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.TH gntgaim 1
.SH NAME
GntGaim \- Console frontend for Instant Messaging client Gaim.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.TP 5
\fBgntgaim \fI[options]\fR

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBgntgaim\fR is a console-based frontend for Instant Messaging (IM)
application Gaim.  It supports multiple protocols via modules, including AIM,
ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Gadu-Gadu and Zephyr.  It has many
common features found in other clients, as well as many unique features.  Gaim
is not endorsed by or affiliated with America Online, ICQ, Microsoft, or Yahoo.

.SH OPTIONS
The following options are provided by \fBgntgaim\fR using the standard GNU
command line syntax:
.TP
.B \-d, \-\-debug
Print debugging messages to stdout.  These are the same debugging messages
that are displayed in the \fBDebug\fR window.
.TP
.B \-c, \-\-config=\fIDIR\fB
Use \fIDIR\fR as the directory for config files instead of \fI~/.gaim\fR.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Print this help and exit.
.TP
.B \-n, \-\-nologin
Don't automatically login when \fBgntgaim\fR starts.  Sets all accounts to
Offline.
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-version
Display the version information window.

.SH GNT Shortcuts
You can use the following shortcuts:
.TP
.B Alt \+ n
Go to the next window.
.TP
.B Alt \+ p
Go to the previous window.
.TP
.B Alt \+ w
Show the list of windows. You can select and jump to any window from the list.
.TP
.B Alt \+ c
Close the current window.
.TP
.B Alt \+ q
Quit.
.TP
.B Alt \+ m
Start moving a window. Press the cursor keys to move the window. When you are
done, press \fBEnter\fR or \fBEscape\fR.
.TP
.B Alt \+ r
Start resizing a window. Press the cursor keys to resize the window. When you
are done, press \fBEnter\fR or \fBEscape\fR.

.SH FILES
\fI~/.gntrc\fR: configuration file for gnt applications.
.br
.TP
A sample file looks like:
.br
[general]
.br
shadow = 0
.br

.br
[colors]
.br
# The RGB values range in [0, 1000]
.br
black = 0; 0; 0
.br
red = 1000; 0; 0
.br
green = 0; 1000; 0
.br
blue = 250; 250; 700
.br
white = 1000; 1000; 1000
.br
gray = 700; 700; 700
.br
darkgray = 256; 256; 256
.br

.br
[colorpairs]
.br
normal = white; black
.br
highlight = white; blue
.br
highlightd = black; gray
.br
shadow = black; darkgray
.br
title = white; blue
.br
titled = white; gray
.br
text = white; blue
.br
disabled = gray; black
.br

.SH BUGS
Known bugs are listed at
.br
\fIhttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=235&atid=100235\fR

.SH PATCHES
If you fix a bug in \fBgntgaim\fR (or otherwise enhance it), please submit a
patch (using \fIcvs diff -up > my.diff\fR against the latest CVS version)
at
.br
\fIhttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=235&atid=300235\fR

Before sending a bug report, please verify that you have the latest
version of \fBgntgaim\fR.  Many bugs (major and minor) are fixed
at each release, and if yours is out of date, the problem may already
have been solved.

.SH SEE ALSO
\fIhttp://gaim.sourceforge.net/\fR
.br
\fIhttp://www.sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/\fR

.SH LICENSE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
\fBWITHOUT ANY WARRANTY\fR; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

.SH AUTHORS
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <\[e-mail]\fR>
.br

This manpage was written by Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <\[e-mail]\fR>.