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✨ NAME ✨

/msg — the Profanity /msg command, bestie 💖 (yes this is a page from the Profanity XMPP client manual, section 1, and it's all about sliding into DMs)

💌 DESCRIPTION 💌

okay so. /msg is the move when you wanna send a one to one chat message, or drop a private message on some chat room occupant. it's giving "just the two of us" 🫶

and listen — if you omit the message, it doesn't send anything at all, it just pops open a brand new chat window for you. no pressure, no accidental "hey 😳" sent into the void. literally just the window 💅

one teensy thing though: if the nickname has spaces in it, you gotta wrap it in quotes. no cap. the shell will not read your mind, queen 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

/msg <contact> [<message>]

/msg <nick> [<message>]

that's the whole shape of it. contact or nick, then optionally the message. iconic 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • <contact> — opens up a chat window with this contact, and you can hit them with a JID or a nickname. your call, main character 🌈
  • <contact> [<message>] — same deal but now you're actually sending the message to that contact — by JID or by nickname. go off 🔥
  • <nick> — opens a private chat window with a chat room occupant. sneaky lil side conversation, love that for you 🙈
  • <nick> [<message>] — sends an actual private message to that chat room occupant. whisper era activated 💬

🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

okay these are the vibes, copy them exactly, don't freestyle the syntax bestie:

/msg thor@valhalla.edda Hey, here's a message!
/msg heimdall@valhalla.edda
/msg Thor Here is a private message
/msg "My Friend" Hi, how are you?

see that last one? that's the quotes situation when the nick has a space in it. "My Friend" — quoted, protected, slaying 🎀

friendly reminder: no <message> means window opens, nothing sends. so don't panic if your fingers slipped, nothing went out 💖

that's the whole page, periodt 👑

signing off with the receipts: this is Profanity version 0.18.2, dated 2026-06-08, page man(1) — love that for us, go send some messages bestie 🫶✨🌸

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