owl

NAME

owl − tty based zephyr client

SYNOPSIS

owl [ −n ] [ −d ] [ −D ] [ −v ] [ −h ] [ −c configfile ] [ −t tty ]

DESCRIPTION

Owl 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.

Once Owl is started, typing ’h’ will display a help screen. Typing ´:´ enters command mode, allowing the user to type an owl command line.

USE

The following command line options are avilable when running owl:

−n

Do not subscribe to zephyr messages on startup. By default Owl subscribes to the default subscriptions and to anything found in ~/.zephyr.subs. When this option is used no subscriptions are loaded.

−c configfile

Specifiy an alternate config file for Owl to use. The default configuration file is ~/.owlconf

−t tty

Specifiy the tty name to use for the zephyr location.

−v

Print the version number of owl and exit.

−d

Enable debugging. By default debugging information is placed in /var/tmp/owldebug.

−D

Enable debugging, but first delete any existing debugging file.

−h

Print command line option help.

AUTHOR

Written by James Kretchmar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Comments, questions, and bug reports may be mailed to bug-owl AT ktools DOT org.