tmsnc(1)

NAME

tmsnc - Textbased MSN client for UNIX

SYNOPSIS

tmsnc [-l address] [-i status] [-uv]

DESCRIPTION

tmsnc is a textbased chat client that uses the MSN proto

col. The interface is written in the Ncurses library and the SSL

part in OpenSSL. This makes the program very portable and it

should be able to run on any UNIX-like system.

OPTIONS

-l ADDRESS

Login with the specified ADDRESS

-u Check for updates.

-i STATUS

Set initial presence status to STATUS where STATUS

is "online", "away", "brb", "busy", "idle", "phone", "lunch" or

"hidden".

-v Display version information.

MENU

Use TAB to switch between the different lists and windows

in the interface. To pull down a menu, press enter. To choose

one of the menu items, go up and down with the arrow keys and

then press enter to execute the command.

TALKFILTERS

To enable translation of outgoing messages using talkfil

ters, you first have to install libtalkfilters (http://www.dys

tance.net/software/talkfilters) and re-compile tmsnc. Then you

go to the "Actions->Set filter" menu-item. Enter one of the fol

lowing filter-names: austro, b1ff, brooklyn, chef, cockney,

drawl, dubya, fudd, funetak, jethro, jive, kraut, pansy, pirate,

postmodern, redneck, valspeak, or warez. You can also disable

talkfilters by typing in "none". Now all your outgoing messages

will get translated.

CONTACT LIST

Use the arrow keys to choose a contact. Press enter to

initialize a conversation. While having a contact selected you

can go to the menu and choose Contacts->Set custom nick to give

the selected contact a custom nickname. Similarily while having

a contact selected you can un-set the custom nickname by choosing

the menu-item Contacts->Un-set custom nick

CONVERSATION LIST

To switch to an open conversation, select the conversation

with the arrow keys and press enter. A conversation will be

marked green if there are unread messages.

SHORTCUT KEYS

alt-c Close the current conversation.

alt-<number>

Switch to the conversation represented by <number>.

If <number> is 0, the console-window will be activated.

alt-a Focus on the menu.

alt-s Focus on the contact list.

alt-x Focus on the conversation list.

alt-z Focus on the chat window.

POWER FUNCTIONS

To bring up the prompt to enter a power-command, press

ctrl-p.

Available commands:

block all

Block all contacts.

unblock all

Unblock all contacts.

remove all

Remove all contacts. WARNING: This command is not

reversable.

whoami Displays who you are currently logged in as.

export conlist

Write contact-list to a file.

import conlist

Read contact-list from a file.

CURRENT PLAYING SONG

In order to display your current playing song you have to

enable it in ~/.tmsnc/tmsnc.conf first. Uncomment the dis

play_current_song option. TMSNC updates the current playing song

every 15 seconds by executing ~/.tmsnc/current_song.sh. The out

put is sent the song's name.

Look here for sample shell scripts:

http://tmsnc.sourcefore.net/csong.html

FILES

~/.tmsnc/tmsnc.conf

Configuration file

~/.tmsnc/aliases.conf

Aliases file

~/.tmsnc/logs/

Conversation logs

AUTHORS/CREDITS

tmsnc was mainly written by Jonas Broms <sanoix@gmail.com>

Tmsnc is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

modify it under the terms of the IR Public Domain License as pub

lished by the IR Group; either version 1.6 of the License, or (at

your option) any later version.

The program is distributed in the hope that it will be

useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied war

ranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

You should have received a copy of the IR Public Domain

License along with this program; if not, write to

sanoix@gmail.com.

Texbased MSN Client November 2004

Tmsnc(1)