toxic - CLI client for Tox

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS FILES BUGS LINKS AUTHORS SEE ALSO

SYNOPSIS

toxic [−f data−file] [−x] [−4] [−c config−file] [−n nodes−file] [−h]

DESCRIPTION

toxic is an ncurses−based instant messaging client for Tox which formerly resided in the Tox core repository, and is now available as a standalone application.

OPTIONS

−4, −−ipv4

Force IPv4 connection

−b, −−debug

Enable stderr for debugging. Redirect output to avoid breaking the curses interface and better capture messages.

−c, −−config config−file

Use specified config−file instead of ˜/.config/tox/toxic.conf

−d, −−default−locale

Use default locale

−e, −−encrypt−data

Encrypt an unencrypted data file. An error will occur if this option is used with an encrypted data file.

−f, −−file data−file

Use specified data−file instead of ˜/.config/tox/toxic_profile.tox

−h, −−help

Show help message

−l, −−logging

Enable toxcore logging to stderr

−n, −−nodes nodes−file

Use specified nodes−file for DHT bootstrap nodes instead of ˜/.config/tox/DHTnodes.json

−o, −−noconnect

Do not connect to the DHT network

−p, −−SOCKS5−proxy

Use a SOCKS5 proxy: Requires [IP] [port]

−P, −−HTTP−proxy

Use a HTTP proxy: Requires [IP] [port]

−r, −−namelist

Use specified nameservers list

−t, −−force−tcp

Force TCP connection (use this with proxies)

−T, −−tcp−relay

Act as a TCP relay server for the network (Note: this uses significantly more bandwidth)

−u, −−unencrypt−data

Unencrypt a data file. A warning will appear if this option is used with a data file that is already unencrypted.

Default location for list of DHT bootstrap nodes (list obtained from https://nodes.tox.chat). This list is automatically updated. See toxic.conf(5) for details on controlling the update frequency.

˜/.config/tox/toxic_profile.tox

Savestate which contains your personal info (nickname, Tox ID, contacts, etc)

˜/.config/tox/toxic.conf

Configuration file. See toxic.conf(5) for more details.

/usr/share/toxic/toxic.conf.example

Configuration example.

BUGS

−Unicode characters with a width larger than 1 column may cause strange behaviour.

−Screen flickering sometimes occurs on certain terminals.

−Resizing the terminal window when a game window is open will break things.

LINKS

Project page: https://github.com/JFreegman/toxic

Tox development group public key: 360497DA684BCE2A500C1AF9B3A5CE949BBB9F6FB1F91589806FB04CA039E313

AUTHORS

JFreegman <[email protected]>