| 1 | $Id$ |
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| 2 | |
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| 3 | DESCRIPTION |
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| 4 | There is a file called licq_fifo in the base directory, typically |
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| 5 | ~/.licq. This is a special device called a FIFO |
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| 6 | (for First-In-First-Out). You can write to this file just like |
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| 7 | any other file, although typically one uses |
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| 8 | echo something > licq_fifo. |
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| 9 | |
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| 10 | QUOTING |
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| 11 | The <"> is used for quoting. |
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| 12 | Escape Sequences: (only valid in a quoted string) |
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| 13 | \n NL |
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| 14 | \t h tab |
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| 15 | \v v tab |
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| 16 | \b backspace (?) |
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| 17 | \r CR |
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| 18 | \f FF |
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| 19 | \a BEL |
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| 21 | Be careful of shell special characters like '"[],; etc. Escape these |
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| 22 | characters with a "\". |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | FIFO COMMANDS |
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| 25 | <> is the "meta delimiter" (so don't type it) |
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| 26 | [] arguments are optional |
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| 27 | |
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| 28 | help <command> |
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| 29 | print commands help information. |
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| 30 | |
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| 31 | status <[*]<status>> <auto response> |
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| 32 | status: online, offline, na, away, occupied, dnd, ffc |
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| 33 | Sets the status of the current licq session to that given |
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| 34 | (precede the the status by a "*" for invisible mode) |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | auto_response <auto response> |
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| 37 | Sets the auto response message without changing the current |
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| 38 | status. |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | message <buddy> <message> |
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| 41 | Send a message to the given buddy. |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | url <buddy> <url> [<description>] |
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| 44 | Send a url to the given buddy. |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | redirect <file> |
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| 47 | Redirects the stdout and stderr for licq to the given file |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | adduser <buddy> |
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| 50 | Add a user to your contact list. note that buddy must be an uin |
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| 51 | |
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| 52 | userinfo <buddy> |
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| 53 | Updates a buddy's user information |
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| 55 | exit |
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| 56 | causes the licq session to shutdown. |
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| 57 | |
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| 58 | ui_viewevent [<buddy>] |
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| 59 | Shows the oldest pending event |
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| 60 | |
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| 61 | ui_message <buddy> |
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| 62 | Open the plug-in message composer to <buddy> |
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| 63 | |
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| 64 | help <command> |
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| 65 | print commands help information. |
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| 66 | |
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| 67 | EXAMPLES |
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| 68 | $ LICQ_FIFO="$HOME/.licq/licq_fifo" |
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| 69 | # change the status. set an away message |
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| 70 | $ echo 'status *away "%a: Im away?"' > $LICQ_FIFO |
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| 71 | # send a message to John |
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| 72 | $ echo 'message John "\t H e l l o\n world"' > $LICQ_FIFO |
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| 73 | # send a message to 1234567 |
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| 74 | $ echo 'message 1234567 "you are a lucky man"' > $LICQ_FIFO |
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| 75 | # send an URL to message to Bob |
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| 76 | $ echo 'url http://www.licq.org "do you use it?" ' |
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| 77 | # close licq |
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| 78 | $ echo 'exit' > $LICQ_FIFO |
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