User FAQ

From BarnOwl

Contents 1 General Use 1.1 How do I execute a command? 1.2 How do I see who is online? 1.3 How do I add a buddy on Zephyr or AIM? 2 Configuration 2.1 How do I make configuration changes stick across launches? 2.2 How do I enable logging? 3 Zephyr 3.1 How do I sign in to a Zephyr account? 3.2 How do I send a Zephyr message? 3.3 How do I subscribe to a Zephyr class? 4 Jabber 4.1 What is a JID? 4.2 How do I sign in to a Jabber account? 4.3 How do I send a Jabber message? 4.4 How do I join a Jabber conference? 4.5 Can I see other users in a Jabber conference?

General Use

How do I execute a command?

Press the : key to open an input line where you can type a command. You can run the

help

command if you want to see what keys and commands you can use.

How do I see who is online?

Press the l key or do:

blist

How do I add a buddy on Zephyr or AIM?

addbuddy protocol name

where protocol is either aim or zephyr.

Configuration

How do I make configuration changes stick across launches?

Prefix the command you used to edit the setting with "startup ", for example:

startup set edit:maxwrapcols 71

How do I enable logging?

To log personal Zephyrs/Jabbers/IMs:

set logging on

To log messages sent to Zephyr classes:

set classlogging on

Zephyr

How do I sign in to a Zephyr account?

barnowl automatically signs you in to your Zephyr account in your default realm (ATHENA.MIT.EDU).

How do I send a Zephyr message?

zwrite USERNAME

or, if they're in a different realm,

zwrite USERNAME@REALM

or, as a shortcut, you can press the j key to enter the input line with zwrite prefilled.

How do I subscribe to a Zephyr class?

subscribe class instance recipient

You may leave recipient blank if you wish to receive Zephyrs sent for anyone, and you can use * as a wildcard for the instance. Unlike other Zephyr clients, barnowl will add your subscription to your .zephyr.subs file by default. If you don't want it to do so, add the -t option to the subscribe command.

sub is an alias for subscribe.

To unsubscribe from a Zephyr class, repeat the command but with unsubscribe:

unsubscribe class instance recipient

Jabber

What is a JID?

A JID is a Jabber ID. It takes the form username@server.com; in the case of Athena, your JID is username@mit.edu.

How do I sign in to a Jabber account?

jabberlogin JID

How do I send a Jabber message?

jwrite JID

or, as a shortcut, you can press the j key to enter the input line with jwrite prefilled.

How do I join a Jabber conference?

Conferences have JIDs just like users do. A typical conference JID is name@conference.server.com; in the case of Athena, conferences are name@conference.mit.edu.

jmuc join name@conference.mit.edu

To later leave the MUC (multi-user chat):

jmuc part name@conference.mit.edu

Can I see other users in a Jabber conference?

Unlike Zephyr classes, Jabber MUCs have a publicly-viewable roster, which you can see by doing:

jmuc presence name@conference.mit.edu

or to see the roster for every MUC you are subscribed to, use:

jmuc presence -a