empathy(1)

empathy1

Gnome multi-protocol chat and call client

Usage

empathy

Overview

GNOME multi-protocol chat and call client Instant messaging program supporting text, voice, video, file transfers and inter-application communication over many different protocols, including: AIM, MSN, Google Talk (Jabber/XMPP), Facebook, Yahoo!, Salut, Gadu-Gadu, Groupwise, ICQ and QQ.

The main user interface consists of a contact list window and an icon in the notification area.

Options

-n, --no-connect

Don't connect on startup

-h, --start-hidden

Don't display the contact list or any other dialogs on startup

-v, --version

Show version

Environment

EMPATHY_LOGFILE=filename

If set, debug output will go to the given file rather than to stderr.

EMPATHY_DEBUG=type

May be set to "all" for full debug output, or various undocumented options (which may change from release to release) to filter the output.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0–11

--no-connect since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --start-hidden since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --version since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -h since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -n since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -v since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

Author

This manual page was written by Laurent Bigonville ⟨[email protected]⟩, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From empathy 3.25.90+really3.12.14-2 in Debian 11 (Bullseye). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.