Commands start with the / character and can take a list of any number of arguments, separated by spaces. If an argument should contain a space, you can use the " character to surround this argument.
The commands described in this page are shown like this:
/command <mandatory argument> [optional argument]
You can get the same help as below from inside poezio with the /help command.
Note
Use command parameters like this:
These commands work in any tab.
Usage: /activity [<general> [specific] [comment]]
Send your current activity to your contacts (use the completion to cycle through all the general and specific possible activities).
Nothing means “stop broadcasting an activity”.
Usage: /bind <key> <eq>
Bind a key to another key or to a “command”. For example, /bind ^H KEY_UP makes Control + h behave the same way as the Up key. See the key bindings documentation page for more details.
Usage: /bookmark [roomname][/nick] [autojoin] [password]
Bookmark the specified room. This command uses almost the same syntax as /join. Type /help join for syntax examples. Note that when typing /bookmark on its own, the room will be bookmarked with the nickname you’re currently using in this room (instead of default_nick). You can specify an optional autojoin and password if you call it with the full line (/bookmark alone will put the room in autojoin without password). The bookmarks stored with this command are stored on your xmpp server.
Usage: /bookmark_local [roomname][/nick]
Bookmark the specified room (you will then auto-join it on each poezio start). This commands uses almost the same syntax as /join. Type /help join for syntax examples. Note that when typing /bookmark on its own, the room will be bookmarked with the nickname you’re currently using in this room (instead of default_nick). The bookmarks stored with this command will be stored locally. They have priority over the ones stored online.
Close the tab.
Note
The /close command will work everywhere, except in the Roster tab, which can’t be closed.
Usage: /gaming [<game name> [server address]]
Send your current gaming activity to your contacts.
Nothing means “stop broadcasting a gaming activity”.
Usage: /help [command]
If called without an argument, this command will list the available commands. If it has a valid command as an argument, this command will show the usage and the help for the given command.
Usage: /invite <jid> <room> [reason]
Invite jid to room with reason (if provided).
Usage: /join [room_name][@server][/nick] [password]
Join the specified room. You can specify a nickname after a slash (/). If no nickname is specified, you will use the default_nick in the configuration file. You can omit the room name: you will then join the room you’re looking at (useful if you were kicked). You can also provide a room_name without specifying a server, the server of the room you’re currently in will be used. You can also provide a password to join the room.
Examples:
Usage: /activity <jid>
Show the last activity of a contact or a server (its uptime, in that case).
Usage: /list [server.tld]
Get the list of public chatrooms in the specified server (open a List tab)
Usage: /message <jid> [optional message]
Open a conversation with the specified JID (event if it is not in our roster), and send a message to him/her, if specified.
Usage: /mood [<mood> [comment]] Send your current mood to your contacts (use the completion to cycle through all the possible moods).
Nothing means “stop broadcasting a mood”.
Usage: /move_tab <source> <destination>
Move tab <source> to <destination>. If the create_gaps option is true, then it will leave a gap at the <source> position, leading to usual behaviour. If create_gaps is not enabled, then the tabs will number from 0 to your actual tab number, without gaps (which means their number will change if you close a tab on the left of the list).
Usage: /load <plugin name>
Load a plugin.
Usage: /presence <jid> [type] [status]
Send a directed presence to jid using type and status if provided.
Usage: /rawxml <stanza>
Send a custom XML stanza.
Usage: /remove_bookmark [room_jid]
Remove the bookmark on room_jid or the one on the current tab, if any.
Usage: /runkey <key>
Execute the action defined for key. For example, /runkey KEY_PPAGE will scroll up, or /runkey ^N will go to the next tab.
Usage: /server_cycle [server.tld] [message]
Disconnect and reconnect in all the rooms of server.tld.
Usage: /set [plugin|][section] <option> <value>
Set the value to the option in your configuration file. You can, for example, change your default nickname by doing “/set default_nick toto” or your resource with “/set resource blabla”. Doing so will write in the main config file, and in the main section ([Poezio]). But you can also write to another section, with /set bindings M-i ^i, to a plugin configuration with /set mpd_client| host main (notice the |, it is mandatory to write in a plugin), or even to another section in a plugin configuration /set plugin|other_section option value. toggle can be used as a special value for a boolean option. It just set the option to true if it’s currently false, and to false if it’s currently true.
