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1Ayttm(1)                    General Commands Manual                   Ayttm(1)
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NAME

6       Ayttm - Universal Instant Messaging client
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SYNOPSIS

9       ayttm [options]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Ayttm  is  an instant messaging (aka chat) client that provides all-in-
13       one chat functionality for several  major  instant  messaging  services
14       from one simple program. Ayttm "Contacts" allow you to refer to several
15       accounts of the same person from a single contact name, making  it  one
16       of the cleanest and simplest clients to use.
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OPTIONS

19       -h, --help
20              Display help and exit
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22       -v, --version
23              Output version information and exit
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25       -g, --geometry
26              Set position of main window
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28       -d, --config-dir
29              Specify configuration directory
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31       -D, --disable-server
32              Disable console message server
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34       -c, --contact
35              Specify contact to send a message to via console server
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37       -m, --message
38              Specify the message to send via console server (Note:  -c and -m
39              must be used together)
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DESCRIPTION

42       Ayttm is a unified multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that  allows
43       you  to  stay  in  touch  with  your contacts across multiple protocols
44       through one conventient interface.
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46       Currently Ayttm supports AIM, ICQ,  IRC,  Jabber,  MSN  and  Yahoo!.  A
47       detailed list of features is available at:
48       http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/features.shtml
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FILES

51       $(HOME)/.ayttm/accounts - information about your accounts
52       $(HOME)/.ayttm/contacts - contact/buddy list
53       $(HOME)/.ayttm/logs/ - conversation logs
54       $(HOME)/.ayttm/prefs - preferences
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FEEDBACK

57       For  submitting  bug  reports,  patches,  feature  requests and support
58       requests,  please  use  the  Sourceforge.net  tracker  for   Ayttm   at
59       http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=77614
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61       Before  sending  a  bug  report, please verify that you have the latest
62       version of Ayttm.  Many bugs  (major  and  minor)  are  fixed  at  each
63       release, and if yours is out of date, the problem may already have been
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LICENCE

71       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
72       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
73       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at  your
74       option) any later version.
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76       This  program  is  distributed  in the hope that it will be useful, but
77       WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of  MER‐
78       CHANTABILITY  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General
79       Public License for more details.
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81       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
82       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
83       51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
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AUTHORS

87       The authors of Ayttm are:
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89       Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net> Lead Developer
90       Andy S. Maloney <a_s_maloney@yahoo.com> Code Monkey
91       Philip S. Tellis <philip.tellis@iname.com> Yahoo!
92       Edward L. Haletky <elh@astroarch.com> Windows Port
93       Tahir Hashmi <code_martial@softhome.net> Manual, Doc.
94       Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh.poyarekar@gmail.com>
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96       This  manpage  was   adapted   from   one   written   by   Laurel   Fan
97       <lf25@andrew.cmu.edu> for EveryBuddy.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

100       Ayttm  is  an heir of EveryBuddy (http://www.everybuddy.com).  We would
101       like to thank the EveryBuddy development team for their contribution.
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103       Special thanks to Mark Spencer, initial creator of GAIM, for all of the
104       tremendous support he has given.
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