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UTOX(1)                DragonFly General Commands Manual               UTOX(1)


NAME

       <micro>Tox - Lightweight Tox client


SYNOPSIS

       usage: utox [--portable] [--theme
       <default|dark|light|highcontrast|zenburn>] [--set=<start-on-boot|show-
       window|hide-window>]
          or: utox --version
          or: utox --help


DESCRIPTION

       <micro>Tox is a free software lighweight X.org graphical Tox client.

       <micro>Tox can be used for:
        * 1-to-1 text IM
        * group IM
        * audio calls
        * video calls
        * group audio calls
        * desktop sharing
        * file transfers


OPTIONS

       --theme <THEME>
              Choose a color scheme. Possible options are default, dark,
              light, highcontrast, or zenburn.

       --portable
              Run in portable mode. All data will be saved to the tox folder
              in the current working directory, see FILES for more details.

       --set=<OPTION>
              Set an option. The available options are "start-on-boot", "show-
              window" and "hide-window".

       --version
              Print version and exit.

       --help Print a short description of available options.


CHAT COMMANDS

       These commands can be used in the chat window.

       /alias <alias>
              Sets selected friend's alias to <alias>. It will be displayed
              instead of that friend's name.

       /topic <topic>
              Changes current groupchat's name/topic to <topic>. This command
              can also be used to edit the current topic by typing /topic and
              pressing the tab key.

       /me <action>
              Sends an message/action in the format <name> <action>, for
              example: Tox User says hi


FILES

       All files listed below are located in $HOME/.config/tox. If <micro>Tox
       is running in portable mode, their location will be ./tox.

       tox_save.tox
              tox_save.tox is the file that contains the public/private key
              pair, name, status and contacts. It's compatible with other Tox
              clients.

       utox_save
              utox_save is <micro>Tox' binary config file, it contains
              settings such as language, proxy options, DPI or logging.

       avatars
              The avatars directory contains other contacts' avatars. Files
              are named after contacts' public keys (the first 64 characters
              of the ID).

       [public key].txt
              Those are friends' chat logs. <micro>Tox supports only 1v1 chat
              logging for now.

       [public key].fmetadata
              Friend metadata file, currently used for storing aliases.

       [public key][file number].ftoutfo
              Current outgoing file transfers' state. Used for resuming
              transfers across client restarts.


CONTRIBUTORS

       Please see the list page:
       https://github.com/GrayHatter/uTox/graphs/contributors


BUGS

       Please report bugs on https://github.com/GrayHatter/uTox/issues

       The website for <micro>Tox can be found at http://utox.org/ and source
       code can be found at https://github.com/GrayHatter/uTox

<micro>Tox 0.4.3                 November 2015                         UTOX(1)

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