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94 lines
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Profanity
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Profanity is a console based jabber client inspired by [Irssi](http://www.irssi.org/),
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Installation
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Dependencies: ncurses, libstrophe, glib, expat, xml2 and openssl.
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Optional Dependencies: libnotify
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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.
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Once depdendencies have been installed, run:
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./bootstrap.sh
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./configure
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make
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To build and install in the current directory.
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If you wish to install on the system, switch to root, or sudo and:
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make install
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Running
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profanity
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Some older jabber servers advertise SSL/TLS support but don't respond to the handshake,
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if you have trouble connecting, run with the `-notls` option:
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profanity -notls
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Preferences
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User preferences are stored in
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~/.profanity
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The following example is described below:
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[ui]
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beep=false
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flash=true
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showsplash=true
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notify=true
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[connections]
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logins=mylogin@jabber.org;otherlogin@gmail.com
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[colours]
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bkgnd=default
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text=white
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online=green
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offline=red
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err=red
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inc=yellow
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bar=green
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bar_draw=black
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bar_text=black
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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
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flash: Try to make the terminal flash on incoming messages if the terminal supports it
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notify: Send a desktop notification on incoming messages
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showsplash: Show the ascii logo on startup
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The `[connections]` section contains a history of logins you've used already, so profanity can autocomplete them for you.
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This section is populated automatically when you login with a new username.
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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.
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Using
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-----
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Commands in profanity all start with `/`.
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To get a list of possible commands, and find out how to navigate around try:
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/help
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