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+ROSTER
+
+Synopsis:
+/roster
+/roster online 
+/roster show [offline|resource|empty]
+/roster hide [offline|resource|empty]
+/roster by group|presence|none
+/roster size <percent>
+/roster add <jid> [<nick>]
+/roster remove <jid>
+/roster remove_all contacts
+/roster nick <jid> <nick>
+/roster clearnick <jid>
+
+Description:
+Manage your roster, and roster display settings. Passing no arguments displays your roster.
+
+Arguments:
+online              : Show all online contacts in your roster.
+show                : Show the roster panel.
+show offline        : Show offline contacts in the roster panel.
+show resource       : Show contact's connected resources in the roster panel.
+show empty          : When grouping by presence, show empty presence groups
+hide                : Hide the roster panel.
+hide offline        : Hide offline contacts in the roster panel.
+hide resource       : Hide contact's connected resources in the roster panel.
+hide empty          : When grouping by presence, hide empty presence groups
+by group            : Group contacts in the roster panel by roster group.
+by presence         : Group contacts in the roster panel by presence.
+by none             : No grouping in the roster panel.
+size <precent>      : Percentage of the screen taken up by the roster (1-99).
+add <jid> [<nick>]  : Add a new item to the roster.
+remove <jid>        : Removes an item from the roster.
+remove_all contacts : Remove all items from roster.
+nick <jid> <nick>   : Change a contacts nickname.
+clearnick <jid>     : Removes the current nickname.
+
+Exmaples:
+/roster
+/roster add someone@contacts.org
+/roster add someone@contacts.org Buddy
+/roster remove someone@contacts.org
+/roster nick myfriend@chat.org My Friend
+/roster clearnick kai@server.com
+/roster size 15
+
+OTR
+
+Synopsis:
+/otr gen
+/otr myfp
+/otr theirfp
+/otr start [<contact>]
+/otr end
+/otr trust
+/otr untrust
+/otr log on|off|redact
+/otr warn on|off
+/otr libver
+/otr policy manual|opportunistic|always
+/otr secret <secret>
+/otr question <question> <answer>
+/otr answer <answer>
+
+Description:
+Off The Record message encryption commands.
+
+Arguments:
+gen                          : Generate your private key.
+myfp                         : Show your fingerprint.
+theirfp                      : Show contacts fingerprint.
+start                        : Start an OTR session with current recipient.
+start <contact>              : Start an OTR session with the contact.
+end                          : End the current OTR session.
+trust                        : Indicate that you have verified the contact's fingerprint.
+untrust                      : Indicate the the contact's fingerprint is not verified.
+log on                       : Enable plaintext logging of OTR messages.
+log off                      : Disable logging of OTR messages.
+log redact                   : Log OTR messages as [redacted], the default.
+warn on                      : Show in the titlebar when unencrypted messaging is being used.
+warn off                     : Show in the titlebar when unencrypted messaging is being used.
+libver                       : Show which version of the libotr library is being used.
+policy manual                : Set the global OTR policy.
+policy opportunistici        : Set the global OTR policy.
+policy always                : Set the global OTR policy.
+secret <secret>              : Verify a contacts identity using a shared secret.
+question <question> <answer> : Verify a contacts identity using a question and expected answer.
+answer <answer>              : Respond to a question answer verification request with your answer.