path: root/doc/en/usage.txt

Usage
=====

This page is the main page of the documentation for poezio, explaining how to
 use it and describing its interfaces.

Poezio is composed of tabs which can be of various types. Each tab type has
a distinct interface, list of commands and list of key shortcuts, in addition
to the global commands and key shortcuts.

Tabs
----

The Tab list
~~~~~~~~~~~~

Since Poezio 0.7.5, there are now two ways to show the available tabs:

*The old way: horizontal list*

On all tabs, you get a line showing the the list of all opened tabs. Each tab
 has a number, each time you open a new tab, it gets the next available number.

image:../images/tab_bar.png[title="Example of 5 opened tabs"]

*The new way: vertical list*

On all tabs, you get a pane on the left side of the screen that shows a list
of the opened tabs. As stated above, each tab has a number, and each time you
open a new tab, it gets the next available tab.

image:../images/vert_tabs.png[title="Example of the vertical tab bar"]


This mode is enabled by putting the
link:configure.html[enable_vertical_tab_list] option to _true_ in the
configuration file.

*Options for the tab list*

See the link:configure.html[Configuration page] for the description of the
options.

- _enable_vertical_tab_list_
- _vertical_tab_list_size_
- _vertical_tab_list_sort_
- _show_tab_names_
- _show_tab_numbers_
- _show_inactive_tabs_
- _use_tab_nicks_

Generalities
~~~~~~~~~~~~
The tab numbered _0_ is always the _roster_ tab, the other tabs can be of any
type.


The status of a tab is represented by its color:

* *[navy]#blue#* (tab _0_): an inactive tab of any type, nothing new to see
   there.
* *[purple]#purple#* (tab _1_): a MultiUserChat tab with at least one new
  unread message.
* *[green]#green#* (tab _2_): a tab of a private conversation with a new
   message to read.
* *[teal]#cyan#* (tab _3_): the current tab.
* *[red]#red#* (tab _4_): a MultiUserChat tab with at least one new hightlight
   message.

You can go from one tab to another in many ways:

* Ctrl+n and Ctrl+p
* <<command-win, win>> command
* <<command-next, next>> and <<command-prev, prev>> commands
* Alt+ a number
* Alt+j followed by a two-digits number
* Alt+e, this will jump to the next tab with the highest priority. Priority
  applies in this order: private message > highlight message > normal message.

Roster tab
~~~~~~~~~~
This is a unique tab, always numbered _0_. It contains the list of your
contacts. You can add/remove/edit/search contacts from there, and you can open
a conversation with one of them.

Use the _arrows_ to browse the list, the _space_ key to fold or unfold a group
or a contact.

image:../images/roster.png["The roster tab", title="The roster tab"]

* _1_: The area where information messages are displayed.
* _2_: The actual list of contacts. The first level is group, the second is the
* contacts and the third is the resources of you online contacts.
* _3_: More informations about the selected contact.

MultiUserChat tab
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This tab contains a multi-users conversation.

image:../images/muc.png["The MUC tab", title="The MUC tab"]

* _1_: The conversation window, this is where all the messages and events
  related to the muc will be displayed. It can be scrolled up and down with
  PageUp and PageDown.
* _2_: The participant list. Participants are listed by their role first, and
  then alphabetically.
  The status of each participant is symbolized using the _color_ of the
  character on the left of its nick.
  That character also shows the chatstate of each participant:
  - _|_: inactive
  - _X_: composing
  - _A_: active
  - _p_: paused +
  +
  The roles and affiliations of the participants are symbolized by the char
  before the nick and its color.
  The characters define the affiliations, and they mean:
  - _~_: Owner
  - _&_: Admin
  - _+_: Member
  - _-_: None +
  +
  And their color define their roles, and they mean:
  - [red]#Red# : moderator
  - [blue]#Blue#: participant
  - [gray]#Grey#: visitor +
  +
  The nicks have a random color given by poezio.
* _3_: Your information in that MUC (the name of the room, your nick, your role
  and affiliation).
* _4_: The topic of the room.

You can configure the room (if you have the rights to do it) using the
_/configure_ command, open a private conversation with someone using the
_/query_ command, change or view the topic using the _/topic_ command…

Private tab
~~~~~~~~~~~
This is the tab opened with the _/query_ command, letting you talk in private
with a participant of a multi-users chat.

image:../images/private.png["The private tab", title="The private tab"]

This is just a simple one to one conversation, with a line showing the status,
name and chatstate of the participant.

