profanity-subject(1)

profanity-subject1

Usage

/subject set <subject>

/subject edit <subject>

/subject editor

/subject prepend <text>

/subject append <text>

/subject clear

Overview

Set, modify, or clear room subject.

Arguments

set <subject>

Set the room subject.

edit <subject>

Edit the current room subject, tab autocompletion will display the subject to edit.

editor

Edit the current room subject in external editor.

prepend <text>

Prepend text to the current room subject, use double quotes if a trailing space is needed.

append <text>

Append text to the current room subject, use double quotes if a preceding space is needed.

clear

Clear the room subject.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

From profanity 1:0.19.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Also shipped by profanity-gtk. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.