TKABBER(1)

📦 version 1.1.2+20260724, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 TKABBER(1) — the manual page, but make it a group chat 💖

okay bestie, so this is TKABBER(1), living under the Instant Messaging Clients section of the manual. buckle up, it's giving nostalgic queen energy and she's still slaying ✨

✨ NAME ✨

Tkabber — a GUI client for the XMPP (Jabber) instant messaging protocol 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

tkabber [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one command, endless possibilities 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so Tkabber is a GUI client for the XMPP (Jabber) instant messaging protocol, and no cap, she does full support for basic XMPP specifications — plus a whole pile of extensions (XEPs) on top, including:

  • multi-user conferencing 🎀
  • file transfers 📁
  • extensive handling of privacy lists 🔒
  • and much, much more ✨

and the way that she's written in Tcl/Tk?? literally so extensible. easily extensible, fr fr. main character energy 🌈

🫶 real talk: this manual page was written for the Debian distribution, because the original program does not have a manual page. we're doing the Lord's work out here.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

every single flag, every single one, nothing skipped, periodt:

  • -colormap — Colormap for main window 🎨
  • -display — Display to use 🖥️
  • -geometry — Initial geometry for window 📐
  • -name — Name to use for application (default: Tkabber) 🏷️
  • -splash — Display the initial splash screen (default: yes) 🌟
  • -sync — Use synchronous mode for display server ⏳
  • -visual — Visual for main window 👀
  • -use — Id of window in which to embed application 🪆
  • -- — Pass all remaining arguments through to script 🚀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

💜 AUTHOR 💜

This manual page was written by Jonas Meurer <jonas@freesources.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others — sharing is caring, bestie 🫶). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.

and that's the whole page, babe ✨

this one's version 1.1-1, dated 2014-10-20 — an icon, a legend, and she is the moment 👑💖 bye bestie!! 🦋

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