man(1)

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version 0.18.2 · 13 versions
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💖 man(1) — the Profanity XMPP client glow-up 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the manual for the Profanity XMPP client ✨ you're in the man(1) page rn, section 1, and we're about to talk about one very specific little command: /sub. yes it's giving "niche" but no cap, it's lowkey essential 🫶

🎀 NAME 🎀

/sub — the Profanity /sub command. that's it, that's the name 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

manage subscriptions to contact presence 🦋 like, the whole "are we mutuals or not" energy of XMPP.

if jid is omitted, the contact of the current window is used. so if you're already staring at their chat, you don't have to type their whole name again. main character efficiency ✨

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

/sub request [<jid>]

/sub allow [<jid>]

/sub deny [<jid>]

/sub show [<jid>]

/sub sent

/sub received

👑 ARGUMENTS 👑

  • request [<jid>] — send a subscription request to the user. sliding into their presence list fr fr 💌
  • allow [<jid>] — approve a contact's subscription request. yes bestie, you're in 🌈
  • deny [<jid>] — remove subscription for a contact, or deny a request. blocking-adjacent behavior, do it with intention 💀
  • show [<jid>] — show subscription status for a contact. the vibe check 🔍
  • sent — show all sent subscription requests pending a response. the ones you sent and are now just... waiting on. the what are they doing pile 🙈
  • received — show all received subscription requests awaiting your response. the ones sitting in your inbox going 👀 at you

💅 EXAMPLES 💅

/sub request odin@valhalla.edda
/sub allow odin@valhalla.edda
/sub request
/sub sent

see how the last two just vibe with no jid? that's the current-window magic, iconic 🧚

heads up queen: if you leave out the jid, the current window's contact gets used instead. no jid, no problem 💖

and that's the whole page! slay 🫶

this page is from Profanity version 0.18.2, dated 2026-06-08 — so if you're reading this in some distant future, hi, hope it still works, mwah 😭💜

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