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jabber_on_sdf [2023/11/17 01:31] – added xabber peteyboyjabber_on_sdf [2023/11/20 23:21] – [Connecting with Pidgin from Your Unix or Windows Desktop] clarify locally meaning "on your computer" peteyboy
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   * [[http://www.bitlbee.org|Bitlbee]]   * [[http://www.bitlbee.org|Bitlbee]]
   * [[https://www.xabber.com/ |xabber]] (Android)   * [[https://www.xabber.com/ |xabber]] (Android)
-  * [[https://yaxim.org/ YAXIM]] (Android) +  * [[https://yaxim.org/ |YAXIM]] (Android)
- +
-Additional clients for mobile can be found [[mobile_applications_on_sdf|here]] +
  
 +Recommended clients for mobile can be found [[mobile_applications_on_sdf|here]]
  
 ==== Connecting with Profanity from SDF Unix shell ==== ==== Connecting with Profanity from SDF Unix shell ====
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   * additionally, chat rooms have a roster   * additionally, chat rooms have a roster
  
-To start, type at shell: ''profanity yourusername@jabber.sdf.org''+To start, enter at shell: ''profanity''
  
 It will start like so: It will start like so:
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-You can also start just by entering ''profanity'' then after it starts entering the command ''/join yourusername@jabber.sdf.org''+After ''profanity'' starts, type in the "slash command" ''/connect yourusername@jabber.sdf.org'' and hit enter. It will ask your password that you set up in 'maint'
  
-To see a list of group chat rooms, enter ''/rooms''+(You can also start just by running ''profanity yourusername@jabber.sdf.org'')
  
-To join your first room, try the 'sdf' group. Type ''/join sdf''+After you are logged in and connected: 
 +  * To see a list of group chat rooms--also called //conferences//--enter ''/rooms'' after logging in (see 'Conferences' section below for more details) 
 +  * To join your first room, try the 'sdf' group. Type ''/join sdf''. A new window, //[2]//, will be created and you will be switched to that window 
 +  * To say something in the room you are in, just type it (no leading slash) and enter. It should appear in the main window.
  
-To say something in the room you are in, just type it (no leading slash) and enter. It should appear in the main window. +To issue other commands in the app, enter the appropriate slash ''/'' commands (like you did with ''/join'' already) in the input area (another important example: ''/help''). Messages responding to your command will show up in the first window, the existence of which will be indicated by a ''[1]'' in the status bar. You can change to window 1 using ''/win 1'', or alternately by use of the function key F1 (F1..F10 should work) as listed below, but you may have to figure out for your ssh and computer setup what the "Alt" means (on a mac using default terminal program, ''[Option]1'' switches to window 1):
- +
-To navigate in the app, type slash ''/'' commands in the input area (important example: ''/help''). They will show up in the first window, the existence of which will be indicated by a ''[1]'' in the status bar. You can change to window 1 using ''/win 1'', or alternately by use of the function keys 1..10 as below but you have to figure out for your ssh and computer setup what the "Alt" means (on a mac using default terminal program, ''[Option]1'' switches to window 1):+
   * Alt-1 to Alt-0   * Alt-1 to Alt-0
   * F1 to F10   * F1 to F10
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 ==== Connecting with Finch from Unix shell ==== ==== Connecting with Finch from Unix shell ====
  
-Finch is a shell-based desktop-ish jabber client that was available on SDF, but seems to have not made it past the last upgrade.+Finch is the shell-based desktop-ish version of the jabber client Pidgin that was available on SDF, but seems to have not made it past the last upgrade.
  
 If you have it, however, the following tutorial should work: If you have it, however, the following tutorial should work:
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   - Select **"Add Buddy"**.   - Select **"Add Buddy"**.
  
 +==== Connecting with Mcabber from SDF Unix shell ====
 +
 +//TBD//
 +
 +==== Connecting with Pidgin from Your Unix or Windows Desktop ====
  
-==== Connecting with Pidgin from Unix/Windows ====+Install Pidgin locally on your computer via instructions on the [[https://pidgin.im/|Pidgin site]], then:
  
   * Go to **Accounts->Manage Accounts**.   * Go to **Accounts->Manage Accounts**.
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 === To join an existing conference === === To join an existing conference ===
-To see a list of existing conferences, type ''/rooms''from window 1 after logging in. Exmaple response:+To see a list of existing conferences, type ''/rooms'' **while still in window 1** after logging in. Example response:
   Room list request sent: conference.jabber.sdf.org   Room list request sent: conference.jabber.sdf.org
   Rooms list response received: conference.jabber.sdf.org   Rooms list response received: conference.jabber.sdf.org
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 === To create and join a new conference === === To create and join a new conference ===
-You can just ''/join [room]'' where the room is a new roomname, and profanity will create the room.+You can just ''/join [newroom]'' where //newroom// is a new room name, and profanity will create the room.
  
 ==== Conferences in Pidgin ==== ==== Conferences in Pidgin ====
jabber_on_sdf.txt · Last modified: 2023/11/20 23:28 by peteyboy