Profanity
profanity is a console based XMPP client written in C using ncurses and libstrophe, inspired by Irssi.
Installation⚑
sudo apt-get install profanity
Usage⚑
Connect⚑
To connect to an XMPP chat service:
/connect user@server.com
You will be prompted by the status bar to enter your password.
Send one to one message⚑
To open a new window and send a message use the /msg command:
/msg mycontact@server.com Hello there!
Profanity uses the contact's nickname by default, if one exists. For example:
/msg Bob Are you there bob?
Window navigation⚑
To make a window visible in the main window area, use any of the following:
Alt-1toAlt-0F1toF10Alt-left,Alt-right
The /win command may also be used. Either the window number may be passed, or the window title:
/win 4
/win someroom@chatserver.org
/win MyBuddy
To close the current window:
/close
Adding contacts⚑
To add someone to your roster:
/roster add newfriend@server.chat.com
To subscribe to a contacts presence (to be notified when they are online/offline etc):
/sub request newfriend@server.chat.com
To approve a contact's request to subscribe to your presence:
/sub allow newfriend@server.chat.com
Giving contacts a nickname⚑
/roster nick bob@company.org Bobster
Logging out⚑
To quit profanity:
/quit
Configure OMEMO⚑
/omemo gen
/carbons on
