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authorWilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net>2010-05-16 00:28:16 +0100
committerWilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net>2010-05-16 00:28:16 +0100
commitec86b2232da72f7b0c1c0a217d94b6e15698c795 (patch)
tree008111e5ae7d47ba5547be974769bd0751ee9fd0 /doc/user-guide
parentca0981ad1e427644a33fc31fe78d63ea834f0fa0 (diff)
parent6e6b3d7c7300c5cf5cf7f1538154925fd2fe3953 (diff)
Mainline merge. (Probably mostly irrelevant for this branch, oh well.)
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diff --git a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
index 260b4c40..f3633971 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
+++ b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@
<para>
To send tweets yourself, send them to the twitter_(yourusername) contact, or just write in the groupchat channel if you enabled that option.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ Since Twitter now requires OAuth authentication, you should not enter your Twitter password into BitlBee. Just type a bogus password. The first time you log in, BitlBee will start OAuth authentication. (See <emphasis>help set oauth</emphasis>.)
+ </para>
</description>
</bitlbee-command>
@@ -658,6 +662,21 @@
</bitlbee-setting>
+ <bitlbee-setting name="message_length" type="integer" scope="account">
+ <default>140</default>
+
+ <description>
+ <para>
+ Since Twitter rejects messages longer than 140 characters, BitlBee can count message length and emit a warning instead of waiting for Twitter to reject it.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ You can change this limit here but this won't disable length checks on Twitter's side. You can also set it to 0 to disable the check in case you believe BitlBee doesn't count the characters correctly.
+ </para>
+ </description>
+
+ </bitlbee-setting>
+
<bitlbee-setting name="mode" type="string" scope="account">
<possible-values>one, many, chat</possible-values>
<default>one</default>
@@ -702,6 +721,25 @@
</description>
</bitlbee-setting>
+ <bitlbee-setting name="oauth" type="boolean" scope="account">
+ <default>true</default>
+
+ <description>
+ <para>
+ This enables OAuth authentication for Twitter accounts. From June 2010 this will be mandatory.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ With OAuth enabled, you shouldn't tell BitlBee your Twitter password. Just add your account with a bogus password and type <emphasis>account on</emphasis>. BitlBee will then give you a URL to authenticate with Twitter. If this succeeds, Twitter will return a PIN code which you can give back to BitlBee to finish the process.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The resulting access token will be saved permanently, so you have to do this only once.
+ </para>
+ </description>
+
+ </bitlbee-setting>
+
<bitlbee-setting name="ops" type="string" scope="global">
<default>both</default>
<possible-values>both, root, user, none</possible-values>
@@ -837,6 +875,16 @@
</description>
</bitlbee-setting>
+ <bitlbee-setting name="show_offline" type="boolean" scope="global">
+ <default>false</default>
+
+ <description>
+ <para>
+ If enabled causes BitlBee to also show offline users in Channel. Online-users will get op, away-users voice and offline users none of both. This option takes effect as soon as you reconnect.
+ </para>
+ </description>
+ </bitlbee-setting>
+
<bitlbee-setting name="simulate_netsplit" type="boolean" scope="global">
<default>true</default>