Ubuntu Manpage: toxic.conf - Configuration file for toxic

NAME

       toxic.conf - Configuration file for toxic

SYNOPSIS

       ~/.config/tox/toxic.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The toxic.conf file is the main configuration file for toxic(1) client. It uses syntax
       accepted by libconfig. Lines starting with "//" are comments and will be ignored.

EXAMPLE

           // Configuration for interface
           ui = {
               timestamps = true;
               alerts = false;
           };

           // Configuration for audio
           audio = {
               input_device = 1;
           };

OPTIONS

ui
Configuration related to interface elements.

timestamps
Enable or disable timestamps. true or false

time_format
Select between 24 and 12 hour time. Specify 24 or 12. Setting timestamp_format and
log_timestamp_format will override this setting.

timestamp_format
Time format string for the interface enclosed by double quotes. See date(1)

log_timestamp_format
Time format string for logging enclosed by double quotes. See date(1)

alerts
Enable or disable acoustic alerts on events. true or false

native_colors
Select between native terminal colors and toxic color theme. true or false

color_bar_bg
set background color of chat status bars. (black, white, red, green, blue, cyan,
yellow, magenta)

color_bar_fg
set foreground (text) color of chat status bars. (black, white, red, green, blue,
cyan, yellow, magenta)

color_bar_accent
set foreground accent color of chat status bars. (black, white, red, green, blue,
cyan, yellow, magenta)

color_bar_notify
set foreground notify (and typing) color in chat status bar. (black, white, red,
green, blue, cyan, yellow, magenta)

autolog
Enable or disable autologging. true or false

show_typing_other
Show when others are typing in a 1-on-1 chat. true or false

show_typing_self
Show others when you’re typing in a 1-on-1 chat. true or false

show_welcome_msg
Show welcome message on startup. true or false

show_connection_msg
Enable friend connection change notifications. true or false

nodelist_update_freq
How often in days to update the DHT nodes list. (integer; 0 to disable)

autosave_freq
How often in seconds to auto-save the Tox data file. (integer; 0 to disable)

history_size
Maximum lines for chat window history. Integer value. (for example: 700)

notification_timeout
Time in milliseconds to display a notification. Integer value. (for example: 3000)

line_join
Indicator for when someone connects or joins a group. Three characters max for
line_ settings.

line_quit
Indicator for when someone disconnects or leaves a group.

line_alert
Indicator for alert messages.

line_normal
Indicator for normal messages.

mplex_away
Set user status when attaching and detaching from GNU screen or tmux. true or
false

mplex_away_note
Status message to set when status is set to away due to screen/tmux detach. When
attaching, the status message is set back to the original value.

The following options control whether to output a terminal bell on certain events.
Some terminals mark the window as urgent when a bell is received. Urgent windows are usually highlighted in the taskbar and some window managers even provide shortcuts to jump to the next urgent window.
These options don't affect the "alerts" option.

bell_on_message
Enable/Disable the terminal bell when receiving a message. true or false

bell_on_filetrans
Enable/Disable the terminal bell when receiving a filetransfer. true or false

bell_on_filetrans_accept
Enable/Disable the terminal bell when a filetransfer was accepted. true or false

bell_on_invite
Enable/Disable the terminal bell when receiving a group/call invite. true or false

audio
Configuration related to audio devices.

input_device
Audio input device. Integer value. Number corresponds to /lsdev in

output_device
Audio output device. Integer value. Number corresponds to /lsdev out

VAD_threshold
Voice Activity Detection threshold. Float value. Recommended values are 1.0-40.0

conference_audio_channels
Number of channels for conference audio broadcast. Integer value. 1 (mono) or 2
(stereo)

chat_audio_channels
Number of channels for 1-on-1 audio broadcast. Integer value. 1 (mono) or 2
(stereo)

push_to_talk
Enable/Disable Push-To-Talk for conference audio chats (active key is F2). true or
false

tox
Configuration related to paths.

download_path
Default path for downloads. String value. Absolute path for downloaded files.

avatar_path
Path for your avatar (file must be a .png and cannot exceed 16.3 KiB)

autorun_path
Path for any scripts that should be run on startup

chatlogs_path
Default path for chatlogs. String value. Absolute path for chatlog files.

password_eval
Replace password prompt by running this command and using its output as the
password.

sounds
Configuration related to notification sounds. Special value "silent" can be used to
disable a specific notification.

Each value is a string which corresponds to the absolute path of a wav sound file.

notif_error
Sound to play when an error occurs.

self_log_in
Sound to play when you log in.

self_log_out
Sound to play when you log out.

user_log_in
Sound to play when a contact become online.

user_log_out
Sound to play when a contact become offline.

call_incoming
Sound to play when you receive an incoming call.

call_outgoing
Sound to play when you start a call.

generic_message
Sound to play when an event occurs.

transfer_pending
Sound to play when you receive a file transfer request.

transfer_completed
Sound to play when a file transfer is completed.

keys
Configuration related to user interface interaction. Currently supported: Ctrl
modified keys, Tab, PAGEUP and PAGEDOWN.

Each value is a string which corresponds to a key combination.

next_tab
Key combination to switch next tab.

prev_tab
Key combination to switch previous tab.

scroll_line_up
Key combination to scroll one line up.

scroll_line_down
Key combination to scroll one line down.

half_page_up
Key combination to scroll half page up.

half_page_down
Key combination to scroll half page down.

page_bottom
Key combination to scroll to page bottom.

toggle_peerlist
Toggle the peer list on and off.

toggle_paste_mode
Toggle treating linebreaks as enter key press.

FILES

       ~/.config/tox/toxic.conf
           Main configuration file.

       /usr/share/toxic/toxic.conf.example
           Configuration example.

RESOURCES

       Project page: https://github.com/JFreegman/toxic

       IRC channel: irc.libera.chat#tox

AUTHORS

       JFreegman <JFreegman@gmail.com>