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Bitlbee

2017-04-23T01:06:51Z

Mikello: /* Facebook */

Bitlbee tunnels instant messaging traffic (including MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, Jabber) to a virtual IRC channel and virtual IRC queries. What does that mean in english I hear you say. Basically it lets you connect to yahoo, msn or google talk through your redbrick chat.

== Starting Bitlbee in irssi==

To start bitlbee in irssi type
/connect bitlbee

This opens a new window, the bitlbee control window. You'll notice there seems to be another person in this channel called "root". This is the bitlbee system (we'll tell you how to rename it later).

== Starting Bitlbee in weechat==

To add your bitlbee server to weechat just type in the weechat window
/server add bitlbee zeus.redbrick.dcu.ie/8854

Before you connect you must have your nick set up so:
/set irc.server.bitlbee.nicks "your nick"

Then to connect simply type
/connect bitlbee

== Adding accounts ==
This section tells you how to add accounts to the system.

====MSN====
account add msn <msn address> <password>

====Yahoo====
account add yahoo username@yahoo.com <password>

====Google Talk====
account add jabber username@gmail.com
account gtalk set oauth on ['''Follow on-screen commands to authenticate using OAuth''']
account gtalk on

====Facebook====
Official more detailed guide: [https://wiki.bitlbee.org/HowtoFacebookMQTT here]

Use the same email you use to log in to facebook, and either your main password or an app password.

An app password can be generated via the: [https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=security&section=per_app_passwords&view security page] on the Facebook website.
account add facebook <email> <password>

==Signing In==
Once you've set up your accounts turn them on by typing
account facebook on

If you have multiple accounts set up you can turn them on one by one by specifing the number (accounts are numbered from 0 in the order you set them up)
account list
will tell you the numbers associated with each of your accounts. To turn on account one type
account on 1

Similarly you can sign out by typing
account off
account off 1

=== Seeing who else is signed in ===

You've probably noticed by now that you've been joined in this channel by your buddies. Using the /names command as usual will tell you who is signed in, but you'll see much more information by typing
blist

<s>In the case of Facebook, you will have a list of user IDs rather than names. You can rename them manually, or get a renaming script for them:</s>

Tested for weechat only, names are fine

Weechat: <s>http://www.weechat.org/scripts/source/stable/facebook_rename.py.html/</s>

Irssi: http://github.com/avar/irssi-bitlbee-facebook-rename

== Sending a message ==

You can use bitlbee in two ways - either talk directly to your buddies in the bitlbee window, or open pms with them by typing /msg as you would to normally open a PM. you'll notice that irssi is somethimes including the server in the /msg command as you use the tab complete e.g.
/msg -Redbrick undone
/msg -bitlbee landa2
it's nothing to worry about :D

== NickNames ==

===Setting your nickname===
Bitlbee allows you to set different nicknames for each of the account you have connected. First need to know the number of the account you want to add them to (see above). For example if I want to change my name on MSN to Sleepy Guy, and msn is account 1 I would type
nick 1 "Sleepy Guy"

===Setting nicknames for other people===
When you use your regular IM client you can see the names that each of your buddies has set for themselves, but on bitlbee you can only see the first part of their email address. This can get quite annoying if people have strange email addresses. So, for example if your friend Kevin happenns to have a strange email address like undoneisthecoolestever@hotmail.com you can rename him to just kev by typing
rename undoneisthecoolestguyever kev

You can also use this command to rename "root" to whatever you like.

== Adding new buddies ==

Occasionally you'll want to add new buddies. For example if my msn account is number 1 and i want to add undone@hotmail.com I would type
add 1 undone@hotmail.com

You can also specify custom names when you add new buddies
add 1 undone@hotmail.com kevin

If I get tired of listening to kevin I can simply remove him by typing
remove kevin

== Getting more help ==
The help in bitlbee tells you how to use every command, just type help in your bitlbee channel for more

[[Category:Helpdesk]]

Bitlbee

2017-04-23T01:06:03Z

Mikello: /* Facebook */

Bitlbee tunnels instant messaging traffic (including MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, Jabber) to a virtual IRC channel and virtual IRC queries. What does that mean in english I hear you say. Basically it lets you connect to yahoo, msn or google talk through your redbrick chat.

== Starting Bitlbee in irssi==

To start bitlbee in irssi type
/connect bitlbee

This opens a new window, the bitlbee control window. You'll notice there seems to be another person in this channel called "root". This is the bitlbee system (we'll tell you how to rename it later).

== Starting Bitlbee in weechat==

To add your bitlbee server to weechat just type in the weechat window
/server add bitlbee zeus.redbrick.dcu.ie/8854

Before you connect you must have your nick set up so:
/set irc.server.bitlbee.nicks "your nick"

Then to connect simply type
/connect bitlbee

== Adding accounts ==
This section tells you how to add accounts to the system.

====MSN====
account add msn <msn address> <password>

====Yahoo====
account add yahoo username@yahoo.com <password>

====Google Talk====
account add jabber username@gmail.com
account gtalk set oauth on ['''Follow on-screen commands to authenticate using OAuth''']
account gtalk on

====Facebook====
Use the same email you use to log in to facebook, and either your main password or an app password.

