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pork

pork(1) 							   USER COMMANDS							   pork(1)

NAME

       pork - An AOL Instant Messenger client for the UNIX console.

VERSION

       version 0.99.0

SYNOPSIS

       pork [options]

DESCRIPTION

       Pork  is  a  console  based client for the AOL Instant Messenger service that uses the ncurses screen library. Pork is intended to be fast,
       useable, and stable.

       Pork was written by Ryan McCabe.

OPTIONS

       -H or --host <addr>
	      Use the local address specified for outgoing connections

       -p or --port <port>
	      Use the local port specified for the main connection

       -h or --help
	      Display this help text

       -v or --version
	      Display version information and exit

USAGE

       To log into AIM, type /connect <username>, where <username> is your AIM screen name.  If you don't have an AIM screen name, you can get one
       at http://aim.aol.com.

       Pork  now  supports  IRC.  The  syntax  for  connecting	to  an	IRC server is /connect -irc <username> <server>[:<port>[:<password>]] [...
       <serverN>[:<port>[:<password>]]]

       When you're inside the client, type /help to find out what commands are supported.  Type /help <command> to get help on a  particular  com-
       mand.

       Below  are  the default key bindings.  All keys can have their bindings changed or removed completely.  Enter the commands '/help bind' and
       '/help keys' for more information.

KEY BINDINGS

       Default main key bindings:

       CTRL+A		   Move the cursor to the start of the line.
       CTRL+B		   Move the cursor to the start of the previous word.
       CTRL+E		   Move the cursor to the end of the line.
       CTRL+F		   Move the cursor to the start of the next word.
       CTRL+H		   Backspace.
       META+BACKSPACE	   Delete the previous word on the input line.
       CTRL+K		   Close the current window.
       CTRL+L		   Refresh the display.
       CTRL+T		   Toggle timestamps on messages.
       CTRL+U		   Clear the input line.
       CTRL+X		   Switch to the next window in the window list.
       CTRL+Y		   Switch to the previous window in the window list.
       TAB		   Switch the input focus to the buddy list.
       META+/		   Command auto-completion.
       META+<1-9>	   Switch to the window having the specified number.
       HOME		   Scroll to the top of the display.
       END		   Scroll to the bottom of the display.
       PAGE UP		   Scroll the display up one page.
       PAGE DOWN	   Scroll the display down one page.
       UP ARROW 	   Scroll the input history list up.
       DOWN ARROW	   Scroll the input history list down.
       CTRL+META+X	   Bind the next account to the current window.

       Default buddy list key bindings:

       END		   Move the buddy list cursor to the bottom of the		       buddy list.
       HOME		   Move the buddy list cursor to the top of the 		    buddy list.
       PAGE UP		   Move the buddy list cursor one page up.
       PAGE DOWN	   Move the buddy list cursor one page down.
       UP ARROW 	   Move the buddy list cursor up.
       DOWN ARROW	   Move the buddy list cursor down.
       ENTER		   Collapse the group the cursor is on, or if the		      cursor is on a  user,  open  a  conversation  window
			   with that user (or go to the conversation window,			 if one already exists).
       TAB		   Switch to main input focus.
       CTRL+L		   Refresh the buddy list display.
       META+p		   Remove the user under the cursor from the permit			list.
       META+P		   Add the user the cursor is on to the permit list.
       META+b		   Remove the user the cursor is on from the block		       list.
       META+B		   Add the user the cursor is on to the block list.
       META+w		   Warn the user the cursor is on.
       META+W		   Warn the user the cursor is on anonymously.
       a		   Get the away message of the user the cursor is on.
       i		   Get the profile and away message of the user the			 cursor is on.
       CTRL+X		   Switch to the next window in the window list.
       CTRL+Y		   Switch to the previous window in the window list.

FILES

       ~/.pork/porkrc
	      - The pork configuration file

       ~/.pork/screenname.blist
	      - The buddy list for "screenname"

BUGS

       ryan@numb.org
	      - Please report bugs to this address

HOMEPAGE

       http://dev.ojnk.org

AUTHORS

       Pork was written by Ryan McCabe <ryan@numb.org>.
       This manpage was written by Benjamin Seidenberg <astronut@dlgeek.net>.

Pork AIM Client 						    July, 2005								   pork(1)