simctrl(1)

NAME

simctrl - Sim-IM Instant Messenger controller

SYNOPSIS

simctrl [options] [uin files]

DESCRIPTION

simctrl is command line controller for sim(1) which is a simple and powerful multi-protocol instant messenger. simctrl executes commands either interactively or in batch mode. Running simctrl without options switches simctrl to interactive mode when simctrl waits for commands and sends. Running simctrl with -c command switches simctrl to batch mode. In both modes simctrl talks with running instance of sim(1).

OPTIONS

uin files

UIN files

-h Show help about options

-c command

execute command on running sim (1) instance.

-s socket

use socket file socket for communication with running sim (1).

COMMANDS

Below are commands simctrl recognizes. Commands are processed caseinsensitively.

STATUS set status

INVISIBLE

set invisible mode

MAINWINDOW

show/hide main window

SEARCHWINDOW

show/hide search window

QUIT quit SIM

CLOSE close session

HELP command help information

ADD add contact

DELETE delete contact

OPEN open contact

FILE process UIN file

CONTACTS

print contact list

SENDFILE

send file

GROUP get group name

SHOW open unread message

SMS send SMS

SEE ALSO

sim(1).

Information and help about SIM-IM can be found at project's site http://sim-im.org/

SIM is based on KDE and QT. Information about KDE project can be found at http://kde.org/

The full documentation for Qt is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and Qt programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info Qt

should give you access to the complete manual. More information about Qt can be found at Trolltech's site http://doc.trolltech.com/qt.html

AUTHORS

SIM-IM Team, see http://sim-im.org/ and /usr/share/doc/sim/AUTHORS.sim

SIM-IM Team July 29, 2008 SIMCTRL(1)