command line parameters

[Luke Schierer]

What options are available depends on context.  It will differ between conversations and chats, and will further differ based on which protocol is in use at that moment.  Lastly, there are some plugins that implement further /commands.

Luke

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:04:59PM -0800, Jim O'Brien wrote:
> Here's the output of /help...
> 
> Use "/help <command>" for help on a specific command.
> The following commands are available in this context:
> buzz, clear, clearall, debug, help, me, mood, ping, say.
> 
> Not a big list - I thought there was more.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luke Schierer [mailto:lschiere at pidgin.im] 
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 3:01 PM
> To: Jim O'Brien
> Cc: Tres Finocchiaro; support at pidgin.im
> Subject: Re: command line parameters
> 
> If you run
> /help
> you will see that "away" is in the list, and further that /help away tells you that away [message]:  Set an away message, or use no message to return from being away.
> 
> Similarly there is a fairly extensive list of other possible commands.
> 
> Luke
> 
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:41:27AM -0800, Jim O'Brien wrote:
> > I thought you could do things like /away, /available and other commands - maybe I'm wrong.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Luke Schierer [mailto:lschiere at pidgin.im]
> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 2:19 PM
> > To: Jim O'Brien
> > Cc: Tres Finocchiaro; support at pidgin.im
> > Subject: Re: command line parameters
> > 
> > Once you are in a chat window, type
> > /help
> > to get a list of options.
> > 
> > Luke
> > 
> > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:10:02AM -0800, Jim O'Brien wrote:
> > > I was referring more to when you were already connected and in a chat window.  Maybe this requires a plugin.  I will research that.
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Jim
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > From: Tres Finocchiaro [mailto:tres.finocchiaro at gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 11:08 AM
> > > To: Jim O'Brien
> > > Cc: support at pidgin.im
> > > Subject: Re: command line parameters
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > @Jim,
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > For starters, please try pidgin --help
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > On Windows this may be something like:
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Pidgin\pidgin.exe" --help
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > - HYPERLINK
> > > "mailto:Tres.Finocchiaro at gmail.com"Tres.Finocchiaro at gmail.com
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Jim O'Brien <HYPERLINK "mailto:jim.obrien at oracle.com"jim.obrien at oracle.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Just wondering if there is a list of useful ‘/’ command line references.   It would be helpful to have all in one place.
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Jim
> > > 
> > > 
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