--- name: "alicq" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "alicq" version: "0.8.9-1" release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/alicq" --- # alicq(1) Flexible ICQ client in pure Tcl/Tk ## NAME alicq - Flexible ICQ client in pure Tcl/Tk ## SYNOPSIS **alicq** \[ *options* \] ## DESCRIPTION **Alicq** is pure Tcl/Tk implementation of ICQ (**www.icq.com**) client with flexible modularized architecture, support for ICQv8 (ICQ2000/OSCAR) protocol. ## OPTIONS **Alicq** supports standard options, which are understandable by [**wish**(1)](/wish/1.md), as well as it's own specific options. Most important options are: - **-display** *display* Use specified X window display instead of one, specified in DISPLAY environment variable - **-geometry** *geometry\_specification* Initial geometry for contact list window - **-config** *name\_of\_startup\_file* Use specified startup file instead of default one - **-info** \[ *modules* \] Show metainformation on given module or all loaded modules - **-xmlinfo** \[ *modules* \] Show metainformation on given module or all loaded modules in XML format - **-version** Show alicq version and exit - **-help** Show list of supported command-line options and exit ## X RESOURCES As any well-behaved X application (and in difference to licq, gicq and other gtk/qt clients) **Alicq** can be configured using X RESOURCE database. Resources specified in the **.alicqrc"** file (see [**alicqrc**(5)](/alicqrc/5.md)) using **option add** command by default take precedence over resourses in the resource database. If it is not desirable (for instance, in multi-terminal configuration where display-specific resources should override host-wide defaults) you should add keyword "widgetDefault" or "startupFile" to each **option add** command in your **.alicqrc**. Most commonly used resources are: - Alicq-specific resources - **Alicq\*quickPanel** *true\|false* Specifies should toolbar be displayed in contact list window. Default is **true** - **Alicq\*dateFormat** *date-format* Format to display date in message dialogs. Time format can be any value acceptable by [**clock**(n)](/clock/n.md) or [**strftime**(3)](/strftime/3.md) commands. Default value is **%x** - **Alicq\*timeFormat** *time-format* Time format to display time in message dialogs. Time format can be any value acceptable by [**clock**(n)](/clock/n.md) or [**strftime**(3)](/strftime/3.md) commands. Default value is **%X** - **Alicq\*Text.headerBackground** *color* Background of message header in message dialogs. Default value is **gray85** - **Alicq\*Text.headerRelief** *relief* Relief of message header in message dialogs. - **Alicq\*Text.headerFont** *font* Font of message header in message dialogs. - **Alicq\*Text.underlineTag** *tag-spec* Can accept one of the values **alias**, **header**, or empty string. Specifies which part of message header should be underlined. Default is **alias** - **Alicq\*Text.incomingColor** *color* Color of incoming messages. Default is **darkMagenta** - **Alicq\*Text.outgoingColor** *color* Color of outgoing queued, but not sent messages. Default is **red** - **Alicq\*Text.sentColor** *color* Color of outgoing sent, but not acknowledged messages. Default is **darkGray** - **Alicq\*Text.clientColor** *color* Color of sent and acknowledged by client messages. Default is **darkBlue** - **Alicq\*Text.serverColor** *color* Color of sent and acknowledged by server messages. Default is **SteelBlue** - **Alicq\*Text.urlColor** *color* Color of URLs. Default is **blue** - **Alicq\*.rosterContactColor** *color* Color of contacts stored in server-side roster. Default is **black** - **Alicq\*.localContactColor** *color* Color of contacts stored only in local roster. Default is **blue** - Standard Tk resources - **Alicq\*Text.font** *font-specification* font for multiline text entry areas - **Alicq\*Entry.font** *font-specification* font for single-line text entry areas - **Alicq\*TreeNode.font** *font-specification* contact list font - **Alicq\*tr.c.background** *color-specification* contact list background color - **Alicq\*tr.c.fill** *color-specification* contact list foreground color - **Alicq.AlicqUserWindow\*Text.***resource* *resource-specification* where *resource* is one of **font**, **background**, **foreground**, etc - parameters of the user window. - **Alicq\*msgContact-UIN-***UIN***\*Text.***resource* *resource-specification* Specify *resource* for dialog window of contact *UIN* only More resource names for **Alicq** widgets can be found in [**options**(n)](/options/n.md), [**text**(n)](/text/n.md), [**button**(n)](/button/n.md) man pages. ## INTERACTION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS **Alicq** can be controlled from command line, by using powerfull Tcl/Tk command [**send**(n)](/send/n.md), supported by [**wish**(1)](/wish/1.md). This allows other programs to send commands to **Alicq**. Examples: ``` echo 'send alicq {Event SetStatus online};exit'| /usr/bin/wish -display :0 ``` This line, added to file makes **Alicq** connect to server when ppp interface is up. ``` echo 'send alicq {Event Send text Contact:ICQ:UIN "Something happened"};exit'| wish ``` This line allows any script send notification messages to ICQ. ## FILES - **$HOME/.alicq/alicqrc** Default startup file for Unix version of Alicq. - **$HOME/.alicqrc** Startup file of older versions of Alicq. Used for backward compatibility. ## SEE ALSO [**alicqrc**(5)](/alicqrc/5.md), [**options**(n)](/options/n.md), [**wish**(1)](/wish/1.md), [**text**(n)](/text/n.md) **/usr/share/doc/alicq/README.gz** **/usr/share/doc/alicq/examples/alicqrc.sample** Alicq home page (**http://alicq.sourceforge.net/**) ## AUTHORS Alicq was written by Ihar Viarheichyk \. This manual page was written by Dmitry Borodaenko \, based on Alicq README and slightly reworked by Vitus Wagner \ and Ihar Viarheichyk \. This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.