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 Profanity is a console based jabber client inspired by [Irssi](http://www.irssi.org/),
 
-Installation
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-
-For a full install guide from scratch, including how to install dependencies see [the wiki install guide](https://github.com/boothj5/profanity/wiki/Installation-guide).
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-Dependencies: ncurses, libstrophe, glib, expat, xml2 and openssl.
-
-Optional Dependencies: libnotify
-
-Libstrophe can be found at: https://github.com/metajack/libstrophe
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-To run unit tests requires head-unit: https://github.com/boothj5/head-unit
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-All other dependencies should have packages for your distribution.
-
-Once depdendencies have been installed, run:
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-    ./bootstrap.sh
-    ./configure
-    make
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-To build and install in the current directory.
-
-If you wish to install on the system, switch to root, or sudo and:
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-    make install
-
-To run tests:
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-    make check
-
-Running
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-
-Usage:
-  profanity [OPTION...]
-
-Help Options:
-  -h, --help            Show help options
-
-Application Options:
-  -v, --version         Show version information
-  -d, --disable-tls     Disable TLS
-
-Some older jabber servers advertise SSL/TLS support but don't respond to the handshake,
-if you have trouble connecting, run with the `--disable-tls` option:
-
-Preferences
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-
-User preferences are stored in
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-    ~/.profanity/config
-
-The following example is described below:
-
-    [ui]
-    beep=false
-    flash=true
-    showsplash=true
-    notify=true
-
-    [connections]
-    logins=mylogin@jabber.org;otherlogin@gmail.com
-
-    [colours]
-    bkgnd=default
-    text=white
-    online=green
-    offline=red
-    err=red
-    inc=yellow
-    bar=green
-    bar_draw=black
-    bar_text=black
-
-The `[ui]` section contains preferences for user interface behaviour:
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-    beep:       Try to sound beep on incoming messages if the terminal supports it
-    flash:      Try to make the terminal flash on incoming messages if the terminal supports it
-    notify:     Send a desktop notification on incoming messages
-    showsplash: Show the ascii logo on startup
-
-The `[connections]` section contains a history of logins you've used already, so profanity can autocomplete them for you.
-This section is populated automatically when you login with a new username.
-
-The `[colours]` sections allows you to theme profanity.  Available colours are
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-    black, white, red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, magenta
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-Setting a colour to `default`, lets the terminal use whatever default it would use for foreground/background depending on the setting.
-
-Using
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-
-Commands in profanity all start with `/`.
-
-To get a list of possible commands, and find out how to navigate around try:
-
-    /help
+See the [project wiki](https://github.com/boothj5/profanity/wiki) for information on installing, upgrading and using Profanity.
 
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