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[D-O-H] r1085 - trunk/owl/doc
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nelhage@MIT.EDU)
Thu Oct 29 18:13:22 2009
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:57:20 -0400 (EDT)
Author: nelhage
Date: 2008-06-23 22:57:18 -0400 (Mon, 23 Jun 2008)
New Revision: 1085
Modified:
trunk/owl/doc/barnowl.1
Log:
barnowl.1: Update slightly for barnowl (We're not owl anymore...)
Modified: trunk/owl/doc/barnowl.1
===================================================================
--- trunk/owl/doc/barnowl.1 2008-06-24 02:57:00 UTC (rev 1084)
+++ trunk/owl/doc/barnowl.1 2008-06-24 02:57:18 UTC (rev 1085)
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-.TH owl 1 "10 Apr 2004"
+.TH barnowl 1 "23 Jun 2008"
.SH NAME
-owl \- tty based zephyr client
+barnowl \- tty based zephyr client
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B owl
+.B barnowl
[ \-n
]
[ \-d
@@ -19,37 +19,45 @@
[ \-t
.I tty
]
-
+[ \-s
+.I configdir
+]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B Owl
+.B BarnOwl
is a fully integrated tty based instant messaging client. Currently
-it supports AOL Instant Messenger and MIT Zephyr. It is curses-based,
-allows for emacs style editing of outgoing messages and uses a perl
-configuration language for setting options and customizing message
-formatting. Owl will also run happily without a configuration file.
+it supports AOL Instant Messenger, MIT Zephyr, and Jabber. It is
+curses-based, allows for emacs-style editing of outgoing messages and
+uses perl as an extension and configuration language. BarnOwl will
+also run happily without a configuration file.
-Once Owl is started, typing 'h' will display a help screen. Typing
-\':\' enters command mode, allowing the user to type an owl command
-line.
+Once BarnOwl is started, typing 'h' will display a help screen.
+Typing \':\' enters command mode, allowing the user to type a barnowl
+command line.
.PP
.SH USE
-The following command line options are avilable when running owl:
+The following command line options are avilable when running barnowl:
.B \-n
.IP
-Do not subscribe to zephyr messages on startup. By default Owl
+Do not subscribe to zephyr messages on startup. By default BarnOwl
subscribes to the default subscriptions and to anything found in
~/.zephyr.subs. When this option is used no subscriptions are loaded.
.LP
.B \-c \fIconfigfile\fP
.IP
-Specifiy an alternate config file for Owl to use. The default
-configuration file is ~/.owlconf
+Specifiy an alternate config file for BarnOwl to use. By default,
+barnowl uses ~/.barnowlconf if it exists, and ~/.owlconf otherwise.
.LP
+.B \-s \fIconfigdir\fP
+.IP
+Specify an alternate configuration directory. By default, BarnOwl uses
+~/.owl/.
+.LP
+
.B \-t \fItty\fP
.IP
Specifiy the tty name to use for the zephyr location.
@@ -57,7 +65,7 @@
.B \-v
.IP
-Print the version number of owl and exit.
+Print the version number of barnowl and exit.
.LP
.B \-d
@@ -77,7 +85,8 @@
.LP
.SH AUTHOR
-Written by James Kretchmar at the Massachusetts Institute of
-Technology.
+Written by Nelson Elhage and Alejandro Sedeno at the Massachusetts
+Institute of Technology. Based on Owl by James Kretchmar.
+
Comments, questions, and bug reports may be mailed to
-\fBbug-owl@ktools.org\fP.
+\fBbug-barnowl@mit.edu\fP.
