Profanity is a console based jabber client inspired by Irssi,
For a full install guide from scratch, including how to install dependencies see the wiki install guide.
Dependencies: ncurses, libstrophe, glib, expat, xml2 and openssl.
Optional Dependencies: libnotify
Libstrophe can be found at: https://github.com/metajack/libstrophe
To run unit tests requires head-unit: https://github.com/boothj5/head-unit
All other dependencies should have packages for your distribution.
Once depdendencies have been installed, run:
./bootstrap.sh
./configure
make
To build and install in the current directory.
If you wish to install on the system, switch to root, or sudo and:
make install
To run tests:
make check
Usage: profanity [OPTION...]
Help Options: -h, --help Show help options
Application Options: -v, --version Show version information -d, --disable-tls Disable TLS
Some older jabber servers advertise SSL/TLS support but don't respond to the handshake,
if you have trouble connecting, run with the --disable-tls option:
User preferences are stored in
~/.profanity/config
The following example is described below:
[ui]
beep=false
flash=true
showsplash=true
notify=true
[connections]
logins=mylogin@jabber.org;otherlogin@gmail.com
[colours]
bkgnd=default
text=white
online=green
offline=red
err=red
inc=yellow
bar=green
bar_draw=black
bar_text=black
The [ui] section contains preferences for user interface behaviour:
beep: Try to sound beep on incoming messages if the terminal supports it
flash: Try to make the terminal flash on incoming messages if the terminal supports it
notify: Send a desktop notification on incoming messages
showsplash: Show the ascii logo on startup
The [connections] section contains a history of logins you've used already, so profanity can autocomplete them for you.
This section is populated automatically when you login with a new username.
The [colours] sections allows you to theme profanity. Available colours are
black, white, red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, magenta
Setting a colour to default, lets the terminal use whatever default it would use for foreground/background depending on the setting.
Commands in profanity all start with /.
To get a list of possible commands, and find out how to navigate around try:
/help
Homepage: http://www.boothj5.com/profanity.shtml
Mailing List: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/profanitydev