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author | Wilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net> | 2010-05-16 00:28:16 +0100 |
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committer | Wilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net> | 2010-05-16 00:28:16 +0100 |
commit | ec86b2232da72f7b0c1c0a217d94b6e15698c795 (patch) | |
tree | 008111e5ae7d47ba5547be974769bd0751ee9fd0 /doc/user-guide | |
parent | ca0981ad1e427644a33fc31fe78d63ea834f0fa0 (diff) | |
parent | 6e6b3d7c7300c5cf5cf7f1538154925fd2fe3953 (diff) |
Mainline merge. (Probably mostly irrelevant for this branch, oh well.)
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/user-guide/commands.xml | 48 |
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions
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> |