Finch
A Pimpin’ Penguin console frontend to libpurple. Instant Messaging client.
Finch is the text UI equivalent of Pidgin.
Contents
Keys
Alt + a |
Bring up a list of available actions. |
Alt + n |
Go to the next window. |
Alt + p |
Go to the previous window. |
Alt + w |
Show the list of windows. You can select and jump to any window from the list. |
Alt + c |
Close the current window. |
Alt + q |
Quit. |
Alt + m |
Start moving a window. |
Alt + r |
Start resizing a window. |
Alt + D |
Dump the contents of the screen in HTML format. |
Alt + . |
Move the position of the current window in the window list one place to the right. |
Alt + , |
Move the position of the current window in the window list one place to the left. |
Alt + l |
Refresh the windows. This is useful after resizing the terminal window. |
Alt + 1 2 ... 0 |
Jump to the 1st, 2nd ... 10th window. |
Alt + Tab |
Jump to the next URGENT (highlighted) window. |
Alt + Shift + Tab |
Jump to the previous URGENT (highlighted) window. |
Ctrl + o |
Bring up the menu (if there is one) for a window. |
Alt + / |
Show a list of available key-bindings for the current widget in focus. |
Alt + > |
Switch to the next workspace |
Alt + < |
Switch to the previous workspace |
Alt + t |
Tag (or untag) the current window |
Alt + T |
Attached all the tagged windows to the current workspace |
Alt + s |
Show the workspace list |
F9 |
Create a new workspace and switch to it |
Extra commands
accounts |
for the accounts window. |
buddylist |
for the buddylist. |
debugwin |
for the debug window. |
plugins |
for the plugins window. |
prefs |
for the preferences window. |
status |
for the status window. |
Ports
To connect to gtalk needs port 5222 open.