An app password can be generated via the: [https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=security&section=per_app_passwords&view security page] on the Facebook website.
account add facebook <email> <password>

Official full guide: [https://wiki.bitlbee.org/HowtoFacebookMQTT here]

==Signing In==
Once you've set up your accounts turn them on by typing
account facebook on

If you have multiple accounts set up you can turn them on one by one by specifing the number (accounts are numbered from 0 in the order you set them up)
account list
will tell you the numbers associated with each of your accounts. To turn on account one type
account on 1

Similarly you can sign out by typing
account off
account off 1

=== Seeing who else is signed in ===

You've probably noticed by now that you've been joined in this channel by your buddies. Using the /names command as usual will tell you who is signed in, but you'll see much more information by typing
blist

<s>In the case of Facebook, you will have a list of user IDs rather than names. You can rename them manually, or get a renaming script for them:</s>

Tested for weechat only, names are fine

Weechat: <s>http://www.weechat.org/scripts/source/stable/facebook_rename.py.html/</s>

Irssi: http://github.com/avar/irssi-bitlbee-facebook-rename

== Sending a message ==

You can use bitlbee in two ways - either talk directly to your buddies in the bitlbee window, or open pms with them by typing /msg as you would to normally open a PM. you'll notice that irssi is somethimes including the server in the /msg command as you use the tab complete e.g.
/msg -Redbrick undone
/msg -bitlbee landa2
it's nothing to worry about :D

== NickNames ==

===Setting your nickname===
Bitlbee allows you to set different nicknames for each of the account you have connected. First need to know the number of the account you want to add them to (see above). For example if I want to change my name on MSN to Sleepy Guy, and msn is account 1 I would type
nick 1 "Sleepy Guy"

===Setting nicknames for other people===
When you use your regular IM client you can see the names that each of your buddies has set for themselves, but on bitlbee you can only see the first part of their email address. This can get quite annoying if people have strange email addresses. So, for example if your friend Kevin happenns to have a strange email address like undoneisthecoolestever@hotmail.com you can rename him to just kev by typing
rename undoneisthecoolestguyever kev

You can also use this command to rename "root" to whatever you like.

== Adding new buddies ==

Occasionally you'll want to add new buddies. For example if my msn account is number 1 and i want to add undone@hotmail.com I would type
add 1 undone@hotmail.com

You can also specify custom names when you add new buddies
add 1 undone@hotmail.com kevin

If I get tired of listening to kevin I can simply remove him by typing
remove kevin

== Getting more help ==
The help in bitlbee tells you how to use every command, just type help in your bitlbee channel for more

[[Category:Helpdesk]]

Bitlbee

2017-04-23T00:59:52Z

Mikello: /* Seeing who else is signed in */

Bitlbee tunnels instant messaging traffic (including MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, Jabber) to a virtual IRC channel and virtual IRC queries. What does that mean in english I hear you say. Basically it lets you connect to yahoo, msn or google talk through your redbrick chat.

== Starting Bitlbee in irssi==

To start bitlbee in irssi type
/connect bitlbee

This opens a new window, the bitlbee control window. You'll notice there seems to be another person in this channel called "root". This is the bitlbee system (we'll tell you how to rename it later).

== Starting Bitlbee in weechat==

To add your bitlbee server to weechat just type in the weechat window
/server add bitlbee zeus.redbrick.dcu.ie/8854

Before you connect you must have your nick set up so:
/set irc.server.bitlbee.nicks "your nick"

Then to connect simply type
/connect bitlbee

== Adding accounts ==
This section tells you how to add accounts to the system.

====MSN====
account add msn <msn address> <password>

====Yahoo====
account add yahoo username@yahoo.com <password>

====Google Talk====
account add jabber username@gmail.com
account gtalk set oauth on ['''Follow on-screen commands to authenticate using OAuth''']
account gtalk on

====Facebook====
Use the same email you use to log in to facebook, and either your main password or an app password.

An app password can be generated via the: [https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=security&section=per_app_passwords&view security page] on the Facebook website.
account add facebook <email> <password>

==Signing In==
Once you've set up your accounts turn them on by typing
account facebook on

If you have multiple accounts set up you can turn them on one by one by specifing the number (accounts are numbered from 0 in the order you set them up)
account list
will tell you the numbers associated with each of your accounts. To turn on account one type
account on 1

Similarly you can sign out by typing
account off
account off 1

=== Seeing who else is signed in ===

You've probably noticed by now that you've been joined in this channel by your buddies. Using the /names command as usual will tell you who is signed in, but you'll see much more information by typing
blist

<s>In the case of Facebook, you will have a list of user IDs rather than names. You can rename them manually, or get a renaming script for them:</s>

Tested for weechat only, names are fine

Weechat: <s>http://www.weechat.org/scripts/source/stable/facebook_rename.py.html/</s>

Irssi: http://github.com/avar/irssi-bitlbee-facebook-rename

== Sending a message ==

You can use bitlbee in two ways - either talk directly to your buddies in the bitlbee window, or open pms with them by typing /msg as you would to normally open a PM. you'll notice that irssi is somethimes including the server in the /msg command as you use the tab complete e.g.
/msg -Redbrick undone
/msg -bitlbee landa2
it's nothing to worry about :D

