SYNOPSIS

       tmsnc [-l address] [-i status] [-uv]

DESCRIPTION

       tmsnc is a textbased chat client that uses the MSN protocol. The inter-
       face is written in the Ncurses library and the  SSL  part  in  OpenSSL.
       This  makes  the  program very portable and it should be able to run on
       any UNIX-like system.

OPTIONS

       -l ADDRESS
              Login with the specified ADDRESS

       -u     Check for updates.

       -i STATUS
              Set initial presence status to STATUS where STATUS is  "online",
              "away", "brb", "busy", "idle", "phone", "lunch" or "hidden".

       -v     Display version information.

MENU

       Use TAB to switch between the different lists and windows in the inter-
       face.  To pull down a menu, press enter. To  choose  one  of  the  menu
       items,  go up and down with the arrow keys and then press enter to exe-
       cute the command.

TALKFILTERS

       To enable translation of outgoing messages using talkfilters, you first
       have  to install libtalkfilters (http://www.dystance.net/software/talk-
       filters) and re-compile tmsnc.  Then you go to the  "Actions->Set  fil-
       ter"  menu-item. Enter one of the following filter-names: austro, b1ff,
       brooklyn, chef, cockney, drawl, dubya,  fudd,  funetak,  jethro,  jive,
       kraut,  pansy, pirate, postmodern, redneck, valspeak, or warez. You can
       also disable talkfilters by typing in "none".  Now  all  your  outgoing
       messages will get translated.

CONTACT LIST

       Use  the  arrow  keys  to choose a contact. Press enter to initialize a
       conversation.  While having a contact selected you can go to  the  menu
       and  choose  Contacts->Set  custom  nick to give the selected contact a
       custom nickname.  Similarily while having a contact  selected  you  can
       un-set  the  custom nickname by choosing the menu-item Contacts->Un-set
       custom nick

CONVERSATION LIST

       To switch to an open conversation, select  the  conversation  with  the
       arrow  keys  and  press  enter.  A conversation will be marked green if
       alt-z  Focus on the chat window.

POWER FUNCTIONS

       To bring up the prompt to enter a power-command, press ctrl-p.

       Available commands:

       block all
              Block all contacts.

       unblock all
              Unblock all contacts.

       remove all
              Remove all contacts. WARNING: This command is not reversable.

       whoami Displays who you are currently logged in as.

       export conlist
              Write contact-list to a file.

       import conlist
              Read contact-list from a file.

FILES

       ~/.tmsnc/tmsnc.conf
              Configuration file

       ~/.tmsnc/aliases.conf
              Aliases file

       ~/.tmsnc/logs/
              Conversation logs

AUTHORS/CREDITS

       tmsnc was mainly written by Jonas Broms <sanoix@gmail.com>

       Tmsnc is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it  under
       the terms of the IR Public Domain License as published by the IR Group;
       either version 1.6 of the License, or (at your option) any  later  ver-
       sion.

       The  program  is  distributed  in  the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of  MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

       You  should  have received a copy of the IR Public Domain License along
       with this program; if not, write to sanoix@gmail.com.