barnowl(1)
NAME
barnowl - tty based zephyr client
SYNOPSIS
barnowl [ -n ] [ -d ] [ -D ] [ -v ] [ -h ] [ -c configfile ] [ -t tty ] [ -s configdir ]
DESCRIPTION
BarnOwl is a fully integrated tty based instant messaging client. Currently it supports AOL Instant Messenger, MIT Zephyr, and Jabber. It
is curses-based, allows for emacs-style editing of outgoing messages
and uses perl as an extension and configuration language. BarnOwl will
also run happily without a configuration file.
Once BarnOwl is started, typing 'h' will display a help screen. Typing
':' enters command mode, allowing the user to type a barnowl command
line.
USE
The following command line options are avilable when running barnowl:
- -n
- Do not subscribe to zephyr messages on startup. By default BarnOwl subscribes to the default subscriptions and to anything found in ~/.zephyr.subs. When this option is used no subscriptions are loaded.
- -c configfile
Specifiy an alternate config file for BarnOwl to use. By default, barnowl uses ~/.barnowlconf if it exists, and ~/.owlconf otherwise.- -s configdir
Specify an alternate configuration directory. By default, BarnOwl uses ~/.owl/.- -t tty
Specifiy the tty name to use for the zephyr location.- -v
Print the version number of barnowl and exit.- -d
Enable debugging. By default debugging information is placed in /var/tmp/owldebug.- -D
Enable debugging, but first delete any existing debugging file.- -h
Print command line option help.
AUTHOR
Written by Nelson Elhage and Alejandro Sedeno at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Based on Owl by James Kretchmar.
- Comments, questions, and bug reports may be mailed to bugbarnowl@mit.edu.