.\" $Id$ .\"This is the man page for ~/.micq/micqrc." .TH MICQ 7 mICQ .SH NAME mICQ - interactive commands .SH DESCRIPTION This manual page describes the commands that can be used within micq. This page holds the same information as the online help. .SH COMMANDS .TP .BI trans \ [lang|nr\ ...] Switch to the language .IR lang , given by iso code, or output translation string number .IR nr . To select the default language given by the environment variables .BR LANG , .B LC_ALL and .BR LC_MESSAGES , use .BR ! , .B auto or .BR default . To select no translation at all, use .BR . , .B none or .BR unload . To get debugging information, prefix it with .BR debug . To get funny messages, postfix it with .BR _fun . .sp The files from ~/.micq/i18n/*.i18n take precedence over the global ones, while the "funny" ones take precedence over the standard ones. .sp Actually you may specify as many arguments as you wish, e.g. to print string number 117 in German and then switch back to default language, use "trans de 117 default". .TP .B tabs Shows of a list of users you can tab through. .TP .B save Saves current settings in the configuration file, which is .IR ~/.micq/micqrc , unless specified otherwise. Beware, it will clobber any comments in this file. .TP .BI r \ [message] Reply to last message received. Without .I message multi-line message mode is enabled. To send the multi-line message, put a period .RB ( . ) on a line of its own. To cancel the message, put a hash sign .RB ( # ) on a line of its own. .TP .BI a \ [message] Send a message to the last person you sent a message to. See .B r for behaviour without .IR message . .TP .BI msg \ uin|nickname\ [message] Send a message to .IR uin|nickname . See .B r for behaviour without .IR message . .TP .BI url \ uin|nickname\ url\ message Send a .I message regarding an .I url to .IR uin|nickname . .TP .BI sms \ cell\ message Send an SMS message .I message to cell phone number .IR cell , which looks like +. .TP .B msga Send a multiple line message to everyone on your list. Use a period .RI ( . ) on a line of its own to send the message, or a hash sign .RI ( # ) on a line of its own to cancel the message. .TP .BI resend \ uin|nickname \fR... Resend the last message to the new .I uin or .IR nickname . The argument may be repeated as often as needed. .TP .B uptime Show the time mICQ has been running, plus some statistics. .TP .BI last \ [contact] Show a list of users who have sent you messages or the last message received from .IR contact , which can be a .I uin or a .IR nickname . .TP .BI verbose \ [verb] Set verbosity of mICQ to .IR verb , or show the current verbosity. The verbosity level is a set of flags: .RS .TP .B 128 Dump incoming and outgoing packets. .TP .B 256 Write incoming and outgoing server packets to disc (~/.micq/debug/packets). .RE .RS And some more. .RE .TP .B clear Clear the screen. .TP .BI sound \ [command] Toggle sound on or off, or set to .IR command . .TP .BI soundonline \ [command] Toggle sound for users coming online on or off, or set to .IR command . .TP .BI soundoffline \ [command] Toggle sound for users going offline on or off, or set to .IR command . .TP .B q Quit mICQ. .TP .BI auto \ [on|off] Turn auto reply messages on or off. If neither on or off is given the auto reply messages are displayed. .TP .BI auto \ status\ message Change auto reply message for status .I status to .IR message . .TP .BI autoaway \ [timeout|on|off] Set the timeout to .IR timeout , or switch auto away .I on using the last used or default auto away time, or switch auto away .I off saving the current used auto away time. A timeout of 0 is equivalent to .IR off . If no argument is given, the current setting is displayed. .TP .BI alter \ command\ new Make command initially or previously known as .I command from now on known as .IR new . .TP .BI auth \ uin|nickname Allow .I uin|nickname to add you to their list. .TP .BI rand \ number Find a random user in interest group .IR number . .TP .BI pass \ password Changes your icq password to .IR password . .br Note: you need to .B save to make this persistent in case you save your password in your .I ~/.micq/micqrc file (see .BR micqrc (7)), or you will get a mismatched password on your next login. .TP .B search .TP .BI search \ email .TP .BI search \ nick .TP .BI search \ first\ last Search for a user with .I email as their email address, with .I nick as their nick (which mustn't contain an @), or with .I first as their first and .I last as their last name. If no argument is given, ask for nick name, first name, last name, email address and a whole bunch of other data to search for. .TP .BI add \ uin\ [nickname] Add .I uin to your contact list as .IR nickname , or renames .I uin to .IR nickname . If .I nickname is not given, use .I uin as nickname. .br Note: you need to .B save to make this persistent. .TP .BI rem \ nick Remove .I nick from your contact list. .br Note: you need to .B save to make this persistent. .TP .BI togvis \ nickname Toggles whether .I nickname can see you even if you are invisible. .TP .BI toginvis \ nickname Toggles whether you will be hidden for .IR nickname . .TP .BI togig \ nickname Toggles whether .I nickname's messages and status changes are ignored. .TP .BI info \ uin|nickname Show all white page info for .IR uin|nickname . .TP .B w List all people in your contact list. .TP .B e List all people who are online in your contact list. .TP .B wide List all people who are in your contact list in a screen wide format. .TP .B ewide List all people who are online in your contact list in a screen wide format. .TP .B s Show your current status. .TP .B i List all the people on your ignore list. .TP .BI status \ [nickname] Show the status of .IR nickname . This includes IP address, ICQ protocol version and connection type, or list shortly UIN, nick, status and last online time for all contacts. .TP .BI change \ [number] Changes your status to .IR number . Without a number it lists some available modes. .TP .BI reg \ password Creates a new user account with password .IR password . .TP .B online Change status to "online". .TP .B away Change status to "away". .TP .B na Change status to "not available". .TP .B occ Change status to "occupied". .TP .B dnd Change status to "do not disturb". .TP .B ffc Change status to "free for chat". .TP .B inv Change status to "invisible". .TP .B update Updates your basic user information (email, nickname, etc.). .TP .B other Updates other user information like age and sex. .TP .B about Updates your about user information. .TP .BI set \ option\ value Set option .I option to either .I on or .IR off . .I option can be .BR color , .B funny or .BR quiet . .TP .BI peek \ nick Check whether .I nick is actually online or not. Abuses a bug in the ICQ protocol to figure this out; no additional information except online or offline can be found out this way. .TP .BI setr\ [number] Sets your random user group to .IR number . Without argument, lists possible interest groups. .TP .BI tcp \ command\ uin|nick Operate command .I command on user given by UIN .I uin or nick name .IR nick . .I command can be .B open to open a peer to peer connection over TCP to the user, or .B close to close and reset such a connection, or .B off to switch off trying to establish such a connection for sending messages until it is explicitly opened or reset, or .B auto to get the user's current auto response, or .BR away , .BR na , .BR dnd , .B occ or .B ffc to get the user's current (auto) response for that status. .TP .BI conn \ [command\ nr] List all connections, or operate .I command on connection .IR nr . .I command can be .B open or .B login to open this connection if it is not currently open. .SH SEE ALSO .BR micq (1), .BR micqrc (5) .SH AUTHOR This man page was created by James Morrison .I for a reference to all interactive commands in .BR mICQ .