1man(1)                       Profanity XMPP client                      man(1)
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NAME

6       Profanity - a simple console based XMPP chat client.
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SYNOPSIS

9       profanity [-vh] [-l level] [-a account]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Profanity  is  a simple lightweight console based XMPP chat client. Its
13       emphasis is on having a simple and configurable command driven UI,  see
14       the homepage at:
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16       <https://profanity-im.github.io>
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OPTIONS

19       -v, --version
20              Show version and build information.
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22       -h, --help
23              Show help on command line arguments.
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25       -a, --account ACCOUNT
26              Auto connect to an account on startup, ACCOUNT must be an exist‐
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29       -c, --config
30              Use an alternative config file.
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32       -l, --log LEVEL
33              Set the logging level, LEVEL may be set to DEBUG, INFO (the  de‐
34              fault), WARN or ERROR.
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36       -f, --logfile
37              Specify a different logfile
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39       -t, --theme THEME
40              Specify which theme to use.  THEME must be one of the themes in‐
41              stalled in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/profanity/themes
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KEYBINDINGS

44       ALT+1..Alt-0 Choose window 1..0.
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46       ALT+LEFT
47              Choose previous chat window.
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49       ALT+RIGHT
50              Choose next chat window.
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52       PAGEUP Page the active window up.
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54       PAGEDOWN
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57       ALT+PAGEUP
58              Page the occupants or roster panel up.
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60       ALT+PAGEDOWN
61              Page the occupants or roster panel down.
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63       ALT+a  Jump to the next unread window.
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65       ALT+v  Mark current window for later reading with an attention flag.
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67       ALT+m  Switch between windows marked with the attention flag.
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USING PROFANITY

70       The user guide can be  found  at  <https://profanity-im.github.io/user‐
71       guide.html>.
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SEE ALSO

74       Profanity  itself  has  a lot of built-in help. Check the /help command
75       for more information.  Type "/help help" for information on how to  use
76       help  itself.  Profanity ships with one man page for each built-in com‐
77       mand. For /account there is man profanity-account.
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CONFIGURATION

80       Configuration  for  Profanity  is  stored  in  $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/profan‐
81       ity/profrc , details on commands for configuring Profanity can be found
82       at <https://profanity-im.github.io/reference.html>.
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BUGS

85       Bugs can either be reported by raising an issue  at  the  Github  issue
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88       <https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/issues>
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90       or to the mailing list at:
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92       <https://lists.notraces.net/mailman/listinfo/profanity>
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LICENSE

95       Copyright  (C)  2012  - 2019 James Booth <boothj5web@gmail.com>.  Copy‐
96       right (C) 2019 -  2020  Michael  Vetter  <jubalh@iodoru.com>.   License
97       GPLv3+:   GNU   GPL   version   3   or  later  <https://www.gnu.org/li‐
98       censes/gpl.html> This is free software; you are free to change and  re‐
99       distribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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AUTHORS/CREDITS

102       Profanity  was  created by James Booth <boothj5web@gmail.com> with many
103       contributions    from    others,    see    the    full     list     at:
104       <https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/graphs/contributors>
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