Conversation tab
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A tab opened from the roster, to talk in private with one of your contacts.

image:../images/conversation.png["The conversation tab", title="The conversation tab"]

This is also just a simple one to one conversation, with a line showing the status,
name and chatstate of the participant, as well as a line at the top showing the
status message of the contact.

Dataforms tab
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This tab lets you view a form receive from a remote entity, edit the values and
send everything back. It is mostly used to configure MUCs with the _/configure_
command but can actually be used for almost anything.

image:../images/data_forms.png["The dataform tab", title="The dataform tab"]

Use the _up_ and _down_ keys to go from one field to the other, and edit the
value using the _space_, _left_ or _right_ keys, or by entering text.

You can then send the completed form using _Ctrl+y_ or cancel using _Ctrl+g_.

List tab
~~~~~~~~

This tab lists all public rooms on a MUC service. It is currently very limited
but will be improved in the future. There currently is no way to search a room
or even to sort them.

image:../images/list.png["The list tab", title="The list tab"]

Use the _up_ and _down_ or _PageUp_ and _PageDown_ keys to browse the list, and
use _Enter_ or _j_ to join the selected room.

You can sort the rooms by moving the direction arrows (_←_ or _→_)and pressing
_space_ when you are on the appropriate column.

Commands
--------

Commands start with the _/_ character and can take a list of any number
of arguments, separated by spaces. If an argument should contain a space,
you can use the _"_ character to surround this argument.

The commands described in this page are shown like this:

===========================================================
/command <mandatory argument> [optional argument]
===========================================================

You can get the same help as below with the _/help_ command.

NOTE: Use command parameters like this:

* Do not use quotes if they are unnecessary (words without special chars or
 spaces)
* If the command takes several agrguments, you need to put quotes around
 arguments containing special chars such as backslashes or quotes
* If the command always takes only one argument, then do not use quotes even
 for words containing special chars

Global commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

These commands work in *any* tab.

*/help [command]*:: If called without an argument, this command will list the
 available commands. If it has a valid command as an argument, this command
 will show the usage and the help for the given command.

*/join [room_name][@server][/nick] [password]*:: Join the specified room. You
 can specify a nickname after a slash (/). If no nickname is specified, you
 will use the default_nick in the configuration file. You can omit the room
 name: you will then join the room you're looking at (useful if you were
 kicked). You can also provide a room_name without specifying a server, the
 server of the room you're currently in will be used. You can also provide a
 password to join the room.

- Examples:
* /join room@server.tld
* /join room@server.tld/John
* /join room2
* /join /me_again
* /join
* /join room@server.tld/my_nick password
* /join / password

*/exit*:: Just disconnect from the server and exit poezio.

*/quit*:: Like /exit.

[[command-next]]
*/next*:: Go to the next room.

[[command-prev]]
*/prev*:: Go to the previous room.

[[command-win]]
*/win <number>*:: Go to the specified room.

*/w <number>*:: Like /win.

*/status <availability> [status message]*:: Set your availability and
 (optionaly) your status message. The <availability> argument is one of
 "available, chat, away, afk, dnd, busy, xa" and the optional [status] argument
 will be your status message.'

*/bookmark [roomname][/nick] [autojoin] [password]*:: Bookmark the specified
 room. This command uses  almost the same syntax as /join. Type /help join for
 syntax examples. Note that when typing /bookmark on its own, the room will be
 bookmarked with the nickname you're currently using in this room (instead of
 default_nick). You can specify an optional *autojoin* and *password* if you
