1UTOX(1)                     General Commands Manual                    UTOX(1)
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NAME

6       µTox - Lightweight Tox client
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SYNOPSIS

10       usage: utox [--portable] [--theme <default|dark|light|highcontrast|zen‐
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12       dow|hide-window>] [--allow-root]
13          or: utox --version
14          or: utox --help
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DESCRIPTION

18       µTox is a free software lighweight X.org graphical Tox client.
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20       µTox can be used for:
21        * 1-to-1 text IM
22        * group IM
23        * audio calls
24        * video calls
25        * group audio calls
26        * desktop sharing
27        * file transfers
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OPTIONS

31       -t <THEME> or --theme <THEME>
32              Choose  a  color  scheme.  Possible  options  are default, dark,
33              light, highcontrast,  zenburn,  solarized-light,  or  solarized-
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38              Run  in  portable mode. All data will be saved to the tox folder
39              in the current working directory, see FILES for more details.
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43              Allow running µTox as root. Default is to refuse.
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47              Set an option. The available options are "start-on-boot", "show-
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52              Unset an option. The available option is "start-on-boot".
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56              Increase  debug  output  level. Multiple -v options increase the
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61              Set the verbosity level to 0, disable all debugging output.
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65              Print a short description of available options.
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CHAT COMMANDS

73       These commands can be used in the chat window.
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75       /alias <alias>
76              Sets selected friend's alias to <alias>. It  will  be  displayed
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80              Invites <name> to the current groupchat.
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83              Sends a file located in <path> to the current friend.
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86              Changes  current groupchat's name/topic to <topic>. This command
87              can also be used to edit the current topic by typing /topic  and
88              pressing the tab key.
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91              Sends an message/action in the format <name> <action>, for exam‐
92              ple: Tox User says hi
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FILES

96       All files listed below are located in  $HOME/.config/tox.  If  µTox  is
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99       tox_save.tox
100              tox_save.tox  is  the  file that contains the public/private key
101              pair, name, status and contacts. It's compatible with other  Tox
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105              utox_save is µTox' binary config file, it contains settings such
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109              The avatars directory contains other  contacts'  avatars.  Files
110              are  named  after contacts' public keys (the first 64 characters
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114              Default directory for auto-accepted files in portable mode.
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117              Those are friends' chat logs. µTox supports only 1v1  chat  log‐
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121              Friend metadata file, currently used for storing aliases.
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124              Current outgoing file transfers' state. Used for resuming trans‐
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CONTRIBUTORS

129       Please see the list page: https://github.com/uTox/uTox/graphs/contribu
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BUGS

134       Please report bugs on https://github.com/uTox/uTox/issues
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136       The  website  for µTox can be found at https://utox.io/ and source code
137       can be found at https://github.com/uTox/uTox
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141µTox 0.17.1                     September 2019                         UTOX(1)
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