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)