Usage: /status <availability> [status message]
Set your availability and (optionaly) your status message. The <availability> argument is one of “available, chat, away, afk, dnd, busy, xa” and the optional [status] argument will be your status message.’
Usage: /theme [theme_name]
Reload the theme defined in the config file. If theme_name is given, this command will act like /set theme theme_name then /theme.
Usage: /version <jid>
Get the software version of the given JID (usually its XMPP client and Operating System).
Usage: /win <number>
Go to the specified room.
Usage: /correct <corrected message>
Replace the content of the last sent message with corrected message.
Usage: /say <message>
Just send the message (only useful it you want your message to begin with a /). Note that you can also send message starting with a / by starting it with //.
Usage: /xhtml <custom xhtml>
Send a custom xhtml message to the current tab.
Usage: /clear
Clear the information buffer. (was /clear_infos)
Usage: /cycle [message]
Leave the current room an rejoint it immediatly. You can specify an optional quit message.
Usage: /ignore <nickname>
Ignore a specified nickname.
Usage: /info <nickname>
Display some information about the user in the room: his/her role, affiliation, status, and status message.
Usage: /invite <jid> [reason]
Invite jid to this room with reason (if provided).
Usage: /kick <nick> [reason]
Kick the user with the specified nickname. You can also give an optional reason.
Usage: /nick <nickname>
Change your nickname in the current room. Except for gmail users because gmail.com sucks and will do weird things if you change your nickname in a MUC.
Usage: /part [message]
Disconnect you from a room. You can specify an optional message.
Usage: /query <nick> [message]
Open a Private tab with <nick>. This nick has to be present in the room you’re currently in. If you specified a message after the nickname, it will be sent to this user.
Usage: /recolor [random]
Re-assign a color to all the participants in the current room, based on the last time they talked. Use this if the participants currently talking have too many identical colors. If a random argument is given, the participants will be shuffled before they are assigned a color.
Usage: /topic <subject>
Change the subject of the room. You might want to knwow that entering /topic [tab] will autocomplete the topic.
Usage: /unignore <nickname>
Remove the specified nickname from the ignore list.
Usage: /version <nickname or jid>
Get the software version of the given nick in room or the given jid (usually its XMPP client and Operating System).
Usage: /accept [jid]
Authorize the provided JID (or the selected contact in the roster) to see your presence.
Usage: /add <jid>
Add the specified JID to your roster and authorize him to see your presence. If he accepts you, the subscription will be mutual (and if he doesn’t, you can still /remove him).
Usage: /deny [jid]
Prevent the provided JID (or the selected contact in the roster) from seeing your presence.
Usage: /groupadd <jid> <group>
Add the given JID to the given group (if the group does not exist, it will be created).
Usage: /groupmove <jid> <old_group> <new_group>
Move the given JID from one group to another (the JID has to be in the first group, and the new group may not exist).
Usage: /groupremove <jid> <group>
Remove the given JID from the given group (if the group is empty after that, it will get deleted).
Usage: /name <jid> <name>
Set the given JID’s name in your roster.
Usage: /password <password>
Change your password.
Usage: /remove [jid]
Remove the specified JID from your roster. This will unsubscribe you from its presence, cancel its subscription to yours, and remove the item from your roster.
Note
The following commands only exist if your server supports them. If it does not, you will be notified when you start poezio.
Usage: /block [jid]
Block the following JID using simple blocking. You will not receive any of his messages and won’t be able to send some to him either.
Usage: /unblock [jid]
Unblock a previously blocked JID using simple blocking. You will be able to send and receive messages from him again.
Note
The following commands do not comply with any XEP or whatever, but they can still prove useful when you are migrating to an other JID.
Usage: /export [/path/to/file]
Export your contacts into /path/to/file if specified, or $HOME/poezio_contacts if not.
Usage: /import [/path/to/file]
Import your contacts from /path/to/file if specified, or $HOME/poezio_contacts if not.
Usage: /filter_id <id>
Filter by stanza id attribute.
Usage: /filter_xpath <xpath>
Filter with an XPath selector.
Usage: /filter_xmlmask <xml mask>
Filter using an XML mask
