commit 39907c79a4c5509db8500b4ad3fb7947eb7b94d9
parent 25c000bf98735aa4f07b4ab90506111118426e2f
Author: Quentin Rameau <quinq@fifth.space>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2022 11:26:26 +0200
usage: Normalize a bit the usage and man-page
Diffstat:
| M | ii.1 | | | 94 | ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- |
| M | ii.c | | | 5 | ++--- |
2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ii.1 b/ii.1
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
-.TH II 1 ii\-VERSION
+.TH II 1 ii-VERSION
.SH NAME
-ii \- irc it or irc improved
+ii - irc it or irc improved
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B ii
+.B -s
+.I host
+.RB [ -p
+.I port
+|
+.B -u
+.IR sockname ]
+.RB [ -i
+.IR ircdir ]
+.RB [ -n
+.IR nickname ]
+.RB [ -f
+.IR realname ]
+.RB [ -k
+.IR env_pass ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ii
is a minimalistic FIFO and filesystem based IRC client.
@@ -15,43 +32,30 @@ The basic idea of this is to be able to communicate with an IRC
server with basic command line tools.
For example if you will join a channel just do echo "/j #channel" > in
and ii creates a new channel directory with in and out file.
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B ii
-.RB < \-s
-.IR host >
-.RB [ \-p
-.IR port ]
-.RB [ \-u
-.IR sockname ]
-.RB [ \-i
-.IR ircdir ]
-.RB [ \-n
-.IR nickname ]
-.RB [ \-f
-.IR realname ]
-.RB [ \-k
-.IR "environment variable" ]
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.BI \-s " servername"
+.BI -s " host"
server/host to connect to, for example: irc.freenode.net
.TP
-.BI \-p " port"
+.BI -p " port"
lets you override the default port (6667)
.TP
-.BI \-u " sockname"
+.BI -u " sockname"
connect to a UNIX domain socket instead of directly to a server.
+If set, the
+.B -p
+option will be ignored.
.TP
-.BI \-i " ircdir"
+.BI -i " ircdir"
lets you override the default irc path (~/irc)
.TP
-.BI \-n " nickname"
+.BI -n " nickname"
lets you override the default nick ($USER)
.TP
-.BI \-f " realname"
+.BI -f " realname"
lets you specify your real name associated with your nick
.TP
-.BI \-k " environment variable"
+.BI -k " env_pass"
lets you specify an environment variable that contains your IRC password,
e.g. IIPASS="foobar" ii -k IIPASS.
This is done in order to prevent other users from eavesdropping the server
@@ -63,26 +67,48 @@ In this directory the irc tree will be created. In this directory you
will find a directory for your server (default: irc.freenode.net) in
which the FIFO and the output file will be stored.
If you join a channel a new directory with the name of the channel
-will be created in the ~/irc/$servername/ directory.
+will be created in the
+.BI ~/irc/ servername /
+directory.
.SH COMMANDS
.TP
-.BI /a " [<message>]"
-mark yourself as away
+.BI /a " [message]"
+mark yourself as away,
+with the optional
+.I message
+as an away reason.
+.TP
+.BI /j " #channel [password]"
+join a
+.IR #channel ,
+with the optional
+.IR password .
.TP
-.BI /j " #channel/nickname [<message>]"
-join a channel or open private conversation with user
+.BI /j " nickname [message]"
+open private conversation with user
+.I nickname
+and directly send the optional
+.IR message .
.TP
.BI /l " [reason]"
-leave a channel or query
+leave a channel or query,
+giving the optional
+.I reason
+message.
.TP
.BI /n " nick"
-change the nick name
+change the nick name to
+.IR nick .
.TP
.BI /q " [reason]"
-quit ii
+quit ii,
+giving the optional
+.I reason
+message.
.TP
.BI /t " topic"
-set the topic of a channel
+set the topic of a channel with
+.IR topic.
.SH RAW COMMANDS
Everything which is not a command will be posted into the channel or to the
server. So if you need /who just write /WHO as described in RFC#1459 to the
diff --git a/ii.c b/ii.c
@@ -98,9 +98,8 @@ die(const char *fmt, ...)
static void
usage(void)
{
- die("usage: %s <-s host> [-p <port>] [-u sockname]\n"
- " [-i <ircdir>] "
- " [-n <nick>] [-f <fullname>] [-k <password>]\n", argv0);
+ die("usage: %s -s host [-p port | -u sockname] [-i ircdir]\n"
+ " [-n nickname] [-f fullname] [-k env_pass]\n", argv0);
}
static void
