From c55701ecf0b0a9e0c0cb9a4514c90bf426aa5d92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wilmer van der Gaast Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:58:33 +0200 Subject: Due to popular demand, now using mode=chat by default. --- doc/user-guide/commands.xml | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/user-guide') diff --git a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml index a1554645..609ee6fe 100644 --- a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml +++ b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ - By default all your Twitter contacts will come from a contact called twitter_(yourusername). You can change this behaviour using the mode setting (see help set mode). + By default all your Twitter contacts will appear in a new channel called #twitter_yourusername. You can change this behaviour using the mode setting (see help set mode). @@ -810,19 +810,23 @@ one, many, chat - one + chat - 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. + By default, BitlBee will create a separate channel (called #twitter_yourusername) for all your Twitter contacts/messages. + + + + If you don't want an extra channel, you can set this setting to "one" (everything will come from one nick, twitter_yourusername), or to "many" (individual nicks for everyone). - If you prefer to have all your Twitter things in a separate channel, you can set this setting to "chat". + With modes "chat" and "many", you can send direct messages by /msg'ing your contacts directly. Note, however, that incoming DMs are not fetched yet. - 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. + With modes "many" and "one", you can post tweets by /msg'ing the twitter_yourusername contact. In mode "chat", messages posted in the Twitter channel will also be posted as tweets. -- cgit v1.2.3 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