finch

Print debugging messages to stderr and start with the Debug window. The messages shown in the Debug window are the same as the ones printed in stderr.

Use DIR as the directory for config files instead of ~/.purple.

Print this help and exit.

Don't automatically login when finch starts. Sets all accounts to Offline.

Display the version information window.

Bring up a list of available actions. You can use this list to access the accounts window, plugins window, preference window etc.

Go to the next window.

Go to the previous window.

Show the list of windows. You can select and jump to any window from the list.

Close the current window.

Quit.

Start moving a window. Press the cursor keys to move the window. When you are done, press Enter or Escape.

Start resizing a window. Press the cursor keys to resize the window. When you are done, press Enter or Escape.

Dump the contents of the screen in HTML format in a file named "dump.html" in working directory.

Move the position of the current window in the window list one place to the right.

Move the position of the current window in the window list one place to the left.

Refresh the windows. This is useful after resizing the terminal window.

Jump to the 1st, 2nd ... 10th window.

Bring up the menu (if there is one) for a window. Note that currently only the buddylist has a menu.

Show a list of available key-bindings for the current widget in focus.

Switch to the next workspace

Switch to the previous workspace

Tag (or untag) the current window

Attached all the tag windows to the current workspace

Show the workspace list

Create a new workspace and switch to it

[general]
shadow = 0
# There is experimental mouse support
mouse = 1
# To use some custom window-manager
wm = /usr/local/lib/gnt/s.so
# There's also a custom window manager called irssi.so
# Remember window-positions based on the titles (on by default)
remember_position = 1
# Use borderless one-line high buttons
small-button = true
# Workspaces are created simply by adding Workspace-X groups as follows:
[Workspace-1]
name = blist
# window-names specifies that windows with these semi-colon separated names are placed into this workspace
window-names = buddylist;debug-window

[Workspace-2]
name = IM
window-names = conversation-window
# window-titles specifies that windows with these semi-colon separated titles are placed into this workspace. These are matched as substrings. Window titles take precedence over names.
window-titles = Preferences;Pounce

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

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

# Remap some keys for GntEntry
[GntEntry::remap]
# Remap the up-arrow to the left-arrow
^[[A = ^[[D
# Remap the down-arrow to the right-arrow
^[[B = ^[[C
# Remap 'a' to 'bcd'
a = bcd
# Completely ignore the key 'q'
q =
# But the following will NOT work
#abc = bcd
# Hitting 'space' will activate a button
[GntButton::remap]
\  = \r

for the accounts window.

for the buddylist.

for the debug window.

for the plugins window.

for the preferences window.

for the status window.