This manual page describes the commands that can be used within micq. This
page is holds the same information as the online help.
COMMANDS
trans [lang|nr ...
]
Switch to the language
lang
given by iso code, or output translation string number
nr
To select the default language given by the environment
variables
LANGLC_ALL
and
LC_MESSAGES
use
!auto
or
default
To select no translation at all, use
.none
or
unload
To get debugging information, prefix it with
debug
To get funny messages, postfix it with
_fun
Actually you may specify as many arguments as you wish, e.g. to print
string number 117 in German and then switch back to default language,
use "trans de 117 default".
tabs
Shows of a list of users you can tab through.
save
Saves current settings in
~/.micqrc
Beware, it will clobber any comments in this file.
r [message
]
Reply to last message received. Without
message
multi-line message mode is enabled. To send the multi-line message, put
a period
( .
on a line of its own. To cancel the message, put a hash sign
( #
on a line of its own.
a message
Send a message to the last person you sent a message to. See
r
for behaviour without [message].
msg uin|nickname / [message
]
Send a message to
uin|nickname
See
r
for behaviour without
message
msga
Send a multiple line message to everyone on your list. Use a period
( .
on a line of its own to send the message, or a hash sign
( #
on a line of its own to cancel the message.
uptime
Show the time micq has been running.
last [uin|nickname
]
Show a list of users who have sent you messages or the last message
received from
uin|nickname
verbose verb
Set verbosity of micq to
verb
default is 0, maximum is 5.
clear
Clear the screen.
sound
Toggle sound on or off.
q
Quit micq.
auto [on|off
]
Turn auto reply messages on or off. If neither on or off is given
the auto reply messages are displayed.
auto status message
Change auto reply message for status
status
to
message
alter command new
Make command previously known as
command
from now on known as
new
auth uin|nickname
Allow
uin|nickname
to add you to their list.
rand number
Find a random user in interest group
number
pass password
Changes your icq password to
password .
Note: you should alter your password directly in your
.micqrc
file (see
micqrc(7)).
search email
Search for a user with
email
as their email address.
add uin nickname
Add
uin
to your contact list as
nickname
w
List all people in your contact list.
e
List all people who are online in your contact list.
wide
List all people who are in your contact list in a screen wide format.
i
List all the people on your ignore list.
togvis nickname
Toggles whether
nickname
can see you when you are invisible.
info uin|nickname
Show the info for
uin|nickname
status nickname
Show the status of
nickname
This includes IP address, ICQ protocol version and connection type.
togig nickname
Toggles whether
nickname
is on your ignore list or not.
change [number
]
Changes your status to
number
Without a number it lists some available modes.
reg password
Creates a new user account with password
password
online
Change status to Online.
away
Change status to Away.
na
Change status to Not Available.
occ
Change status to Occupied.
dnd
Change status to Do not Disturb.
ffc
Change status to Free for Chat.
inv
Change status to Invisible
update
Updates your basic user information (email, nickname, etc.).
other
Updates other user information like age and sex.
about
Updates your about user information.
set [number
]
Sets your random user group to
number
Without argument, lists possible interest groups.
