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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/CHANGES | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user-guide/commands.xml | 78 |
2 files changed, 95 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/CHANGES b/doc/CHANGES index 1cac2dc7..a79be7e5 100644 --- a/doc/CHANGES +++ b/doc/CHANGES @@ -3,6 +3,24 @@ found in the bzr commit logs, for example you can try: http://bugs.bitlbee.org/bitlbee/timeline?daysback=90&changeset=on +Version 1.2.6: +- Native (very basic) support for Twitter, implemented by Geert Mulders. + Currently supported are posting tweets, reading the ones of people you + follow, and sending (not yet receiving!) direct messages. +- Fixed format of status messages in /WHOIS to improve IRC client + compatibility. +- Show timestamps of offline messages/channel backlogs. +- Allow saving MSN display names locally since sometimes this stuff breaks + server-side. (Use the local_display_name per-account setting.) +- Suppress empty "Headline:" messages for certain new XMPP broadcast + messages. +- Better handling of XMPP contacts with multiple resources on-line. Default + behaviour now is to write to wherever the last message came from, or to + the bare JID (usually becomes a broadcast) if there wasn't any recent msg. +- The usual misc. bug fixes. + +Finished ... + Version 1.2.5: - Many bug fixes, including a fix for MSN login issues, Jabber login timing issues, Yahoo! crashes at login time with huge contact lists, @@ -22,7 +40,7 @@ Version 1.2.5: routing issues on Jabber (i.e. messages going someone's phone instead of the main client). -Fixed 17 Mar 2010 +Finished 17 Mar 2010 Version 1.2.4: - Most important change (and main reason for releasing now): Upgraded Yahoo! diff --git a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml index df99c1fc..7dd23d0c 100644 --- a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml +++ b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ <description> <para> - Adds an account on the given server with the specified protocol, username and password to the account list. Supported protocols right now are: Jabber, MSN, OSCAR (AIM/ICQ) and Yahoo. For more information about adding an account, see <emphasis>help account add <protocol></emphasis>. + Adds an account on the given server with the specified protocol, username and password to the account list. Supported protocols right now are: Jabber, MSN, OSCAR (AIM/ICQ), Yahoo and Twitter. For more information about adding an account, see <emphasis>help account add <protocol></emphasis>. </para> </description> @@ -62,6 +62,24 @@ <ircline nick="root">Account successfully added</ircline> </ircexample> </bitlbee-command> + + <bitlbee-command name="twitter"> + <syntax>account add twitter <handle> <password></syntax> + + <description> + <para> + This module gives you simple access to Twitter. Although it uses the Twitter API, only Twitter itself is supported at the moment. + </para> + + <para> + By default all your Twitter contacts will come from a contact called twitter_(yourusername). You can change this behaviour using the <emphasis>mode</emphasis> setting (see <emphasis>help set mode</emphasis>). + </para> + + <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> + </description> + </bitlbee-command> <bitlbee-command name="yahoo"> <syntax>account add yahoo <handle> <password></syntax> @@ -400,7 +418,7 @@ </bitlbee-setting> <bitlbee-setting name="auto_reconnect" type="boolean" scope="both"> - <default>false</default> + <default>true</default> <description> <para> @@ -559,6 +577,16 @@ </description> </bitlbee-setting> + <bitlbee-setting name="display_timestamps" type="boolean" scope="global"> + <default>true</default> + + <description> + <para> + When incoming messages are old (i.e. offline messages and channel backlogs), BitlBee will prepend them with a timestamp. If you find them ugly or useless, you can use this setting to hide them. + </para> + </description> + </bitlbee-setting> + <bitlbee-setting name="handle_unknown" type="string" scope="global"> <default>root</default> <possible-values>root, add, add_private, add_channel, ignore</possible-values> @@ -608,6 +636,17 @@ </bitlbee-setting> + <bitlbee-setting name="local_display_name" type="boolean" scope="account"> + <default>false</default> + + <description> + <para> + Mostly meant to work around a bug in MSN servers (forgetting the display name set by the user), this setting tells BitlBee to store your display name locally and set this name on the MSN servers when connecting. + </para> + </description> + + </bitlbee-setting> + <bitlbee-setting name="mail_notifications" type="boolean" scope="account"> <default>false</default> @@ -619,6 +658,26 @@ </bitlbee-setting> + <bitlbee-setting name="mode" type="string" scope="account"> + <possible-values>one, many, chat</possible-values> + <default>one</default> + + <description> + <para> + By default, everything from the Twitter module will come from one nick, twitter_(yourusername). If you prefer to have individual nicks for everyone, you can set this setting to "many" instead. + </para> + + <para> + If you prefer to have all your Twitter things in a separate channel, you can set this setting to "chat". + </para> + + <para> + In the last two modes, you can send direct messages by /msg'ing your contacts directly. Note, however, that incoming DMs are not fetched yet. + </para> + </description> + + </bitlbee-setting> + <bitlbee-setting name="nick" type="string" scope="chat"> <description> @@ -827,6 +886,21 @@ </description> </bitlbee-setting> + <bitlbee-setting name="timezone" type="string" scope="global"> + <default>local</default> + <possible-values>local, utc, gmt, timezone-spec</possible-values> + + <description> + <para> + If message timestamps are available for offline messages or chatroom backlogs, BitlBee will display them as part of the message. By default it will use the local timezone. If you're not in the same timezone as the BitlBee server, you can adjust the timestamps using this setting. + </para> + + <para> + Values local/utc/gmt should be self-explanatory. timezone-spec is a time offset in hours:minutes, for example: -8 for Pacific Standard Time, +2 for Central European Summer Time, +5:30 for Indian Standard Time. + </para> + </description> + </bitlbee-setting> + <bitlbee-setting name="tls" type="boolean" scope="account"> <default>try</default> |