man(1)

✨ man(1) ✨ β€” the Profanity XMPP client manual, bestie edition 🫢

okay so you typed man and landed in the Profanity docs, and this page is all about the /states command. yes it's short. yes it's iconic. let's go πŸ’…


🌸 NAME 🌸

/states β€” literally the /states command from Profanity. that's it, that's the whole name, she's lowkey self-explanatory πŸ’–


πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

okay so picture this: you're in a chat, you're typing, you're pausing, you're vibing. /states is what lets you send chat state notifications to the recipient during chat sessions πŸŽ€

like, the other person gets to know you're doing something. the states she serves are:

  • typing ⌨️
  • paused ⏸️
  • active 🟒
  • gone πŸ’€

no cap, it's the little live-status treat for your chat partner and honestly? obsessed 🌈


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

/states on|off

that's the whole thing bestie, one command, two moods πŸ’œ


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • on|off β€” turn the sending of chat state notifications ON, or turn them OFF. that's the entire job description. main character toggle energy πŸ‘‘

ngl there is genuinely nothing else on this page. sometimes the manual is just a tiny little bop and you have to respect it 🫢

and that's the vibe check, bestie ✨ this page came from Profanity version 0.18.2, dated 2026-06-08 β€” go forth and notify people that you're typing, periodt πŸ’–πŸŽ€πŸ¦‹πŸŒΈπŸ’…

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from