== NickNames ==

===Setting your nickname===
Bitlbee allows you to set different nicknames for each of the account you have connected. First need to know the number of the account you want to add them to (see above). For example if I want to change my name on MSN to Sleepy Guy, and msn is account 1 I would type
nick 1 "Sleepy Guy"

===Setting nicknames for other people===
When you use your regular IM client you can see the names that each of your buddies has set for themselves, but on bitlbee you can only see the first part of their email address. This can get quite annoying if people have strange email addresses. So, for example if your friend Kevin happenns to have a strange email address like undoneisthecoolestever@hotmail.com you can rename him to just kev by typing
rename undoneisthecoolestguyever kev

You can also use this command to rename "root" to whatever you like.

== Adding new buddies ==

Occasionally you'll want to add new buddies. For example if my msn account is number 1 and i want to add undone@hotmail.com I would type
add 1 undone@hotmail.com

You can also specify custom names when you add new buddies
add 1 undone@hotmail.com kevin

If I get tired of listening to kevin I can simply remove him by typing
remove kevin

== Getting more help ==
The help in bitlbee tells you how to use every command, just type help in your bitlbee channel for more

[[Category:Helpdesk]]

Bitlbee

2017-04-23T00:52:07Z

Mikello: /* Facebook */

Bitlbee tunnels instant messaging traffic (including MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, Jabber) to a virtual IRC channel and virtual IRC queries. What does that mean in english I hear you say. Basically it lets you connect to yahoo, msn or google talk through your redbrick chat.

== Starting Bitlbee in irssi==

To start bitlbee in irssi type
/connect bitlbee

This opens a new window, the bitlbee control window. You'll notice there seems to be another person in this channel called "root". This is the bitlbee system (we'll tell you how to rename it later).

== Starting Bitlbee in weechat==

To add your bitlbee server to weechat just type in the weechat window
/server add bitlbee zeus.redbrick.dcu.ie/8854

Before you connect you must have your nick set up so:
/set irc.server.bitlbee.nicks "your nick"

Then to connect simply type
/connect bitlbee

== Adding accounts ==
This section tells you how to add accounts to the system.

====MSN====
account add msn <msn address> <password>

====Yahoo====
account add yahoo username@yahoo.com <password>

====Google Talk====
account add jabber username@gmail.com
account gtalk set oauth on ['''Follow on-screen commands to authenticate using OAuth''']
account gtalk on

====Facebook====
Use the same email you use to log in to facebook, and either your main password or an app password.

An app password can be generated via the: [https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=security&section=per_app_passwords&view security page] on the Facebook website.
account add facebook <email> <password>

==Signing In==
Once you've set up your accounts turn them on by typing
account facebook on

If you have multiple accounts set up you can turn them on one by one by specifing the number (accounts are numbered from 0 in the order you set them up)
account list
will tell you the numbers associated with each of your accounts. To turn on account one type
account on 1

Similarly you can sign out by typing
account off
account off 1

=== Seeing who else is signed in ===

You've probably noticed by now that you've been joined in this channel by your buddies. Using the /names command as usual will tell you who is signed in, but you'll see much more information by typing
blist

In the case of Facebook, you will have a list of user IDs rather than names. You can rename them manually, or get a renaming script for them:

Weechat: http://www.weechat.org/scripts/source/stable/facebook_rename.py.html/

Irssi: http://github.com/avar/irssi-bitlbee-facebook-rename

== Sending a message ==

You can use bitlbee in two ways - either talk directly to your buddies in the bitlbee window, or open pms with them by typing /msg as you would to normally open a PM. you'll notice that irssi is somethimes including the server in the /msg command as you use the tab complete e.g.
/msg -Redbrick undone
/msg -bitlbee landa2
it's nothing to worry about :D

== NickNames ==

===Setting your nickname===
Bitlbee allows you to set different nicknames for each of the account you have connected. First need to know the number of the account you want to add them to (see above). For example if I want to change my name on MSN to Sleepy Guy, and msn is account 1 I would type
nick 1 "Sleepy Guy"

===Setting nicknames for other people===
When you use your regular IM client you can see the names that each of your buddies has set for themselves, but on bitlbee you can only see the first part of their email address. This can get quite annoying if people have strange email addresses. So, for example if your friend Kevin happenns to have a strange email address like undoneisthecoolestever@hotmail.com you can rename him to just kev by typing
rename undoneisthecoolestguyever kev

You can also use this command to rename "root" to whatever you like.

== Adding new buddies ==

Occasionally you'll want to add new buddies. For example if my msn account is number 1 and i want to add undone@hotmail.com I would type
add 1 undone@hotmail.com

You can also specify custom names when you add new buddies
add 1 undone@hotmail.com kevin

If I get tired of listening to kevin I can simply remove him by typing
remove kevin

== Getting more help ==
The help in bitlbee tells you how to use every command, just type help in your bitlbee channel for more

[[Category:Helpdesk]]