NAME

       owl - tty based zephyr client

SYNOPSIS

       owl [ -n ] [ -d ] [ -D ] [ -v ] [ -h ] [ -c configfile ] [ -t tty ]

DESCRIPTION

       Owl  is  a fully integrated tty based instant messaging client.  Currently it supports AOL
       Instant Messenger and MIT Zephyr.  It is curses-based, allows for emacs style  editing  of
       outgoing  messages  and  uses  a  perl  configuration  language  for  setting  options and
       customizing message formatting.  Owl will also run happily without a configuration file.

       Once Owl is started, typing 'h' will display a help screen.   Typing  ´:´  enters  command
       mode, allowing the user to type an owl command line.

USE

       The following command line options are avilable when running owl:

       -n

              Do  not  subscribe to zephyr messages on startup.  By default Owl subscribes to the
              default subscriptions and to anything found in ~/.zephyr.subs.  When this option is
              used no subscriptions are loaded.

       -c configfile

              Specifiy  an  alternate config file for Owl to use.  The default configuration file
              is ~/.owlconf

       -t tty

              Specifiy the tty name to use for the zephyr location.

       -v

              Print the version number of owl and exit.

       -d

              Enable debugging.  By default debugging information is placed in /var/tmp/owldebug.

       -D

              Enable debugging, but first delete any existing debugging file.

       -h

              Print command line option help.

AUTHOR

       Written by James Kretchmar  at  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology.   Comments,
       questions, and bug reports may be mailed to bug-owl@ktools.org.

                                           10 Apr 2004                                     owl(1)