Fwd: licq in console usage

Iain asked me to forward thefollowing message to the list.

Cheers,

Arne


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> Von: [email protected]
> Datum: 21. August 2009 09:51:53 MESZ
> An: "Arne Schmitz" <[email protected]>
> Betreff: Re: [Licq-users] licq in console usage
>
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:40:32 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Licq-users] licq in console usage
> In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
> References: <e140cb81-29fb-4559-aa47-55cdfaa71cf9@c34g2000yqi.googlegroups.com 
> > <[email protected]>
>
> Arne wrote:
>> Am 20.08.2009 um 20:52 schrieb boumry:
>>
>>> Hello I would like to use licq in console mode via ssh session.
> [..]
>>> Unfortunatelly I was not able to find any manual or help file how to
>>> use it.
>>
>> Most simple commands:
>>
>> /status online
>> /msg User
>> /help
>>
>> This is all from memory. :) But there should be a README as well,
>> although /help will tell you all you need.
>
> Schrieb:
>
> I use CLI exclusively.  I found licq very hard to figure out, partly
> because I was new to ICQ.  There was no manual but there were rumours
> of one being in existence.  I tried hard to locate it without success.
> I was finally starting to figure out licq when a hadrware failure
> disrupted my work flow, and I never got back into trying to use ICQ.
> Following are my notes.
>
> If you want buddy for exchanging test messages, email me and we'll
> coordinate a time.
>
> -ic
> --
> Iain Calder  ic56 at (Toronto, Canada) rogers.com
>
>
> ### History:
> ###   last-mod was 2/Oct/2006.
> ###   Added to it on the Wed before /dev/hdc died mid-Sep/2007 :-(.
> ###   Re-constructed some of the lost info 30/Sep/2007.
>
> ### Todo:
>  Q: can I join chat rooms?
>  Q: search again for user manual.
>  Q: what does it mean when /search reports "(disabled)" for a match.
>  Q: why does /auth scurvy say "UIN must be non-zero." while there's
>     no error for 3B?
>  Q: console plugin lacks important features, including readline  
> library
>     (to edit and repeat previous commands) and ability to scroll back.
>     Even basic facilities provided by the terminal driver, like ^U  
> and ^W,
>     don't work!
>
> ### Vocab - abbrevs:
>  na  = Not Available
>  dnd = Do Not Disturb
>  ffc = Free For Chat
>
> ### Env
>  svr:
>    lirc: ICQ:           login.icq.com:5190
>    Gaim: AIM/ICQ: login.oscar.aol.com:5190
>
>    AIM != ICQ.  Same protocol but former uses non-numeric IDs.
>
>  url:
>    https://www.icq.com/register/   Used these c.Nov/2005
>    http://www.icq.com/whitepages/  to register my ICQ id.
>
>
> ### Commands - essential:
>  /help
>  /status online      Connect to svr
>  /add <UIN>          Add a UIN to my buddylist.
>  /m {<UIN>|<alias>}
>  <text>
>  .                   "." sends.  "," aborts.  There are others.
>  /quit
>
> ### Commands - basic:
>  /group <0-5>  Choose which group from my buddylist is displayed in
>                the right panel.  W/out args, lists groups.
>  /uin          Display the UINs of users in current buddylist group.
>  /info {<uin>|<user>}  Lookup user info on svr.  User must first be / 
> add'ed.
>  /his <user> <msg number> [, <msg number>]
>                List messages exchanged with user.
>                <num>,<num> syntax displays a range of messages.
>
> ### Commands - editing:
>  TAB : username completion.
>  $ : last username (displayed as L in status line).
>
>
> ### Other:
>  Q: Problem trying to send or receive files.  Connection does not get
>     established.
>  A: If you are using a firewall/router and it can do port  
> triggering, try
>     forwarding tcp ports 24500 to 24505; set the triggering port to  
> tcp 5190.
>
> ### For user manual:
>  + status line at bottom displays:
>    <my alias> (<my UIN>)
>    - S: <my status (online, do-not-disturb, etc)>  (initially  
> "Offline")
>    - G: <the buddylist group currently displayed in the right panel>
>    - M: count of ICQ messages received and pending to be viewed  
> with /v
>         (initially "No Messages")
>    - L: <last referenced user>  (can use it in commands with "$")
>
>  + right panel:
>    usernames in the buddy list are coloured.  The meaning of the  
> colours
>    is configured with /set.  Issue "/set" without args to see the  
> current
>    meanings.  Defaults are: blue = online;  away = green;  red =  
> offline;
>    bright yellow = new;  bright red = error.
>
> ### Newly added:
> http://trac.licq.org/wiki/LicqTips#StaleLockfiles  # follow up
>
> EOF