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| author | Wilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net> | 2010-06-07 00:47:46 +0100 |
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| committer | Wilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net> | 2010-06-07 00:47:46 +0100 |
| commit | 92cb8c4c251fb04a483b29e7108e7a52388f14dd (patch) | |
| tree | 227b80ca36f96b0ec2189eb6ac62ca583a4b67f2 /doc/user-guide | |
| parent | 16834a53f85be092acc16dee70cb72451b2230f9 (diff) | |
Complete (hopefully) fix for nickname changes: Add flags to the identify
command to allow identifying without loading any new settings. With some
documentation hints.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/user-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user-guide/commands.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user-guide/misc.xml | 17 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml index 97c54bae..bba2df73 100644 --- a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml +++ b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml @@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ </bitlbee-command> <bitlbee-command name="identify"> - <syntax>identify <password></syntax> + <syntax>identify [-noload|-force] <password></syntax> <short-description>Identify yourself with your password</short-description> <description> @@ -1124,6 +1124,14 @@ <para> Once you're registered, you can change your password using <emphasis>set password <password></emphasis>. </para> + + <para> + The <emphasis>-noload</emphasis> and <emphasis>-force</emphasis> flags can be used to identify when you're logged into some IM accounts already. <emphasis>-force</emphasis> will let you identify yourself and load all saved accounts (and keep the accounts you're logged into already). + </para> + + <para> + <emphasis>-noload</emphasis> will log you in but not load any accounts and settings saved under your current nickname. These will be overwritten once you save your settings (i.e. when you disconnect). + </para> </description> </bitlbee-command> diff --git a/doc/user-guide/misc.xml b/doc/user-guide/misc.xml index a926775a..2427ef69 100644 --- a/doc/user-guide/misc.xml +++ b/doc/user-guide/misc.xml @@ -116,4 +116,21 @@ If you want to set an away state for only one of your connections, you can use t </sect1> +<sect1 id="nick_changes"> +<title>Changing your nickname</title> + +<para> +BitlBee now allows you to change your nickname. So far this was not possible because it made managing saved accounts more complicated. +</para> + +<para> +The restriction no longer exists now though. When you change your nick (just using the <emphasis>/nick</emphasis> command), your logged-in status will be reset, which means any changes made to your settings/accounts will not be saved. +</para> + +<para> +To restore your logged-in status, you need to either use the <emphasis>register</emphasis> command to create an account under the new nickname, or use <emphasis>identify -noload</emphasis> to re-identify yourself under the new nickname. The <emphasis>-noload</emphasis> flag tells the command to verify your password and log you in, but not load any new settings. See <emphasis>help identify</emphasis> for more information. +</para> + +</sect1> + </chapter> |