


EMPATHY(1)                User Commands                EMPATHY(1)


NAME
       empathy - GNOME multi-protocol chat and call client

SYNOPSIS
       empathy

DESCRIPTION
       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,  Group-
       wise, 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 undocu-
              mented options (which may change from  release  to  release)  to
              filter the output.

AUTHOR
       This  manual  page  was  written  by  Laurent Bigonville for the Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

SEE ALSO
       empathy-accounts(1), The Telepathy project The Empathy project















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