee-setting name="fill_by" type="string" scope="channel">
     618                <default>all</default>
     619                <possible-values>all, group, account, protocol</possible-values>
     620
     621                <description>
     622                        <para>
     623                                For control channels only: This setting determines which contacts the channel gets populated with.
     624                        </para>
     625
     626                        <para>
     627                                By default, control channels will contain all your contacts. You instead select contacts by buddy group, IM account or IM protocol.
     628                        </para>
     629                       
     630                        <para>
     631                                Change this setting and the corresponding <emphasis>account</emphasis>/<emphasis>group</emphasis>/<emphasis>protocol</emphasis> setting to set up this selection.
     632                        </para>
     633                       
     634                        <para>
     635                                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>.
     636                        </para>
     637                </description>
     638        </bitlbee-setting>
     639
     640        <bitlbee-setting name="group" type="string" scope="channel">
     641
     642                <description>
     643                        <para>
     644                                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.
    526645                        </para>
    527646                </description>
     
    777896        </bitlbee-setting>
    778897
     898        <bitlbee-setting name="protocol" type="string" scope="channel">
     899
     900                <description>
     901                        <para>
     902                                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.
     903                        </para>
     904                </description>
     905        </bitlbee-setting>
     906
    779907        <bitlbee-setting name="query_order" type="string" scope="global">
    780908                <default>lifo</default>
     
    9611089                        <para>
    9621090                                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.
     1091                        </para>
     1092                </description>
     1093        </bitlbee-setting>
     1094
     1095        <bitlbee-setting name="type" type="string" scope="channel">
     1096                <default>control</default>
     1097                <possible-values>control, chat</possible-values>
     1098
     1099                <description>
     1100                        <para>
     1101                                BitlBee supports two kinds of channels: control channels (usually with a name starting with a &amp;) and chatroom channels (name usually starts with a #).
     1102                        </para>
     1103
     1104                        <para>
     1105                                See <emphasis>help channels</emphasis> for a full description of channel types in BitlBee.
    9631106                        </para>
    9641107                </description>
     
    11541297
    11551298                <ircexample>
    1156                         <ircline nick="wouter">account set 1/display_name "The majestik møøse"</ircline>
     1299                        <ircline nick="wouter">account 1 set display_name "The majestik møøse"</ircline>
    11571300                        <ircline nick="root">display_name = `The majestik møøse'</ircline>
    11581301                </ircexample>
  • doc/user-guide/help.xml

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    1616  <varlistentry><term>channels</term><listitem><para>About creating and customizing channels</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    1717  <varlistentry><term>away</term><listitem><para>About setting away states</para></listitem></varlistentry>
     18  <varlistentry><term>groupchats</term><listitem><para>How to work with groupchats on BitlBee</para></listitem></varlistentry>
     19  <varlistentry><term>nick_changes</term><listitem><para>Changing your nickname without losing any settings</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    1820  <varlistentry><term>smileys</term><listitem><para>A summary of some non-standard smileys you might find and fail to understand</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    19   <varlistentry><term>groupchats</term><listitem><para>How to work with groupchats on BitlBee</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    2021</variablelist>
    2122
     
    4445  <varlistentry><term>quickstart</term><listitem><para>A short introduction into BitlBee</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    4546  <varlistentry><term>commands</term><listitem><para>All available commands and settings</para></listitem></varlistentry>
     47  <varlistentry><term>channels</term><listitem><para>About creating and customizing channels</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    4648  <varlistentry><term>away</term><listitem><para>About setting away states</para></listitem></varlistentry>
     49  <varlistentry><term>groupchats</term><listitem><para>How to work with groupchats on BitlBee</para></listitem></varlistentry>
     50  <varlistentry><term>nick_changes</term><listitem><para>Changing your nickname without losing any settings</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    4751  <varlistentry><term>smileys</term><listitem><para>A summary of some non-standard smileys you might find and fail to understand</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    48   <varlistentry><term>groupchats</term><listitem><para>How to work with groupchats on BitlBee</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    4952</variablelist>
    5053
  • doc/user-guide/misc.xml

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    167167
    168168<para>
    169 Any valid account ID (so a number, protocol name or part of screenname, as long as it's unique) can also be used as a channel name. So if you just join &amp;msn, it will contain all your MSN contacts (as long as you have only one MSN account set up). And if you have a Facebook account set up, you can see its contacts by just joining &amp;facebook.
     169Any valid account ID (so a number, protocol name or part of screenname, as long as it's unique) can also be used as a channel name. So if you just join &amp;msn, it will contain all your MSN contacts. And if you have a Facebook account set up, you can see its contacts by just joining &amp;facebook.
    170170</para>
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