From 52d63dc804571c63069a7c1e42e8c3f1f2a76527 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wilmer van der Gaast Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:31:47 +0100 Subject: Slightly better documentation of control channels and groups. --- doc/user-guide/commands.xml | 4 ++++ doc/user-guide/misc.xml | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/user-guide') diff --git a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml index 609ee6fe..6adc4001 100644 --- a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml +++ b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml @@ -1464,6 +1464,10 @@ Only the group list command is supported at the moment, which shows a list of all groups defined so far. + + + If you want to move contacts between groups, you can use the IRC /invite command. Also, if you use the add command in a control channel configured to show just one group, the new contact will automatically be added to that group. + diff --git a/doc/user-guide/misc.xml b/doc/user-guide/misc.xml index dc0ce5ed..979ad026 100644 --- a/doc/user-guide/misc.xml +++ b/doc/user-guide/misc.xml @@ -174,7 +174,41 @@ To start a simple group chat, you simply join a channel which a name starting wi -If you want to configure your own channels, you can use the channel set. +If you want to configure your own channels, you can use the channel set command. See help channels3 for more information. + + + + + +Configuring a control channel + + +The most important setting for a control channel is fill_by. It +tells BitlBee what information should be used to decide if someone should be shown +in the channel or not. After setting this setting to, for example, account, you +also have to set the account setting. Example: + + + + chan set &wlm fill_by account + fill_by = `account' + chan set &wlm account msn + account = `msn' + + + +Also, each channel has a show_users setting which lets you +choose, for example, if you want to see only online contacts in a channel, or +also/just offline contacts. Example: + + + + chan set &offline show_users offline + show_users = `offline' + + + +See the help information for all these settings for more information. -- cgit v1.2.3 From 674a01d4640fd869d54e1b9f1474986fda2994de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wilmer van der Gaast Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 01:20:01 +0100 Subject: Move whatsnew stuff into help.txt. Stop putting too much string content into the executable. --- doc/user-guide/misc.xml | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/user-guide') diff --git a/doc/user-guide/misc.xml b/doc/user-guide/misc.xml index 979ad026..906b312e 100644 --- a/doc/user-guide/misc.xml +++ b/doc/user-guide/misc.xml @@ -267,9 +267,42 @@ everything in the handle up to the first @. - + +New stuff in BitlBee 1.2.6 + + +Twitter support. See help account add twitter. + + + + New stuff in BitlBee 1.3dev + +Support for multiple configurable control channels, each with a subset of +your contact list. See help channels for more +information. + + + +File transfer support for some protocols (more if you use libpurple). Just +/DCC SEND stuff. Incoming files also become DCC transfers. + + + +Only if you run your own BitlBee instance: You can build a BitlBee that uses +libpurple for connecting to IM networks instead of its own code, adding +support for some of the more obscure IM protocols and features. + + + +Many more things, briefly described in help news1.3. + + + + +New stuff in BitlBee 1.3dev (details) + Most of the core of BitlBee was rewritten since the last release. This entry should sum up the majority of the changes. -- cgit v1.2.3