MICQ(7)

NAME
micq interactive commands

DESCRIPTION
This manual page describes the commands that can be used within micq. This page holds the same information as the online help.

COMMANDS

trans [lang|nr ...]
    Switch to the language lang, given by iso code, or output translation string number nr. To select the default language given by the environment variables LANG, LC_ALL and LC_MESSAGES, use!, auto or default. To select no translation at all, use., none or unload. To get debugging information, prefix it with debug. To get funny messages, postfix it with _fun.

    The files from ~/.micq/i18n/*.i18n take precedence over the global ones, while the "funny" ones take precedence over the standard ones.

    Actually you may specify as many arguments as you wish, e.g. to print string number 117 in German and then switch back to default language, use "trans de 117 default".

tabs
    Shows of a list of users you can tab through.

save
    Saves current settings in the configuration file, which is ~/.micq/micqrc, unless specified otherwise. Beware, it will clobber any comments in this file.

r [message]
    Reply to last message received. Without message multi-line message mode is enabled. To send the multi-line message, put a period (.) on a line of its own. To cancel the message, put a hash sign (#) on a line of its own.

a [message]
    Send a message to the last person you sent a message to. See r for behaviour without message.

msg uin|nickname / [message]
    Send a message to uin|nickname. See r for behaviour without message.

sms cell message
    Send an SMS message message to cell phone number cell, which looks like +<country code><number>.

msga
    Send a multiple line message to everyone on your list. Use a period (.) on a line of its own to send the message, or a hash sign (#) on a line of its own to cancel the message.

uptime
    Show the time micq has been running.

last [uin|nickname]
    Show a list of users who have sent you messages or the last message received from uin|nickname.

verbose verb
    Set verbosity of micq to verb, default is 0, maximum is 5.

clear
    Clear the screen.

sound [command]
    Toggle sound on or off, or set to command.

soundonline [command]
    Toggle sound for users coming online on or off, or set to command.

soundoffline [command]
    Toggle sound for users going offline on or off, or set to command.

q   Quit micq.

auto [on|off]
    Turn auto reply messages on or off. If neither on or off is given the auto reply messages are displayed.

auto status message
    Change auto reply message for status status to message.

autoaway [timeout]
    Toggles auto away, or set the timeout to timeout.

alter command new
    Make command initially or previously known as command from now on known as new.

auth uin|nickname
    Allow uin|nickname to add you to their list.

rand number
    Find a random user in interest group number.

pass password
    Changes your icq password to password. Note: you should alter your password directly in your .micq/micqrc file (see micqrc(7)).

search

search email

search nick

search first nick
    Search for a user with email as their email address, with nick as their nick (which can't contain an @), or with first as their first and last as their last name. If no argument is given, ask for nick name, first name, last name, email address and a whole bunch of other data to search for.

add uin [nickname]
    Add uin to your contact list as nickname, or renames uin to nickname. If nickname is not given, use uin as nickname.
    Note: you need to save to make this persistent.

rem nick
    Remove nick from your contact list.
    Note: you need to save to make this persistent.

w   List all people in your contact list.

e   List all people who are online in your contact list.

wide
    List all people who are in your contact list in a screen wide format.

i   List all the people on your ignore list.

togvis nickname
    Toggles whether nickname can see you when you are invisible.

info uin|nickname
    Show the info for uin|nickname.

status nickname
    Show the status of nickname. This includes IP address, ICQ protocol version and connection type.

togig nickname
    Toggles whether nickname is on your ignore list or not.

change [number]
    Changes your status to number. Without a number it lists some available modes.

reg password
    Creates a new user account with password password.

online
    Change status to Online.

away
    Change status to Away.

na  Change status to Not Available.

occ Change status to Occupied.

dnd Change status to Do not Disturb.

ffc Change status to Free for Chat.

inv Change status to Invisible

update
    Updates your basic user information (email, nickname, etc.).

other
    Updates other user information like age and sex.

about
    Updates your about user information.

set option value
    Set option option to either on or off. option can be color or funny.

setr [number]
    Sets your random user group to number. Without argument, lists possible interest groups.

tcp command uin|nick
    Operate command command on user given by UIN uin or nick name nick. command can be open to open a peer to peer connection over TCP to the user, or close to close and reset such a connection, or off to switch off trying to establish such a connection for sending messages until it is explicitly opened or reset.

conn [command uin|nick]
    List all connections, or operate command on user given by UIN uin or nick name nick. command can be open or login to open this connection if it is not currently open.

SEE ALSO
micq(1), micqrc(5)

AUTHOR
This man page was created by James Morrison <ja2morrison@student.math.uwaterloo.ca> for a reference to all interactive commands in micq.