 call it with the full line (/bookmark alone will put the room in autojoin
 without password). The bookmarks stored with this command are stored on your
 xmpp server.

*/bookmark_local [roomname][/nick]*:: Bookmark the  specified room (you will
 then auto-join it on each poezio start). This commands uses almost the same
 syntax as /join. Type /help join for syntax examples. Note that when typing
 /bookmark on its own, the room will be bookmarked with the nickname you're
 currently using in this room (instead of default_nick). The bookmarks stored
 with this command will be stored locally. They have priority over the ones
 stored online.

*/remove_bookmark [room_jid]*:: Remove the bookmark on _room_jid_ or the one on
 the current tab, if any.

*/bookmarks*:: Show the current bookmarks.

*/set [plugin|][section] <option> <value>*:: Set the value to the option in
 your configuration file. You can, for example, change your default nickname
 by doing "/set default_nick toto" or your resource with "/set resource
 blabla".  Doing so will write in the main config file, and in the main
 section ([Poezio]). But you can also write to another section, with "/set
 bindings M-i ^i", to a plugin configuration with "/set mpd_client| host
 main" (notice the *|*, it is mandatory to write in a plugin), or even to
 another section in a plugin configuration "/set plugin|other_section option
 value".  *toggle* can be used as a special value for a boolean option. It
 just set the option to true if it’s currently false, and to false if it’s
 currently true.

*/move_tab <source> <destination>*:: Move tab <source> to <destination>. If
the create_gaps option is true, then it will leave a gap at the <source>
position, leading to usual behaviour. If create_gaps is not enabled, then the
tabs will number from 0 to your actual tab number, without gaps (which means
their number will change if you close a tab on the left of the list).

*/theme [theme_name]*:: Reload the theme defined in the config file. If
 _theme_name_ is given, this command will act like /set theme theme_name then
 /theme.

*/presence <jid> [type] [status]*:: Send a directed presence to _jid_ using
 _type_ and _status_ if provided.

*/rawxml <stanza>*:: Send a custom XML stanza.

*/list [server.tld]*:: Get the list of public chatrooms in the specified server
.

*/message <jid> [optional message]*:: Open a conversation with the specified
 JID (event if it is not in our roster), and send a message to him, if
 specified.

*/version <jid>*:: Get the software version of the given JID (usually its XMPP
 client and Operating System).

*/invite <jid> <room> [reason]*:: Invite _jid_ to _room_ wit _reason_ (if
  provided).

*/invitations*:: Show the pending invitations.

*/activity <jid>*:: Show the last activity of a contact or a server (its
 uptime, in that case).

*/server_cycle [server.tld] [message]*:: Disconnect and reconnect in all the
 rooms of server.tld.

*/bind <key> <eq>*:: Bind a key to another key or to a "command". For example,
 "/bind ^H KEY_UP" makes Control + h behave the same way as the Up key. See the
 link:keys.html[key bindings documentation page] for more details.

*/runkey <key>*:: Execute the action defined for _key_. For example,
 "/runkey KEY_PPAGE" will scroll up, or "/runkey ^N" will go to the next tab.

*/self*:: Reminds you of who you are and what your status is.

NOTE: The following command will work everywhere, except in the Roster tab.

*/close*:: Close the tab.

Chat tab commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

These commands will work in any conversation tab (MultiUserChat, Private, or
 Conversation tabs).

*/say <message>*:: Just send the message (only useful it you want your message
 to begin with a _/_). Note that you can also send message starting with a _/_
 by starting it with _//_.

*/xhtml <custom xhtml>*:: Send a custom xhtml message to the current tab.

*/clear*:: Clear the current buffer.

MultiUserChat tab commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*/ignore <nickname>*:: Ignore a specified nickname.

*/unignore <nickname>*:: Remove the specified nickname from the ignore list.

*/kick <nick> [reason]*:: Kick the user with the specified nickname. You can
 also give an optional reason.

*/topic <subject>*:: Change the subject of the room. You might want to knwow
 that entering "/topic [tab]" will autocomplete the topic.

*/query <nick> [message]*:: Open a private conversation with <nick>. This nick
 has to be present in the room you’re currently in. If you specified a message
 after the nickname, it will be sent to this user.

*/part [message]*:: Disconnect you from a room. You can specify an optional
 message.

*/close [message]*:: Disconnect you from a room (if you are connected) and
 close the tab. You can specify an optional message if you are still connected.

*/nick <nickname>*:: Change your nickname in the current room.
 *Except for gmail users* because gmail.com sucks and will do weird things
 if you change your nickname in a MUC.

*/recolor [random]*:: Re-assign a color to all the participants in the current
 room, based on the last time they talked. Use this if the participants
 currently talking have too many identical colors. If a random argument is
 given, the participants will be shuffled before they are assigned a color.

*/cycle [message]*:: Leave the current room an rejoint it immediatly. You can
 specify an optional quit message.

*/info <nickname>*:: Display some information about the user in the room:
 his/her role, affiliation, status, and status message.

*/version <nickname or jid>*:: Get the software version of the given nick in
 room or the given jid (usually its XMPP client and Operating System).

*/configure*:: Configure the current room through a form.

*/names*:: Get the list of the users in the room, their number, and the list
 of the people assuming different roles.

Private tab commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*/info*:: Display some info about this user in the MultiUserChat.

*/unquery*:: Close the tab.

*/version*:: Get the software version of the current interlocutor (usually its
 XMPP client and Operating System).

Normal Conversation tab commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*/info*:: Display the status of this contact.

*/unquery*:: Close the tab.

*/version*:: Get the software version of the current interlocutor (usually its
 XMPP client and Operating System).

Roster tab commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*/accept [jid]*:: Authorize the provided JID (or the selected contact in the
 roster) to see your presence.

*/deny [jid]*:: Prevent the provided JID (or the selected contact in the
 roster) from seeing your presence.

*/add <jid>*:: Add the specified JID to your roster and authorize him to see
 your presence. If he accepts you, the subscription will be mutual (and if he
 doesn’t, you can still /deny him).

*/name <jid> <name>*:: Set the given JID’s name.

*/groupadd <jid> <group>*:: Add the given JID to the given group (if the group
 does not exist, it will be created).

*/groupmove <jid> <old_group> <new_group>*:: Move the given JID from one group
 to another (the JID has to be in the first group, and the new group  may not
 exist).

*/groupremove <jid> <group>*:: Remove the given JID from the given group (if
 the group is empty after that, it will get deleted).

*/remove [jid]*:: Remove the specified JID from your roster. This will
 unsubscribe you from its presence, cancel its subscription to yours, and
 remove the item from your roster.

*/reconnect*:: Disconnect from the remote server (if connected) and then
 connect to it again.

NOTE: The following commands only exist if your server supports them. If it
does not, you will be notified when you start poezio.

*/block [jid]*:: Block the following JID using simple blocking. You will not
 receive any of his messages and won’t be able to send some to him either.

*/unblock [jid]*:: Unblock a previously blocked JID using simple blocking. You
 will be able to send and receive messages from him again.

*/list_blocks*:: List the blocked JIDs.

NOTE: The following commands do not comply with any XEP or whatever, but they
 can still prove useful when you are migrating to an other JID.

*/export [/path/to/file]*:: Export your contacts into /path/to/file if
 specified, or $HOME/poezio_contacts if not.

*/import [/path/to/file]*:: Import your contacts from /path/to/file if
 specified, or $HOME/poezio_contacts if not.

XML tab commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*/clear*:: Clear the current buffer.